Waste Workshop

Claire Scott

Envirowise Advisor

Workshop Format

•Introductions•Waste – what are the issues?•Case studies•Discussion

What is Envirowise?

•Government funded

•Free, practical and confidential advice

•Independent industry experts

•Sharing best practice

•Enhancing environmental reputation

•Addressing the invisible cost

•Reducing environmental impact

•Envirowise has helped UK business save over £1bn through environmental efficiency

•Countering climate change with sustainable business practice

Waste? – Why bother?

•Volume

•Environmental costs

•Financial costs

•External pressure

•Legislation

Volume

Of the ~60 million people in UK, each is responsible for:+ 0.5 tonnes of household waste+ 1.5 tonnes of industrial and commercial wastes+ 2 tonnes of construction & demolition wastes+ 3 tonnes of agricultural and mining wastes

TOTAL = 430 million tonnes per year

Environmental costs

•Methane gas production at landfill sites when wastes break down

• 20 x worse than CO2 for global warming

•Leachate •Loss of resource•Depleting landfill space

Financial Costs

•Loss of resource

•Landfill tax (£24 per tonne - rising £8/yr) - increasing

•Depleting landfill space

•Legal/administrative costs - increasing

Increasing Pressure

•Stakeholder expectation/pressure (public, customers...)

• ‘Sustainable development’

• Corporate responsibility

•Government/legislative pressure

Legislation

•Duty of Care for waste

•Hazardous Waste Regulations

•Packaging Waste Regulations

•Packaging Essential Requirements

•Pollution Prevention & Control (PPC)

•WEEE Regulations

•End of Life Vehicles Regulations

•Landfill Regulations

•Animal By Products Regulations

•Ozone Depleting Substances Regulations

True Cost of Waste

The Waste Hierarchy

Waste Reduction/Elimination

•Understanding & adapting processes & procedures

•Staff awareness & training

•Reduce waste at source

•Packaging coming in

•Packaging going out

•Raw materials optimisation

•Process/plant efficiency/breakdowns

•Office opportunities e.g. printing costs

•Best option financially & environmentally

Re-Use

•Re-manufacture of process wastes

•Re-use of backdoor packaging

•Design packaging for re-use

•Solvents

•Office opportunities

•Better than recycling both financially & economically

Case Study - Seagate Distribution (UK) Ltd

•Returned cardboard to suppliers for reuse (5 tonnes per year)

•Recycling of office wastes (paper, plastic cups and toner cartridges)

•37% reduction in waste going to landfill

•Waste disposal costs fell to around £2 430/year

“The support of our General Manager and all our staff is vital

to help us achieve our waste minimisation aims. ”

Peter Anderson, on behalf of Seagate Distribution (UK) Ltd

Case Study - Henkel Consumer Adhesives

• 20,000 litres of hazardous waste reduced• Cost saving of £9,000/year on disposal• Raw material saving by recycling waste

product• Removal of environmental risk posed by

storage of hazardous waste• Reduced road transport required to collect

waste• Energy saving by eliminating hazardous

waste treatment & incineration

•Historically - Production line washwater collected in drums and accumulated prior to offsite treatment and incineration (20,000 litres/year cost £9,000)

•Now - washwater is collected separately for each product, stored temporarily and added to the next batch

Solutions? – cardboard boxes

Eliminate

Reduce

Reuse

Recycle

Dispose

Solutions? – office paper

Eliminate

Reduce

Reuse

Recycle

Dispose

Solutions? – IT waste

Eliminate

Reduce

Reuse

Recycle

Dispose

Solutions? – fluorescent tubes

Eliminate

Reduce

Reuse

Recycle

Dispose

Solutions? – polythene wrap

Eliminate

Reduce

Reuse

Recycle

Dispose

Solutions? – pallets

Eliminate

Reduce

Reuse

Recycle

Dispose

Solutions? – bulk bags

Eliminate

Reduce

Reuse

Recycle

Dispose

Solutions? – drums, kegs etc

Eliminate

Reduce

Reuse

Recycle

Dispose

Solutions? – IBC’s

Eliminate

Reduce

Reuse

Recycle

Dispose

Solutions? – cardboard tubes

Eliminate

Reduce

Reuse

Recycle

Dispose

Solutions? – expanded polystyrene

Eliminate

Reduce

Reuse

Recycle

Dispose

SUSTAINABLE PRACTICESSUSTAINABLE PROFITS

Summary of Envirowise Services

•Helpline (0800 585794)•Publications and tools•Events (training workshops, seminars & conferences)•Resource Efficiency Clubs•Website (www.envirowise.gov.uk)•Site visits:

•FastTrack – resource efficiency reviews•DesignTrack - eco-design reviews