Charlene Legg – Commercial Development Officer

Marten Gregory – Waste Education Team Leader

Dorset Waste Partnership (DWP)

SWWMG – 3 December 2014

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Commercial recycling / ‘recycle for Dorset’ update

Commercial Waste Service

Update on the Dorset Waste Partnership Commercial Waste Services

• 2011 services in North Dorset and just starting services in East Dorset and Christchurch.

• 2013 April West Dorset and Weymouth and Portland Services joined the DWP.

• 2013 November began commercial collections in Purbeck

Area now covered by commercial waste services

Commercial Waste Service

Services Offered:

General waste a range of bin sizes or

commercial waste sacks

Mixed recycling (Paper, cardboard, plastic pots tubs and trays, cans and household type aerosols)

Paper and Card

Glass – new service for 2014 in North and East Dorset

Food – Dorchester, Weymouth and Portland and limited availability in other areas.

Commercial Waste Service

Contact Details:

Charlene Legg

Commercial Development Officer

Tel: 01305 225780

Email: c.legg@dorsetwastepartnership.gov.uk

www.dorsetforyou.com/commercialwaste

Commercial Waste Service

• Achievements• Future roll outs• Where it all goes• Waste education / surveys• Figures• Feedback / Questions

What we have achieved so far

• Adoption of uniform collection service (‘recycle for Dorset’) to replace 12 different systems

• Big change both in approach to recycling and what can be recycled

• Roll-out of ‘recycle for Dorset’ to 180,000 households in Christchurch, East Dorset, North Dorset, Purbeck, Weymouth & Portland and part of West Dorset

• Doubling of recycling

• £1.4 m savings in the first year

• On track to achieve the £2m annual savings once fully rolled out

• £14.225m awarded by DCLG for a new Materials Recycling Facility (in partnership with Bournemouth)

What we will do in the future

• Completion of the ‘recycle for Dorset’ service (one further tranche)

March 2014 Purbeck and parts of West

inc. Dorchester* (40,000)(November 2013 – Garden Waste)

October 2014Weymouth and Portland and parts of West inc. Sherborne

(48-50,000)

July 2015 Rest of West inc. Bridport and

Lyme Regis, (18-20,000)

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Where does it all go?

• ‘Dry’ recycables - delivered to one of a number of DWP transfer facilities. – Material is bulked up and sent directly to reprocessors (eg

glass) or for further sorting at a Materials Recycling Facility (MRF) eg Shotton MRF*, North Wales.

“Approximately 99% of all materials sorted at the Shotton MRF remain in the UK, with 80% of them travelling only a few miles to be reprocessed.”

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Paper and Cardboard

These material are separated from the material mix with the use of mechanical screens (ballistic separators) designed to sort out two dimensional and three dimensional materials.

Paper and Cardboard then get reprocessed at the UPM Shotton Mill into new products.

PlasticsNear Infra Red Technology This is used to separate mixed plastics. Each Polymer reflects a unique level of light intensity which allows various plastic types to be removed from a

conveyor into individual streams

Once separated these plastics are chipped and pelletised for use in moulding new plastic products.

CansSeparating Steel from Aluminium

Steel cans are separated from the material mix with the use of magnets operating over conveyors.

Aluminium cans become magnetised when passed through a magnetic field allowing them to be extracted from the mix. This is know as eddy current separation

Cans are melted down and reprocessed into

more cans or aluminium ingots

Glass

Glass collected in Dorset is sent to be reprocessed at plants operated by a company call Recresco. They also us optical sorting to separate the various colour fractions of Mixed Glass down to 10mm.

The majority of this glass will go to re-melt and be recycled into new glass bottles and jars.

Food Waste - Anaerobic Digestion (AD)

This treatment breaks down the waste in the absents of oxygen producing biogas which can be used to generate electricity, heat which is used to maintain the temperature in the digester and digestate which can be applied to farm land as a fertiliser

Green WasteWindrow Composting

Garden/Green waste is treated via windrow composting. First the material is shredded and blended before being laid out in rows. The material is then regularly turned to introduce oxygen to the compost as it breaks down into useful product.

Rubbish

Historically much of Dorset’s waste went directly to landfill. The introduction of new service aims to avoid this method of disposal where possible.

Environmentally and financially this is the most unsustainable method of dealing with waste.

The DWP has contracts with three landfill providers located within and in close proximity to Dorset.

Rubbish - Mechanical Biological Treatment (MBT)

At least 20,000 tonnes per year of rubbish from Dorset is treated at the New Earth Solutions MBT plant. This process extracts recyclables people have missed and composts any remaining organic matter. Some materials extracted from this process are sent for energy recovery and typically the plant achieves 75-80% diversion from landfill.

Energy From Waste

At least 10,000 tonnes of rubbish per year is sent to the Energy from waste plant in Southampton operated by Veolia. Some metals are extracted for recycling and the plant provides electricity for 20,000+ local homes. This plant achieves 80% diversion form landfill.

Waste Education

- e-newsletter – sign up at Dorsetforyou.com (20,000)

Waste Prevention & Reuse- Real nappies incentive scheme- Love Food Hate Waste- Home composting- Furniture Reuse Centres Forum

dorsetforyou.com/News/Blogs/Recycle for Dorset blog

Waste Education - Schools

Waste Wizard competition:

Somerford Primary – infant winner

Colehill First – junior winner

Three Legged Cross First

Christchurch Junior

Mudeford Junior

Hayeswood First

Oakhurst First

Wimborne First

The Service

Christchurch – First Year (Oct 12 to Sept 13)• Recycling rate (collection only): 32% to 61%• Inc HRC (county rate): 52% to 64%• Residual waste (rubbish) reduced by 42%

2013/14 kerbside recycling rate by depots:

County recycling rate (inc HRCs / banks: 54.20%)

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The March 2014 roll out (tranche 3)

4 depots – Christchurch, East Dorset, North Dorset, Purbeck

2 depots – West Dorset, Weymouth & Portland

*post rfd – tranche 3 March (14)‘recycle for Dorset’

Analysis of rubbish collected - Dorchester Comparison - July 2013 & July 2014

July 2013

July 2014

July 2014

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Rubbish kg/household/week

Customer Satisfaction Survey results

• January / February 2014• 5,000 responses• 90% people satisfied/very satisfied with collection

service• 75% felt the service was an improvement• 85% said they recycle more• 92% satisfied with the fortnightly collection service • 82% satisfied with the fortnightly rubbish collection

service• 89% happy with the size of the standard recycling bin• 73% happy with the size of the standard rubbish bin

94% satisfaction with communications

Questions

Feedback / Questions?

dorsetforyou.com/recyclefordorset

01305 221040

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Bridport Transfer Station & HRC

Work progressing well

Still due to open July 2015

Weekly Food Waste Collection

• Two containers – will be provided

– 23 litre container (lockable) – 7 litre kitchen caddy

• All cooked and uncooked food will be collected– Meat and fish including bones– Cooked and raw fruit and vegetables– Bread, pasta, rice and dairy– Plate scrapings– Tea bags & coffee grounds

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Fortnightly Recycling Collection

• Collected fortnightly using a 240 litre wheeled bin and recycling box

• Materials collected:– Wheeled Bin

• Paper and cardboard• Plastic bottles, pots, tubs and trays• Tins, cans and aerosols

– Recycling Box• Glass bottles / jars• Batteries (in bag)

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Fortnightly Rubbish Collection

• Collected fortnightly using a

140 litre wheeled bin

– General rubbish that

can’t be recycled

eg plastic films and

disposable nappies

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What we do

• All waste-related services on behalf of the 7 partners:• Rubbish collection • Recycling (including garden waste)• Household recycling centres• Bring banks• Waste treatment and disposal • Street cleansing• Education/awareness• Closed landfills • Enforcement