Com parison w ith Municipal Solid W aste
Phill Russell Anna Parry
W aste Managem ent Service
21st October 2009
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Com parison w ith Municipal Solid W aste Phill Russell Anna Parry W aste Managem ent Service 21 st October 2009 G:\Env & Dev\WM\MRMC Project\WD80 00-5-3 MRMC Comms Strategy\Presentations\WYFY 21 Oct Presentation v2 Purpose of presentation:
Com parison w ith Municipal Solid W aste
Phill Russell Anna Parry
W aste Managem ent Service
21st October 2009
G:\Env & Dev\WM\MRMC Project\WD80 00-5-3 MRMC Comms Strategy\Presentations\WYFY 21 Oct Presentation v2
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Purpose of presentation:
What we currently do with our MSW What we plan to do with C&I waste in future
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MSW is approxim ately 2 0 % of all w aste produced in W est Sussex, the other 8 0 % is Com m ercial and I ndustrial w aste The vast m ajority of this w aste is landfilled Landfill is not sustainable, not very popular and perm itted capacity is running out An alternative is needed FAST
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Ford MRF
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Raw Material: 312,000 t/y MSW Energy Generation: 3.2 MWe using gas engines Process Technology: Shredding Mechanical separation Wet Pre-treatment Anaerobic Digestion Bio-gas generation
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11 Throughout West Sussex
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Includes SMEs in the service Increases recycling levels Reduces greenhouse gas production
Provide an innovative County-w ide Business Waste Recycling Scheme that:
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Conducted late sum m er 2 0 0 7 8 9 8 2 Businesses contacted Good response rate Show ed strong support for a Council led recycling schem e
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The Council should be making it easier for businesses to recycle – 94% agreed My business has space for recycling bins or sacks – 78% agreed I am prepared to pay more to have a recycling collection alongside a general waste collection – 29% agreed
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QUESTION: What barriers prevent you recycling (or recycling more)? ANSWERS: Collection service is not readily available – 72% Cost concerns – 26%
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Aw ard w inning partnership and several thousand tonnes of w aste
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Also: W aste Collection Authorities are required to collect com m ercial w aste if requested. This then form s part of the m unicipal solid w aste stream .
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Joint Materials Resource Managem ent Strategy Principle
and recycling w aste
for recyclable m aterials Joint Authority support to w iden rem it for better m anagem ent of C&I w aste
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Objective to divert non-municipal waste and since 30th October 2007 the pre-treatment regulations have applied to waste sent to landfill. “Waste will have been considered as having undergone pre-treatment if it has undergone a physical, thermal, chemical or biological process (including sorting), which changes the characteristics of the waste, in order to: reduce its volume, or hazardousness nature, or facilitate its handling, or enhance its recovery”
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