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Gary McCollum

Company Profile

• RecyCo Ltd are an award winning Recycling-led waste management

service provider

• The company operate from a purpose built MRF on the outskirts of

Omagh.

• Process 95,000 t.p.a.
• 30,000 tons of Recyclables
• 40,000 tons of Commercial /Industrial
• 20,000 tons of inert, C&D, timber
• Substantial experience of delivering local authority contracts. 1/3 of our

waste comes from public sector

• Comingled dry recyclables
• 2/3 from the private sector. Majority we collect ourselves
• Employ 50 full-time staff

Derry/Strabane - Service Overview

• RecyCo collect all Contract Waste material from the Council transfer stations at

Campsie and Strahans Road and transfer to their MRF in Omagh for processing

• All processed materials are sold to appropriate end markets. All systems for doing so

are fully audited and auditable.

• RecyCo has established markets for all processed materials and endeavour that all

materials collected are ultimately recycled, reused or recovered.

• Since contract start in Nov 2015 approx. 28,000 tonnes has been collected and

processed.

Derry/Strabane Tonnage

1787.76 8266.22 7966.91 862.88 3426.58 3462.26 2015 2016 2017

Derry Strabane

Derry/Strabane Composition

12% 34% 12% 4% 1% 2% 19% 16% C,Board Mixed Paper Plastics Ferrous Aluminium Plastic Film Glass RDF

Main Points On China Import Ban

• 0.5% contamination limit for paper & plastic, 1% for non-ferrous metal scrap

(based on revised standard docs)

• No mixed paper
• Small paper mills (<300Ktpa) no longer allowed to import
• Only post-production scrap plastics allowed
• Unclear impact on import license tonnage - 60%-70% reduction in plastic;
• Contamination limits set to come into force March 2018; unclear how strictly they

will be enforced.

• Other Asian countries expected to follow suit…..Good operators are being

impaired by bad quality producers

Response to China Ban

• MRF operators working hard to meet new specifications on materials.

Investment in new plant and additional technologies such as optical sorting.

• Packaging companies – Recycling industry and WRAP calling for improved

design and simplistic packaging – currently too many types and hard to recycle

• Leadership form government required to stimulate more local based

reprocessing opportunities.

• Councils – More needs to be done in terms of educating householders on

recycling.

• Quality vs Quantity debate

Available Options

Direct Incineration Direct Incineration Co-mingled Single Stream (No Glass) Co-mingled Single Stream (No Glass) Co-mingled Single Stream (Glass incl.) Co-mingled Single Stream (Glass incl.) Landfill Landfill Box & Dual Stream Systems Box & Dual Stream Systems Largest Range of Material- Simplest & Cheapest Collection Methodology Largest Range of Material- Simplest & Cheapest Collection Methodology Large range of material but capture of glass problematic & may require additional collections Large range of material but capture of glass problematic & may require additional collections Special Collection Vehicles. Potentially Higher Value for Materials But Smaller Range Special Collection Vehicles. Potentially Higher Value for Materials But Smaller Range Minimal recycling (Metals). Energy Generation Minimal recycling (Metals). Energy Generation No Recycling! Significant issues around Landfill Management No Recycling! Significant issues around Landfill Management

“High Quality Recycling”

• What is it?
• No Legal definition
• Our definition:

“Where material is of appropriate quality to secure an end market as defined in Waste Data Flow”

• Global Market or UK

Is it necessary to collect Materials Separately?

NO……….RecyCo have demonstrated that recyclates of sufficient quality to meet the requirements of reprocessors can be produced from comingled material. RecyCo’s technical operation can sort and process material to have a range

• f end markets. Current markets include:

 Glass – Rehab Glassco, Co Kildare  Plastics – Shabra Recycling, Co Monaghan. Roydon Plastics UK  Cardboard – Mark Lyndon, China, Vietnam, India and UK  Paper – India, China, Europe and UK  Metals – Tandom, Novelis, UK and Europe

NO REASON WHY THESE MATERIALS SHOULD BE COLLECTED SEPARATELY

TEEP Assessment

• Is it technically, environmentally or economically

practicable to collect recyclable materials separately?

• Technically – Yes, it can be done but many issues

to consider:

• Health & Safety issues – Manual Handling
• Problems with windblown litter, paper getting wet
• Lack of capacity in boxes
• Time consuming

Environmentally

Separate collections will have a negative impact on the net environmental benefit

• f collecting dry recyclable material. Key issues centre around the following areas;
• The quantity of materials presented for recycling by householders is reduced
• The balance of materials not captured ends up in the residual waste stream

A study by Hull City Council in 2015 of Comingled vs Kerbside sort found a 42% loss of recyclable material to the residual waste stream. A change from Comingled to separate collections may not be in line with the principles of the waste hierarchy

Economically

Need to consider:

• Associated costs of introducing a separate collection:

vehicles, boxes, infrastructure

• The disposal costs associated with the scheme

performance in comparison to comingled collection

• Councils position in terms of waste contracts

It makes no economic sense to procure new vehicles to collect materials separately where they have a perfectly adequate fleet collecting more comingled recycling.

What we Know…

• Neither necessary nor practical to collect materials

separately

• Comingled dry recycling substantially out performs

separate collections

• Infrastructure already in place – Well invested MRF,

Vehicles etc.

• RecyCo’s MRF produces ‘High Quality Recycling’

materials and can adapt and change to new materials – Flexibility

• New investment in Optical sorting technologies will

improve quality.

Possible Changes Ahead?

 Changes in Composition

 Will News & Pams disappear? (photo, ipad & Newspaper)  Will Amazon, ebay and other on-line retailers always use cardboard?  Innovations in Plastics Packaging?

Plastics in oceans, will this be the end of Plastic packaging?

 How will this impact on plants & processing?

 Brexit

 Will Waste Directives be diluted or even abolished?  Impact on Material Markets/Tariffs?  Impact on Labour Market & Employee Retention?

Summary

• Not the time for considering change
• Improvements in quality can be achieved by the current comingled system – no

need for radical change

• Good Communications are key – Councils need to invest more in Recycling

Campaigns, Householder education – evidence of payback

• More focus required by Councils on reducing contamination rates- identify areas

where contamination is prevalent

• Contamination is a people issue – revolving around: understanding, motivation

and perceptions

• Private sector currently bearing most of the risk – significant investment – short

term contracts

Questions ?