Hertfordshires Waste Strategy Member briefing, 4 th Jan 2007 - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

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Hertfordshire’s Waste Strategy

Member briefing, 4th Jan 2007

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Agenda

• Where are we now?
• A new waste strategy

for Hertfordshire

• Public consultation,

Jan-March 2007

• Questions

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Where are we now?

• 566,639 tonnes of municipal waste in 2005/06
• 33% recycled or composted in Herts
• 49% recycled or composted at our HWRCs
• 516 kgs per head of population
• £22.79 per head

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Where are we now?

• £25.67m revenue budget in 2006/07
• Over £40 million spent collecting and disposing
• f household waste in 2005/06
• Currently, 60% sent to landfill

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How do we compare?

• 33% recycling (27%)
• 49% HWRC recycling (42%)
• 516 kgs/head (530/head)
• £22.79/head (£27.25/head)

* Figures sourced from independent research by National Association

• f Waste Disposal Officers

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What are the challenges?

• Best Value Performance Standards beyond the

30% in 2007/08

• LAA recycling and composting stretch target

– 41.5% in 2008/09

• Hertfordshire recycling/composting target

– 50% by 2012

• Draft National Waste Strategy targets

– 25% by 2005 – 30% by 2010 – 33% by 2015

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What are the challenges? /2

• Pressure for self sufficiency
• Landfill Allowances Trading Scheme (LATS)

– 75% of 1995 level by 2009/10 – 50% by 2012/13 – 35% by 2019/20

• Animal By-Products Regulations 2005
• Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment

Regulations (WEEE) in July 2007

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What have we achieved so far?

• WasteAware partnership 1997
• Hertfordshire Waste Partnership 2002
• Joint municipal waste management strategy for

Hertfordshire 2002-24

• £5.7m external funds secured for further

developing three-stream collection services

• Composting facilities procured

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Where do we want to be?

• Reduction in generation of waste
• Continuing strong performance on recycling and

composting

• The right infrastructure, in the right place, at the

right time

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Why change?

• We’re running out of space

– Landfill contracts run out between 2008 and 2010 – New landfill opportunities rapidly disappearing

• Waste is damaging the environment

– Landfill produces polluting liquid and methane which contributes to global warming

• Cost of landfill is increasing

– Landfill Tax increasing at £3 per tonne per year – Potential LATS penalties of £150 fine per tonne

• Timetable for change is getting more urgent

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How do we get there?

• Phased approach to providing waste

management/disposal infrastructure, building

• pportunity into our strategy
• Financial modelling
• Enhanced Hertfordshire Waste Partnership
• Partnerships with neighbouring Waste Disposal

Authorities

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A new waste strategy for Hertfordshire

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Reducing waste

• Further campaigning

– Improve understanding that recycling is good but reducing waste is even better – Annual programme of activities, including targeting schools and businesses

• Range of incentives, including:

– New home composting promotion – Extending real nappy cash-back scheme – Producing directory of re-use businesses and charities

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Recycling

• Investigate:

– Expansion of kerbside waste collection services – Ways of collecting waste to maximise recycling – Restricting amount of bin waste collected – Offering more facilities for composting mixed food waste, garden waste and cardboard

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Treatment of non-recyclable waste

• Investigate:

– Mechanical Biological Treatment (MBT) – Energy from Waste (EfW) – Gasification/Pyrolysis

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Landfill

• Currently most common form of waste disposal
• Environmentally unsustainable

– Produces methane, potent greenhouse gas – Polluting liquid, leachate, has to be controlled

• Little energy is recovered
• Limited available space
• Increasingly expensive option

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Mechanical biological treatment (MBT)

• Variety of technologies involving mechanical

sorting and separation plus biological treatment (eg composting)

• Diverts biodegradable waste from landfill
• Separates materials which otherwise wouldn’t

be recycled

• What is left can be used as a fuel or soil

enhancer

• Well established technology in mainland Europe

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Energy from Waste (EfW)

• Waste burned under controlled conditions to significantly

reduce volume and hazardous properties

• Resulting ash can be used in construction industry

(though small quantities may need to be landfilled)

• Energy produced can be used for heating and power
• Proven technology, widely used in UK and Europe

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Gasification/Pyrolysis

• Processes which involve heating waste to

reduce its volume

• Diverts biodegradable waste from landfill
• Solid residue is left which requires disposal
• Both processes produce a gas which is often

used to generate electricity

• Emerging and relatively unproven technology,

with limited examples in the UK

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What are the hurdles?

• Public perceptions
• Planning process
• Suitable sites hard to find and landowners

generally unwilling to come forward

• Affordability
• Available financing

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Hertfordshire Waste Partnership’s Public Consultation January - March 2006

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Consultation timetable

• 8th January – 12 week consultation begins
• Media briefings early January
• Herts Direct newspaper to all residents incorporating

strategy questionnaire during January

• Promoting online responses
• Briefing for MPs mid-late January
• Summary leaflet incorporating questionnaire distributed

across the County

• Working jointly to publicise strategy locally and

encourage responses

• Interest groups will be encouraged to respond

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What we want to know

• Reaction to possible waste reduction initiatives,

including: – Pay as you throw – Smaller bins/less frequent collections – Increased campaigning and incentives

• Views on recycling, including:

– 50% target – Compulsory recycling – Range of recycling services being offered

• Attitudes towards disposal of non-recyclable waste,

including: – Priorities when considering disposal options (cost, environmental impact, etc)

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Next steps (2007)

• 29th January: HCC’s Waste Management Panel

considers formal response to consultation

• 30th January: Hertfordshire Waste Partnership receives

progress report

• April/May: Hertfordshire Waste Partnership considers

responses to the consultation

• June/July: Hertfordshire Waste Partnership

recommends adoption of strategy

• Summer: Formal adoption of the strategy by each

partner

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Questions?