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Hertfordshires Waste Strategy Member briefing, 4 th Jan 2007 www.wasteaware.org.uk Agenda Where are we now? A new waste strategy for Hertfordshire Public consultation, Jan-March 2007 Questions www.wasteaware.org.uk


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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?