Other waste costs

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Other waste costs

• The cost of things you throw away
• For example
• cost of raw materials in skip
• cost of labour in scrapped product
• cost of consumables in all products
• cost of wasted energy

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How much does waste cost us?

• Hidden costs much higher than obvious
• Waste costs Industry about 4.5 of turnover
• For the UK this equates to 15 billion annually
• Companies can turn 1 of costs into profit

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Benefits of waste minimisation
? Financial ? Process performance ? Competitive
edge ? Compliance ? Environmental
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Summary of Project
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Format

• Business Wins covers five key phases comprising
• Audits Envirowise/Carbon Trust audits
• Workshops - how to conduct a waste minimisation
  audit
• On-site help - during the implementation phase
• Club meetings - are held at least twice a year
• Monitoring - is undertaken throughout the project
• Dissemination - through case studies,
  newsletters, a seminar and a Final Report on the
  project

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• Launched May 2002
• 6 Local groups (58 businesses)
• - North East (complete)
• - Shetland (complete)
• - Orkney (complete)
• - Western Isles (complete)
• - Highlands (Phase 1 completed, Phase 2 Lochaber
  underway)

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Business WINS Total Summary

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How is waste minimisation achieved?

• Prevention at source
• New process technology
• Re-use and Recycling
• Examining supplier and customer links
• Not end of pipe, not added costs

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Sources of FREE help and information
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FREE resources availableon SEPA waste
minimisation website

• www.sepa.org.uk/wastemin
• Good Environmental Practice Case Studies
• Info on external programmes
• Sector specific information
• Start your own programme guidance
• Links to useful organisations
• and lots more!