Stimulating Supply and Demand for Recycling, the UKs experience

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Stimulating Supply and Demand for Recycling, the
UKs experience

• Regional and International Recycling Industry
  Trends and Perspectives
• 22 May 2009
• Marcus Gover, WRAP
• Director of Market Development

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An introduction to WRAP

• Waste Resources Action Programme
• Established by the UK Government in 2000.
• WRAP helps individuals, businesses and local
  authorities to reduce waste and recycle more,
  making better use of resources and helping to
  tackle climate change

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2008-2011 Business Plan

• Target 1
• 8 million tonnes less waste to landfill
• Target 2
• 5 million tonnes of CO2 emissions saved
• Target 3
• 1.1 billion of economic benefits

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Behavioural Change

• Each of our three targets is underpinned by
  behavioural change
• We will influence behaviour towards resource
  efficiency by targeting businesses and the public
  alike

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Delivering Resource Efficiency
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UK Recycling
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Construction
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Why Construction?
Material consumed, waste generated, waste
recycled and waste landfilled by the UK
construction industry
Material consumed
Waste generated
Waste recycled
Waste landfilled
gt400 Mt/yr
120 Mt/yr
60 Mt/yr
25Mt/yr
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Construction
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Construction - WRAP Approach


Collecting Sorting
Recycling Reprocessing
Waste Prevention
Market Development
Construction Commitments Halving Waste to
Landfill
Reprocessing construction waste End-uses for
recovered materials
Creating demand for recycled content Quality
protocols
Construction waste collections Building
construction waste MRF infrastructure
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Construction - WRAP Approach


Collecting Sorting
Recycling Reprocessing
Waste Prevention
Market Development
Construction Commitments Halving Waste to
Landfill
Reprocessing construction waste End-uses for
recovered materials
Creating demand for recycled content Quality
protocols
Construction waste collections Building
construction waste MRF infrastructure
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Construction Commitment
We commit to play our part in halving the amount
of construction, demolition and excavation waste
going to landfill by 2012. We will work to adopt
and implement standards for good practice in
reducing waste, recycling more, and increasing
our use of recycled and recovered materials.

• We will
• Embed a specific target within our corporate
  policies and processes
• Set corresponding requirements in procurement
• Measure performance relative to a baseline
• Report annually on performance

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Whos signed up already?
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Construction - WRAP Approach



Collecting Sorting
Recycling Reprocessing
Waste Prevention
Market Development
Construction Commitments Halving Waste to
Landfill
Reprocessing construction waste End-uses for
recovered materials
Creating demand for recycled content Quality
protocols
Construction waste collections Building
construction waste MRF infrastructure
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Waste Collections

• Logistic options to enable efficient collection
  of construction waste
• Collection containers, mobile processing options,
  take back schemes
• Site trials of collection systems
• Best practise guidance on waste collections

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Material Recovery Facilities

• MRF Operations
• Methods and technologies to improve the
  segregation process at MRFs
• Development trials to identify emerging
  technologies
• Best practise guidance on segregation and
  processing
• MRF Infrastructure
• Capital Grant Support for additional processing
  capacity
• Capital Grant Support for increasing efficiency
• eQuip Residual Lease Guarantee Scheme

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Construction - WRAP Approach



Collecting Sorting
Recycling Reprocessing
Waste Prevention
Market Development
Construction Commitments Halving Waste to
Landfill
Reprocessing construction waste End-uses for
recovered materials
Creating demand for recycled content Quality
protocols
Construction waste collections Building
construction waste MRF infrastructure
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Recycling and Reprocessing
From this
To this
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Developing End-Uses

• Overcoming barriers
• Application trials and demonstrations
• Developing Standards
• Manufacturing trials
• Producers commitment Ashdown Agreement for
  plasterboard

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Construction - WRAP Approach



Collecting Sorting
Recycling Reprocessing
Waste Prevention
Market Development
Construction Commitments Halving Waste to
Landfill
Reprocessing construction waste End-uses for
recovered materials
Creating demand for recycled content Quality
protocols
Construction waste collections Building
construction waste MRF infrastructure
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Creating Demand

• Setting requirements for recycled content
• Many mainstream products already include recycled
  content
• Range of products offer above-average recycled
  content at no extra cost Quick Wins
• Potential for diversion from landfill is
  substantial

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Creating Demand 2012 Olympics

• Setting materials requirements for a sustainable
  London Olympics
• 20 recycled content by value
• 25 recycled aggregates (by weight) to be used
• 90 demolition materials to be reused or recycled

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Quality Protocols

• Define end of waste criteria
• Point at which waste is recovered
• No longer regulated as waste
• Reduces cost of producing recycled materials
• Expands market for recycled materials

Materials deregulated to date in UK Aggregates,
Compost, Flat Glass, Non-Packaging Plastics, Tyre
derived Rubber, Used Cooking Oil
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Construction - WRAP Approach


Collecting Sorting
Recycling Reprocessing
Waste Prevention
Market Development
Construction Commitments Halving Waste to
Landfill
Reprocessing construction waste End-uses for
recovered materials
Creating demand for recycled content Quality
protocols
Construction waste collections Building
construction waste MRF infrastructure
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Packaging
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Why tackle packaging?

• 6 Mt/y in household waste stream
• Consumers want less packaging
• Political and media interest
• Significant carbon savings achieved through
  recycling plastics
• Less waste to landfill

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Packaging
15g
49g
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Packaging


Collecting Sorting
Recycling Reprocessing
Waste Prevention
Market Development
Packaging reduction optimisation Courtauld
Commitment
Developing new technology Building
reprocessing infrastructure
Recyclability and recycled content Market
information
Support guidance on waste collections
Improving MRF operations
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Packaging


Collecting Sorting
Recycling Reprocessing
Waste Prevention
Market Development
Packaging reduction optimisation Courtauld
Commitment
Developing new technology Building
reprocessing infrastructure
Recyclability and recycled content Market
information
Support guidance on waste collections
Improving MRF operations
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Courtauld Commitment

• The signatories commit to supporting WRAP in the
  achievement of its objectives, as follows
• To design out packaging waste growth by 2008
• To deliver absolute reductions in packaging waste
  by 2010
• To identify ways to tackle the problem of food
  waste
• Signatories represent over 90 of the UK grocery
  market

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15g
49g
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Packaging


Collecting Sorting

Recycling Reprocessing
Waste Prevention
Market Development
Packaging reduction optimisation Courtauld
Commitment
Developing new technology Building
reprocessing infrastructure
Recyclability and recycled content Market
information
Support guidance on waste collections
Improving MRF operations
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Advice on Collections
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MRF Operations/Technology
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Packaging


Collecting Sorting

Recycling Reprocessing
Waste Prevention
Market Development
Packaging reduction optimisation Courtauld
Commitment
Developing new technology Building
reprocessing infrastructure
Recyclability and recycled content Market
information
Support guidance on waste collections
Improving MRF operations
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UK Plastic Bottle Collection
UK Collecting c35 of plastic bottles
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New Plastic Bottle Recycling Plant

• Closed Loop London, Dagenham
• Recycling 35,000t/y plastic bottles
• Producing food grade PET and HDPE
• Capital support from WRAP
• Opened in 2008
• Further plants planned

Saves 1-1.5 tonnes CO2 per tonne plastic recycled
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Packaging


Collecting Sorting

Recycling Reprocessing
Waste Prevention
Market Development
Packaging reduction optimisation Courtauld
Commitment
Developing new technology Building
reprocessing infrastructure
Recyclability and recycled content Market
information
Support guidance on waste collections
Improving MRF operations
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On-Pack Labelling

• Helping consumers recycle more

• Widely Recycled
• Collected and recycled most Local Authorities
  (greater than 65)

• Check Locally
• Collected and recycled by some Local Authorities,
  (15-65)

• Not Currently Recycled
• Collected and recycled by only a small number of
  or no Local Authorities (less than 15)

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Glass Rite Wine Project
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Packaging


Collecting Sorting
Recycling Reprocessing
Waste Prevention
Market Development
Packaging reduction optimisation Courtauld
Commitment
Developing new technology Building
reprocessing infrastructure
Recyclability and recycled content Market
information
Support guidance on waste collections
Improving MRF operations
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UK Recycling
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UK Recycling
CO2 Savings 18 million t/y (equiv) Taking 5
million cars off the road OR Closing down 3 coal
fired power stations
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