Consultation Focus Groups
Household Waste & Recycling
Collection Contract 2017
Why are we here?
To consider a range of options for
Household Waste & Recycling collection services from 2017
To guide the procurement of new
contracts to provide these services
Because?
The current Household Waste collection contract expires in 2017
We want to consider a variety of options for recycling which are:
cost effective
Sustainable
Event structure
Presentation
Current situation
Legal requirements
Realistic Options
The future
Group discussion
‘What service option works best for you’
Recent Developments
New residual waste treatment facility
New waste transfer facility
New green waste disposal contract
Residual Waste Treatment
New Mechanical Biological Treatment (MBT) facility at Manvers, Rotherham
MBT - a processing facility that combines waste sorting with biological treatment (can be either composting or anaerobic digestion).
Residual Waste Treatment
25 year PFI contract in partnership with Barnsley and Rotherham Councils (BDR)
PFI – A way of funding public building projects using private sector money
Residual Waste Treatment
250,000 tonnes of waste per year
To increase recycling across region by 7%
Outputs from MBT facility:
Refuse derived Fuel (electricity generation)
Compost like material (Land reclamation)
Recyclable materials (resource recovery)
Mechanical Biological Treatment
Shredding
Drying
Sorting
Compaction
Mixing Plastics
Digestion Organics
Leachate
Glass
Refuse Derived Fuel Metals
Municipal Waste
Compost like Output
Simplified MBT Process
Wood chip
Simplified MBT Process
Waste Transfer Facilities
New council depot in Kirk Sandall
Fully licensed Waste Transfer Station
Capacity for all Household Waste types
Residual
Green
Recyclables
New Waste Transfer Station
Green Waste Contract
5yr contract starting January 2016
Green Waste to certified compost
(PAS 100 quality standard)
Critical to overall recycling rates:
50% statutory recycling target (by 2020)
50% recycling target linked to PFI credits
What does this mean?
Changes to waste collection must not be detrimental to MBT facility processes
BUT
Incentive to minimise black bin waste:
Reduce disposal costs (£’s per tonne cost)
Spare capacity can be sold (income)
Increase recycling rate (% calculation)
What does this mean?
Green Waste must be compostable
Cannot combine with food waste (ABP regs)
Much lower cost than disposal
Incentive to maximise the collection of recyclables and Green Waste
Spare capacity @MBT (3rd party income)
£2.6m/year PFI credits linked to 50% target
Current collection contract
Expires October 2017
Main services provided
Collection of residual waste (black bin)
Collection of recyclables (green box)
Collection of garden waste (green bin)
Collection of commercial waste (trade)
Current collection contract
Other services provided
The sale of recyclable materials
Clinical waste collections
Asbestos collections
Bulky waste collections (Refurnish)
Current collection
services
Collection tonnages 2014/15
18,140 tonnes
24,772 tonnes 66,069 tonnes
What might change?
Bins or boxes for recycling?
What recyclables to collect?
Who sells the recyclables?
Bin sizes – more recycling less waste?
Green Waste charges?
Recycling reward scheme?
Legal requirements
Waste Framework Directive
Waste Regulations
Household Waste Recycling Act
Waste Framework Directive
European Union legislation
Provides the legal framework for waste
i.e. What is or is not waste
Waste management activities must not harm Human Health or the Environment
Implemented by Waste Regulations 2011
Waste Reg’s 2011 - No. 12
Implements the ‘Waste Hierarchy’
Known as Reduce, Reuse, Recycle
Must use waste as a resource
Must consider ‘best overall environmental
outcome’ when managing waste
The Waste Hierarchy
Waste Reg’s 2011 – No.13
Requires the separate collection of paper, metal, plastic and glass
When necessary to improve recovery
Where Technically, Environmentally and Economically Practicable (TEEP).
Where appropriate to meet the needs of the recycling industries
Waste Reg’s 2011 – No.14
Separately collected recyclable materials must not be mixed again after collection
Applies to paper, metal, plastic, glass
The Household Waste Recycling Act 2003
Councils must collect at least two
recyclable materials from each house
Are separate collections beneficial?
Paper needs to be clean and dry for recycling
Glass breaks and is difficult to separate from other recyclable materials later
Paper and Glass can be sold direct to reprocessors when collected separately
× Plastics will require further processing into different types after collection to realise true value
× Metal cans need sorting into Steel and Aluminium after collection to realise true value
Realistic Options
Wheeled bins for recycling
Mixed collections of some recyclables
Cardboard, metal cans, plastic bottles?
Simplify the targeted materials
(Paper / Card, Glass, Metal cans, Plastic bottles)
More separation by resident
Paper and / or glass?
Container Types
Current Collection Containers
Future Services??
Recycling performance
Top performers tend to:
Collect mixed recyclables
Collect paper or glass separate
Use wheeled bins for recycling
Collect refuse fortnightly
Recycling performance
Reducing black bin capacity increases recycling rates and saves money!
Increase recycling container capacity?
Issue smaller black bins when lost or damaged?
Incentive Schemes
SERCO report (2015) found that:
Reducing residual waste capacity
Good recycling service design
‘Have a greater impact on recycling
performance than reward schemes’
Recycling Collection Options
Collection Type Negatives Positives Containers Frequency
Lower materials quality Maximum tonnage collected High risk of contamination Low collection costs
High processing costs Easiest for residents
Least compliant with Regulations Least space required Satisfactory material quality Good tonnage collected Medium risk of contamination Average collection costs
High processing costs Easy for residents
Partial compliance with regulations Least space required
Good material quality Good tonnage collected
Medium risk of contamination Average collection costs
Medium processing costs Easy for residents
Partial compliance with regulations Least space required Medium tonnage collected Very good material quality Above average collection costs Low risk of contamination
Harder for residents Low processing costs
More space required High compliance with regulations Lowest tonnage collected Excellent material quality
Highest collection costs No contamination
Hardest for residents No processing costs
Most space required Full compliance with regulations
Weekly (stillage type vehicle) Fully Comingled collection
Glass in separate stream (two-stream)
Paper in separate stream (two-stream)
Glass and Paper in separate streams (three stream)
Fully separated Collections Four boxes
Wheeled bin with caddy (or Box) or Two
Boxes Wheeled bin or box
Wheeled bin with caddy (or Box) or Two
Boxes
Wheeld bin with Two caddies or boxes
Fortnightly (standard RCV)
Fortnightly (Split Body RCV with Glass pod)
Fortnightly (Split Body RCV)
Fortnightly (Split Body RCV)
Collection Type Tonnnage collected
Material Quality
Collection costs
Processing costs
Ease of use for resident
Contamination rates
Space required
Regulatory complaince Fully Comingled collection
Paper in separate stream (two-stream)
Glass in separate stream (two-stream)
Glass and Paper in separate streams (three stream)
Full Separate Collections
Finding the right balance
Collection Vehicle Options
Collection Vehicle Options
Olympus = Wide & narrow versions with different volumes to suit specific needs
Twin Pack = Two totally separate
compartments sized to suit recycling scheme
Duo = features side loading non-compacting pod thats safer for glass collections
One Pass = Enables the collection of three separate waste streams on one round
Current ‘Stillage’ Vehicle
New ‘Kerb Sort’ Vehicle
What works for you?
Groups discussion:
Share thoughts
Ask questions
Guided discussion “improving recycling”
Vote for your preferred service option
Summary and close
Discussion - Improving recycling
Should we enforce the rules?
Should we reduce residual bin size?
Should we charge to collect Green Waste?
Would an incentive scheme increase
recycling?
What works for you? Vote!
Consider 5 viable options for the future
Place YELLOW smiley face to show your favourite option
Place RED sad face to show your least favourite option
Place GREEN tick to show what was most important to you in making your decision
Negatives
Lower materials quality High risk of contamination High processing costs Least compliant with Regulations Positives
Maximum tonnage collected Low collection costs Easiest for residents Least space required Containers
Frequency
J L
Fully co-mingled (One stream)
Wheeled bin or Box Fortnightly
