Waste: What are the options

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Waste What are the options?

• Andrew Dickson
• March 2008

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Overview

• Introduction Key sites
• Waste Types
• Options Dry/Solid Liquid
• Waste Legislation
• Regulation - a barrier to re-use and recycling?
• Drivers
• Why do private companies want to recycle?
• Business decision factors
• Market Opportunities

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Introduction

• William Tracey Ltd Who are we and what do we
  do?
• One stop shop for waste management collection,
  treatment, recover, re-use, recycle, manufacture,
  supplier, disposer of residuals.
• Collection infrastructure covering Scotland and
  Northern England with associated group companies
  in the Midlands and Ireland
• Technology source and recovery network covering
  North America, Scandinavia, mainland Europe and
  Asia

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Key Operational Sites

• Linwood - Dry Waste
• Paisley Hazardous Waste
• Dunniflats Consolidation Warehouse
• Middleton Composting Aggregates
• Dunfermline - Recycling Facility

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Waste Types

• Dry recyclables paper, plastics, wood, glass,
• Soils and contaminated land
• Construction waste including plasterboard and
  asbestos
• Chemical waste acids/alkalis, toxics,
  flammables, oils
• Effluent wastes treatment plants and
  interceptors

• Manufacture
• Wood chip
• Glass
• Soils and aggregates
• Chemical product
• Compost
• Cement
• Fuel
• Energy

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Dry (Solid) Waste

• Volume of waste arising and frequency of update
  required will dictate collection method vehicle
  type
• Waste Minimization
• Segregation vs Mixed waste
• Provide analysis of recyclate
• Pulling of resources
• Baling

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Chemical Waste

• Specialist service for the collection of labchems
  
• Operate, at Paisley, on-site recovery
  processing of chemical wastes
• Shredding

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Effluent / Liquids

• IMP now part of the William Tracey Group
• ALL types of pipeline cleaning
• Descaling, internal and external
• Tank and lagoon cleaning
• High pressure water jetting
• Mobile sludge dewatering service
• KSA

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Waste Legislation

• ..The essential objective of all provisions
  relating to waste management should be the
  protection of human health and the environment
  against harmful effects caused by the collection,
  transport, treatment, storage and tipping of
  waste..
• ..The recovery of waste and the use of
  recovered materials as raw materials should be
  encouraged in order to conserve natural
  resources. (2006/12/EC)

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Regulation - a barrier to re-use and recycling?

• Additional costs and controls compared with
  comparable product
• Impact on customer-
• Licence or exemption
• Planning consent
• COTC and financial due diligence
• Impact on product-
• Negative perception
• Reduced value and higher development costs
• Lower investment return

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Drivers - Legislative

• Waste Framework Directive - Landfill, IPPC, REACH
• WEEE
• Batteries Directive
• Energy Policy
• Water Framework Directive
• Climate Change?

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Drivers for the Private Sector?

• Profit
• Differentiation
• Competitive advantage
• Technology
• Process
• Service
• Price

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Business Decision Factors

• Investment cost and return
• Fit with overall strategy/ market position
• Risk
• Technology risk
• Market risk
• Legislative risk
• No advantage in creating legal precedent
• Probability of success

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Opportunities

• Waste to energy options
• R D existing and new
• Mobile treatment plant
• Land remediation
• Biomass energy
• Processing chemical waste for re-use

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Discussion