Centre for Waste Management Results and Future Projects

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Centre for Waste ManagementResults and Future
Projects

• Glyn Morton
• Centre for Waste Management
• School of Natural Resources
• University of Central Lancashire

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European Funding

• The European Union provides funds to promote
  economic development and social inclusion through
  a series of inter-related funds known as
  Structural Funds.
• The European Regional Development Fund (ERDF),
  is aimed at reducing regional imbalances and
  supports activity which leads to job creation
  through investment in infrastructure,
  businesses,the environment, tourism and community
  economic development.

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CWM ERDF PROJECT

• In 2004 the University of Central Lancashires
  Centre for Waste Management received European
  funding (ERDF) within the Objective 2, Priority
  1 sector - to help SMEs in eligible areas of
  North and West Lancashire.

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Objective 2 Programme

• Aims to promote economic and social convergence
  in areas undergoing socio-economic change in the
  industrial and service sectors.
• The Programme will operate within parts of
  Greater Manchester, Cheshire, Cumbria and
  Lancashire
• It addresses the Regional Economic Strategy (RES)
• which will drive regional level Objective 2
  activity.

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Aims and Objectives

• Designed to assist SMEs to take up new
  opportunities and sustain their growth through
  waste minimisation and recycling

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Measures Within Objective 2, Priority 1 Action
Plan

• 1.1 Creation and establishment of
• entrepreneurial business starts.
• 1.2 Increasing the competitiveness of established
  
• SMEs.
• 1.4 Developing the regional knowledge economy
• supporting business innovation and
  networking.

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Fully Eligible Areas and Transitional Areas

• Fully eligible and transitional areas are
  designated by geographical location.
• Transitional areas are those which qualified for
  funding under in the period 1994-1999 but not in
  the new Objective 2 status.

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Which Firms Did We Assist?

• Small and medium sized firms in Preston,
  Blackpool, Lancaster, Chorley, and parts of Wyre
  and West Lancs.
• Both new firms and those that are well
  established were assisted.

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Cross Cutting Themes

• Equal Opportunities
• ICT
• Sustainable Development

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What Has the CWM done?

• The CWM team has promoted the project to eligible
  target companies.
• Interviewed the owners/MDs the companies.
• Assessed the needs of the companies.
• Created programmes of support activities.
• Performed agreed support tasks.
• Secured sub-contracted specialists when required.
  
• Built relationships with networks of business
  support organisations that could provide
  specialist assistance.

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What Has the Project Delivered?

• waste environmental audits,
• environmental policy statements,
• energy reviews,
• asbestos surveys,
• Waste Awareness Certificate (WAC )qualification
  of the Chartered Institution of Wastes Management.

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What has the CWM achieved?

• Over 70 small and medium sizes enterprises have
  been assisted.
• 35 new jobs created.
• 49 jobs safeguarded.
• 5,903,325 sales have been safeguarded.
• 3,383,800 increase in sales has been achieved.

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What Have We Learnt ?

• Bearing in mind that each companys
  requirements are different, there should be
• Rapid response
• Continuity of contact
• Follow-through activity
• Regular monitoring

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We Should Remember That

• Not all measures and objectives can be calculated
  the true implications of the project can only
  be highlighted by speaking to the companies
  involved.
• Enterprises did not become involved in the
  project because it was free, but because of the
  knowledge and expertise it provided them with -
  and that environmental concern and waste
  minimisation were important to them.

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The Future

• North West Centre
• for
• Waste Management
• at the University of Central Lancashire

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NW Objective 2 Programme 2000-2006

• The University of Central Lancashire has been
  awarded a second ERDF grant of 1.3m, to develop
  the North West Centre for Waste Management ( NW
  CWM)

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Measure 1.4 - Developing the Regional Knowledge
Economy, by

• Supporting business innovation and networking,
  especially those linked to advanced RD and
  knowledge transfer initiatives.
• Provide access to applied research development
  facilities and resources.
• Start-date April 2006 end date-late 2008.

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Applicants and sources of matched funding

• Public Sector
• University of Central Lancashire (lead)
• University of Manchester
• Business Link Cumbria
• Business Link Lancashire
• Edge Hill College

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Applicants and sources of matched funding

• Private Sector
• North and Western Lancashire Chamber of Commerce
• Nimtech Limited
• Envirolink NW limited
• SME participants

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The NW CWM will facilitate the following

• Network opportunities involving B2B (business to
  business) knowledge exchange activities.
• Knowledge dissemination via Waste Awareness
  Certificates.
• Access to relevant case study material.
• Access to facilities and academics within NW
  Universities.
• Development and Maintenance of a web portal
  environment 4business(e4B) designed for
  businesses in the North West.

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NW CWM will provide access to the following

• advisors to establish the need of the SME,
• to other projects within the region specifically
  DESIRE 2, ENWORKS but also NISP (National
  Industrial Symbiosis Programme)
• assistance in the development and implementation
  of environmental policies and environmental
  management systems,
• specialist audits, reviews and assessments,
• support in the implementation of the action plan.
  

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NW CWM will provide access to the following

• provision of dedicated storage system for
  environmental documents,
• advice in identifying, planning and funding
  research projects,
• support in identifying Knowledge Transfer
  Partnerships (KTPs),
• development and provision of support programmes
  through the Internet (accessible via a
  web-portal),
• an innovative piece of 3D software to support the
  understanding of waste minimisation.

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Location of the Project

• The project will be delivered at the
  University of Central Lancashire and at the
  locations of the partners across the region.
• At the University of Central Lancashire there
  is a dedicated CWM Resource Room

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The Future is Bright

• The Future is NW CWM