Waste Recycling on the Medway City Estate ReMaDe Kent

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Waste Recycling on the Medway City Estate
ReMaDe Kent Medway Tel   [phone]Fax 
01732 876611Email enquiries_at_remade-kentmedway.co
.uk Web www.remade-kentmedway.co.uk
Pioneering new markets for waste resources
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Agenda
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ReMaDe Kent Medway
What is ReMaDe?
Recyclable Materials Development ReMaDe Kent
Medway is a waste market development programme
and aims to Pioneer new markets for waste
resources
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Background to the project

• Around 600 businesses located on MCE
• The majority are SMEs
• Large quantities of waste
• Partnership between ReMaDe Kent Medway,
  Medway Council, Federation of Small
  Businesses and Skipaway Group
• Funded by South East of England Development
  Agency (SEEDA)

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Background to the project

• ReMaDe conducted a survey to find out
• Amounts of waste being generating
• Amount of recycling undertaken
• Willingness to recycle
• Businesses environmental awareness
• 48 companies took part in the survey

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Survey Results

• Waste generated
• On average businesses surveyed produced 154
  litres of waste per person per week

360L 240L 120L
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Survey Results

• Recycling activity
• 65 of businesses recycled one or more waste
  streams
• Nearly all businesses surveyed produced paper and
  cardboard waste although only 34 and 39
  (respectively) was recycled
• Willingness to recycle
• Nearly all businesses were willing to recycle or
  wanted more information about our recycling
  project

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Survey Results

• Environmental awareness
• 85 of businesses surveyed were not aware of
  recycling facilities in or around the Medway City
  Estate
• 61 of the businesses surveyed had limited
  knowledge of environmental legislation
• Other useful information
• There are a number of companies that collect
  waste and recyclable material from the estate

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MCE Recycling Project

• Next steps
• Hold an awareness raising event
• Produce information about which businesses can
  collected recyclables from the MCE
• Work with waste management companies
• Work with the Medway Chamber of Commerce to
  create a new business consortium for the MCE
• Find out more information by visiting
  www.remade-kentmedway.co.uk

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Speaker
Alex Green
Kent Sustainable Business Partnership
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Speaker
Mick Lynn
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Speaker
Alan Turner
Kent County Council
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Speaker
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Speaker
June Crisp
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Speaker
Ian Pateman
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Speaker
Duncan McClintock
Environment Agency
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Speaker
Mick Lynn
Envirowise
Further Support Available
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MCE Recycling Project
Questions
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MCE Recycling Project
Lunch and Networking Session