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• Location
• Drivers for Business Waste Collection
• Development of Schemes in Bexley
• Case Study Business Food Waste
• Services
• Recruitment of SMEs
• Successes
• Benefits
• Lessons

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Bexley Location

• Unitary London Borough
• South-East London
• 6,056 hectares
• 220,000 residents

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Environmental Protection Act 1990Section 45
Collection of Controlled Waste

• It shall be the duty of each Waste Collection
  Authority -
• if requested by the occupier of premises in its
  area to collect any commercial waste from the
  premises, to arrange for the collection of the
  waste
• if requested by the occupier of premises in its
  area to collect industrial waste, the WCA may
  collect this waste with the approval of the WDA
• Waste other than Household a reasonable charge
  (for collection disposal) shall be made unless
  it inappropriate to do so (commercial waste only)

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Environmental Protection Act 1990Section 51
Provision of of sites for the deposit of
household waste

• It shall be a duty of each waste disposal
  authority to arrange-
• For places to be provided at which persons
  resident in its area may deposit their household
  waste
• These places may be made available for the
  deposit of household or other controlled waste on
  such terms of payment (if any) as the authority
  determines.

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• Local authorities have been asked to do more on
  business waste by
• collecting goods for recycling at civic amenity
  sites, or at the kerbside, for small business and
  other commercial customers, at a reasonable
  charge
• meeting new government targets for recycling of
  the business waste that they collect or
• using charging structures to increase business
  waste recycling.
• Changes could be accompanied by new obligations
  on businesses to use recycling services.

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Waste Acceptance Requirements

• Landfill (England Wales) Regulations 2002 (as
  amended). The Regulations require
• 10. - (1) The operator of a landfill shall ensure
  that the landfill is only used for landfilling
  waste which is subject to prior treatment unless
  inert
• Regulation 2 defines treatment as physical,
  thermal, chemical or biological processes
  (including sorting) that change the
  characteristics of waste in order to reduce its
  volume or hazardous nature, facilitate its
  handling or enhance recovery

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Business Waste Recycling LATS

• If Business waste is recycled then no Landfill
  Allowances are used
• If the BW was biodegradable (paper, cardboard
  catering waste) there is a positive effect on the
  mass balance calculation

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Kerbside Household waste recycling in Bexley

• Kerbside paper collections
• pilot 1994
• Boroughwide 1995
• Boxes 1998
• Kitchen Garden waste
• Pilot 2001
• Boroughwide 2004
• Meat fish November 2005
• Plastics cans
• Pilot 2001
• Boroughwide 2004
• Glass containers
• Pilot 2002
• Boroughwide 2004

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Business kerbside waste recycling in Bexley

• Business waste collections followed soon after
  household.
• Paper cardboard waste collection started from
  1996. Commercial paper now collected in 120l,
  240l 1100l wheeled bins.
• Glass took over half of the Berrymans
  commercial glass collections when scheme stopped
  in early 2005
• Plastics cans slower take off
• New for 2007, food waste from restaurants.

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Case Study LB Bexley Food Waste Trial

• WRAP Funded Trial
• Targeted at SMEs across the borough
• SMEs involved in selling, preparation and serving
  of foodstuffs
• Target recruitment is 60-75 SMEs

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Service offered

• Collection service at bin area
• Weekly Collection in the same round as kerbside
  domestic
• Roto-press RCV
• 126 per 240 Litre bin per year

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Marketing and PR

• Direct marketing
• Market segmented into geographical locations
• 7 main shopping areas Sidcup, Bexley,
  Bexleyheath, Crayford, Welling, Erith Belvedere
• 10 mail shots a week
• Telesales
• As a follow-up to mailshots
• Visits
• Face to face contact to all SMEs that have been
  sent direct mail
• Phone calls can be used to follow-up on a visit.

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Successes

• 474 mail shots
• 216 phone calls,
• 200 visits,
• 4 Press Releases 1 website
• 77 recruited (4 dropped)
• 1706 collections
• 85 tonnes BMW Feb-Oct 07

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Benefits

• Council
• Positive LATS balance
• Maximising Fleet utilisation
• Reduction in landfill costs
• Businesses
• Holistic waste management approach
• Lower waste management costs
• Feel Good factor
• Environmental Benefits

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Lessons so far

• Have dedicated member of staff for business
  recruitment
• Combination of mailshot, phone call visit
• Cost savings main driver but Asian run SMEs
  cited environmental protection
• Flexibility in terms of equipment pricing
• Good service delivery (rotting food!)
• Promotional material for Business staff

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Contact Details

• Mark Jam
• Waste Recycling Projects Officer
• 0208 294 6518
• Mark.jam_at_bexley.gov.uk
• www.bexley.gov.uk/service/environ/commercial_waste
  .html