Waste Audit - Executive Summary

Viridis was commissioned by Staffordshire Environmental Fund (SEF) to undertake a waste audit of the sub-region of Staffordshire and Stoke-on Trent, to determine approximate quantities of waste arising and whether, through the introduction of new businesses or technologies, significant volumes of these wastes could be diverted from landfill. The work was undertaken in collaboration with TRL Ltd. 

The report is presented in two parts. Part I represents the original audit scope and findings for the sub-region of Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent. Part II represents an extension to study that extends the geographical coverage to include wastes that could be processed within Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent but which arise in adjoining areas.

The scope of work described below constitutes the initial phase of a planned three-phase project, the ultimate goal of which will be to develop economically viable waste management business ventures in Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent. 

PART I

This one-year project involves the execution of an audit of controlled wastes in Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent to determine approximate information about material sources, quantities and current locations. This report is the outcome of the project and aims to:

·         Review current information and identify potentially recyclable controlled wastes in Staffordshire and Stoke on Trent

·         Provide information relating to industrial and commercial controlled wastes including producing sectors and the possible locations of waste clusters

·         Identify proven waste management and recycling related schemes and industries in the UK and elsewhere

·         Identify potential business opportunities for new reprocessing activities that would lead to an increase in reprocessing in the sub-region, and make recommendations

In agreement with the Advisory Group, set up by Viridis to provide guidance on project objectives, the project did not undertake an in-depth analysis of Special Waste and non-controlled waste such as agricultural, mining and quarrying waste. The study focused mainly on Industrial and Commercial waste (I&C), Municipal Solid Waste (MSW), and Construction & Demolition (C&D) waste generation.  This was because there were limited data available on uncontrolled waste and there were thought to be more reprocessing business opportunities available for the controlled wastes identified.

A number of different sources and methods of data collection and analysis were required to undertake a comprehensive audit of the sub-region. The Environment Agency, Office of National Statistics, Associates in Industrial Ecology, Financial Analysis Made Easy, County and City Councils, Building Research Establishment, Linden Consulting, reprocessors, trade associations and industry all contributed data.

Total controlled waste arising within the sub-region is classified according to four categories, MSW, I&C, C&D and Special Waste (although this was not broken down into sub-categories).  Different sources of data were identified for the compositional breakdown of these categories. These are shown in the table overleaf.

Complete data were not available on controlled waste arisings and reprocessing for the sub-region. A number of broad assumptions and factorings were made to generate the data. This provided the best estimate from the available sources of information.

Data Sources

MSW  

Analysis of County and City Council waste and compositional data from research undertaken by Associates in Industrial Ecology (AiIE). This methodology used actual sub-region totals and applied a compositional percentage breakdown of MSW identified by AiIE.

I&C

Analysis of Strategic Waste Management Assessment 2000: West Midlands (SWMA), the National Waste Production Survey (NWPS), Environment Agency Waste Benchmarking Website, Office of National Statistics (ONS) data and Financial Analysis Made Easy (FAME) data.

The industrial and commercial sources of the waste streams and the locations of the enterprises generating them were identified using the following methodology:

·         The Environment Agency’s SWMA report classified the Industrial and Commercial Sector into 32 Standard Industrial Code 92 (SIC) sectors.

·         SWMA data provided total waste produced for each of these 32 SIC sectors.

·         Data on the Environment Agency’s Waste Benchmarking Website was manipulated to provide a breakdown of each of the SIC sectors’ waste totals into the contributory waste stream totals by UK Waste Classification System. (UK waste classification was used because it was the classification system employed by the Environment Agency to gather the data set in 1998).

·         The FAME database was used to provide the location distribution data for the SIC groupings by postcode outs (first set of letters and figures e.g. BB2).

·         MAPINFO was then used to plot their location within the sub-region by postcode outs.

This methodology used actual sub-region totals and applied compositional percentage breakdowns calculated from Environment Agency national I&C waste benchmarking data.

The waste analysis methodology, allowed the identification of the recyclable waste streams for Industrial and Commercial wastes and the relevant SIC groupings producing them.

C&D

Analysis of Office of the Deputy Prime Minister (ODPM) C&D waste survey data, using ONS population data to ratio regional figures to sub-region. C&D percentage composition, calculated from BRE information, was then applied to the sub-region waste total. This methodology used actual West Midlands’ region totals that were factored down to the sub-region.

Special Waste

The Environment Agency provided sub-region data on the main waste streams by European Waste Code Descriptions. This data was not broken down further.

 


 

These techniques produced the following composition of waste shown below. Data were not available on waste totals and composition, number of people and businesses and location for any one year. Therefore, available data were used from 1998-2002 to compile a picture of controlled waste in the sub-region. Wherever possible the most recent data available have been used to complete this audit.

Estimated total waste generated for Staffordshire including Stoke-on-Trent

Waste Type

Tonnes

(year)

Municipal Solid Waste

619,507

(2002/03)

Industrial and Commercial Waste

1,630,000

(1998/2002)

Construction and Demolition

1,707,552

(2001)

Agricultural Waste

1,923,165

(1998)

Special Waste

93,444

(2001)

Total Waste

5,973,668

 

 

The different waste analysis methods made it possible to provide the estimated composition of each of the waste types listed and these are shown in the following tables.

Composition of MSW in the sub-region (2002/03)

MSW component

%

Tonnes

Garden waste

20.46

126,751

Paper and board

15.76

97,634

Kitchen waste

9.39

58,172

Non-compostable kitchen waste

7.78

48,198

Glass

6.84

42,374

Miscellaneous non-combustibles

5.05

31,285

Scrap metal/white goods

4.50

27,878

Wood

4.15

25,710

Dense plastic

3.95

24,471

Soil & other organics

3.48

21,559

Plastic film

3.13

19,391

Fines

3.05

18,895

Textiles

2.92

18,090

Miscellaneous combustibles

2.84

17,594

Non-recyclable paper

2.72

16,851

Metal cans + foil

2.60

16,107

Furniture

1.27

7,868

Batteries

0.05

310

Engine oil

0.03

186

Other non-ferrous

0.02

124

Total

100.00

619,507

 

The MSW estimates were derived using County and City Council total waste arisings and applying AiIE compositional data.

 

Estimates for I&C waste were made using SWMA waste totals for SIC sectors and applying Environment Agency compositional data from the Environment Agency waste benchmarking website.  Composition data is not provided for the total I&C waste generation (1,630,000 tonnes). Each SIC sector generating less than 1% of the total was not broken down further due to time constraints on the project. Therefore compositional breakdown was only provided for 1,518,433 tonnes generated by the 21 largest waste producing SIC sectors.   

Composition of I&C waste in the sub-region (1998/2002)

Waste Type

Tonnes

Waste Type

Tonnes

Paper and/or card 

250,800

Alloys 

2,905

Ceramics 

97,794

Blast furnace slag 

2,892

Commercial waste - no composition

87,027

Excreta 

2,886

Used moulds and/or moulds containing organic binders 

83,881

Cable and/or wire 

2,423

Plasterboard 

77,985

Electronic equipment 

2,253

Plastics and polymers 

70,711

Water with mixed contaminants 

2,176

Not cleanable contaminated containers, and other packaging 

66,601

Other inorganic compounds 

2,057

Mixed construction and demolition waste 

60,506

Clay absorbents 

2,004

Steel 

56,828

Household, and/or similar commercial and/or industrial waste 

1,996

Mixed ferrous and non-ferrous metal 

52,705

Treated sewage sludge 

1,985

Iron 

47,644

Light bulbs 

1,742

Waste food - animal or mixed 

45,929

Bottom ash from coal and/or wood combustion 

1,424

Sawdust, shavings and/or wood pulp 

39,870

Organic household products not elsewhere specified 

1,183

Wood 

28,208

Street sweepings and litter 

1,153

Vegetable food 

27,297

Used linings and/or refractories 

1,098

Drilling muds 

26,499

Plaster  

1,093

Residues of fermentation and other similar microbiological production processes 

25,162

Dressings 

1,047

Coated or chemically treated timber 

24,057

Concrete and/or mortar 

1,039

Household waste 

19,887

Copper 

843

Oil sludges and/or oil water mixtures

19,872

Mixed/unidentified oil 

810

Cleanable contaminated containers, and other packaging 

19,526

Aliphatic hydrocarbon 

810

Whole and/or part animals 

18,725

Civic amenity waste 

714

Mixtures of vegetation, soil and/or stones 

18,505

Grinding residues 

666

Composites 

17,500

Fly ash and fly ash sludges from coal or wood combustion  

634

Tyres 

16,242

Calcium sulphate 

589

Animal fats, oils, waxes and/or grease 

15,925

Wastes from biological treatment of effluents

506

Aluminium 

13,504

Contaminated vegetable and/or animal matter 

463

Glass 

13,409

Machining/cutting/cooling oils 

452

Mixed ferrous metal 

13,345

Lubricating and/or fuel oil 

434

Untreated sewage sludge 

11,437

Non-specific plastic waste 

387

Other composite, mainly metallic equipment 

10,765

Rock and stone 

386

General industrial waste n/o/s 

10,026

Sharps 

384

Industrial waste - no composition 

9,403

Abrasives 

344

Vegetable oils, fats, waxes and/or grease 

8,331

Undrained lead-acid batteries 

333

Contaminated granular/friable subsoils 

7,073

Synthetic textiles 

322

Sanitary wastes 

5,517

Zinc 

321

Vegetation and/or vegetable waste 

5,512

Contaminated construction and/or demolition waste 

316

Rubber 

5,477

Mixed chemical smalls 

263

Contaminated category 22.04.00 – 22.09.00 wastes 

4,876

Other organic chemical wastes 

246

Vehicles and/or metal vehicle parts 

4,863

Detergents and/or surfactants 

227

Healthcare risk waste 

4,807

Uncontaminated topsoil 

205

Asphalt, bitumen and/or coated roadstone 

3,960

Aqueous paint 

196

Flue dust 

3,871

Aluminium dross 

186

Sub-soils 

3,674

Solvent- or oil- based paint 

157

Mixed/unknown non-ferrous metal 

3,572

White goods 

149

Infectious waste

3,507

Animal fibres 

148

Sewage 

3,222

Laminates 

131

Vegetable fibres 

3,219

Man-made mineral fibres (MMMFs) 

108

Autoclaved waste 

3,057

Other waste streams (under 100 tonnes each)

1,250

 

 

Total composition

1,518,443

 

Total including 11 sectors producing under 19,000 tonnes per annum

1,630,000

         

Construction and Demolition waste composition (2001)

Waste Type

%

Tonnes

Excavation waste

42.8

730,832

Demolition waste

42.8

730,832

Construction waste

14.4

245,887

C&D total waste

100

1,707,552

 

Estimates for C&D waste were made using Office of the Deputy Prime Minister (ODPM) data and ONS population data to ratio regional figures to sub-region. C&D waste percentage composition, calculated from BRE information, was then applied to the sub-region waste total to provide the two tables below. No further breakdown of excavation waste was available. Excavation waste mainly consists of soil, clay and mixed C&D waste which is often used on site for landscaping, landfill engineering/restoration or as backfill of quarry voids.

Demolition waste composition (2001)

Demolition waste composition

%

Tonnes

Concrete

40

292,333

Masonry

24

175,400

Paper, cardboard, plastic and other

17

124,241

Asphalt

15

109,625

Wood based

3

21,925

Other

1

7,308

Total

100

730,832

 

Construction waste composition (2001)

Construction waste composition

%

Tonnes

Timber

19

46,719

Concrete

6

14,753

Inert

11

27,048

Ceramic

3

7,377

Insulation

3

7,377

Plastic

13

31,965

Packaging

25

61,472

Metal

3

7,377

Plaster & cement

3

7,377

Miscellaneous

14

34,424

Total

100

245,887

 

Agricultural waste composition (1998)

Waste Type

Tonnes

%

Compostable and Digestible

1,872,689

97.38

Of which:

 

 

            Farm yard manure

984,192

51.18

            Slurry (undiluted liquid)

867,646

45.12

            Vegetable

20,851

1.08

Combustible

29,637

1.54

Of which:

 

 

            Straw

27,448

1.43

            Tyres

458

0.02

            Oil

444

0.02

            Silage wrap (plastic)

375

0.02

Agricultural waste composition (1998) (continued)

            Animal feed bags (plastic)

236

0.01

            Fertiliser and seed bags (plastic)

198

0.01

            Bale twine and net (plastic)

158

0.01

            Paper feed bags (paper & card)

139

0.01

            Tree guards (plastic)

101

0.01

            Paper seed bags (paper & card)

43

0.00

            Horticulture (plastic)

37

0.00

 

 

 

Difficult and Chemical

19,609

1.02

Of which:

 

 

            Silage Effluent

17,394

0.90

            Pesticide washings

1,275

0.07

            Sheep dip - Organic phosphates

613

0.03

            Sheep dip - Synthetic pyrethroids

247

0.01

            Agrochemical containers (plastic)

31

0.00

            Agrochemical packaging (paper   and card)

21

0.00

            Animal health containers (plastic)

12

0.00

            Animal health glass

12

0.00

            Animal health packaging (paper   and card)

4

0.00

            Animal health rubber

0

0.00

 

 

 

 

 

 

Other

1,230

0.06

Of which:

 

 

            Milk

868

0.05

            Vehicles and machinery

362

0.02

 

 

 

Total

1,923,165

100.00

Data above taken from SWMA findings.

The potential recyclable waste streams, shown on the next page, were identified from the waste analysis using the following criteria:

·         Having proven or potential recycling capabilities;

·         Available in sufficient and consistent quantities; and,

·         Suitable as a feedstock for existing or new local industries.

The main potential recyclable waste streams identified are as follows:

·         Paper and Card – Approximately 220,000 tonnes per annum

·         Mineral Waste Residues and Ceramics - Approximately 279,000 tonnes per annum

·         Construction and Demolition waste – Inert, Concrete and Masonry - Approximately 250,000 tonnes per annum (see note *** at the bottom of the table overleaf)

·         MSW - Incinerator Bottom Ash - Approximately 60,000 tonnes per annum

·         Plastics and Polymers - Approximately 121,000 tonnes per annum

·         Wood, Timber, Sawdust, Shavings and Wood Pulp - Approximately 64,000 tonnes per annum

·         Glass - Approximately 35,000 tonnes per annum

·         Biodegradable - Approximately 235,000 tonnes per annum (from I&C waste and MSW)

Potential recyclable waste streams in the sub-region

Waste Type

Source

Tonnage Produced

*Tonnage Reprocessed / Incinerated

Estimated Tonnage available

Paper and/or card 

I&C

250,800

82,927

167,873

Paper and Board

MSW

97,634

46,864

50,770

Ceramics 

I&C

97,794

55,420

42,374

Ceramics***

Construction

7,377

6934

443

Used moulds and/or moulds containing organic binders 

I&C

83,881

11,868

72,013

Plasterboard 

I&C

77,985

No data

77,985

Drilling muds 

I&C

26,499

No data

26,499

Mixed construction and demolition waste 

I&C

60,506

281

60,225

Concrete***

Construction

14,753

13,868

885

Concrete***

Demolition

292,332

274,792

17,540

Masonry***

Demolition

175,399

164,875

10,524

Inert***

Construction

27,047

25,425

1,622

MSW Incinerator bottom ash

MSW

60,000

0

60,000

Plastics and polymers 

I&C

70,711

4,461

66,250

Plastic****

Construction

31,965

0

31,965

Dense Plastic

MSW

24,471

11,764

12,725

Plastic Film

MSW

19,391

9,308

10,083

Sawdust, shavings and/or wood pulp 

I&C

39,870

24,947

14,923

Wood 

I&C

28,208

11,075

17,133

Coated or chemically treated timber 

I&C

24,057

5,194

18,863

Wood

MSW

25,710

12,340

13,370

Glass

MSW

42,374

20,339

22,035

Glass 

I&C

13,409

1,301

12,108

Compostable / Digestible

Agriculture

1,872,000

Unknown**

1,872,000

Vegetable food 

I&C

27,297

5,827

21,471

Vegetable oils, fats, waxes and/or grease 

I&C

8,331

201

8,130

Vegetation and/or vegetable waste 

I&C

5,512

No data

5,512

Residues of fermentation and other similar microbiological production processes 

I&C

25,162

No data

25,162

Whole and/or part animals 

I&C

18,725

No data

18,725

Animal fats, oils, waxes and/or grease 

I&C

15,925

22

15,904

Waste food - animal or mixed 

I&C

45,929

1,919

44,010

Kitchen Waste

MSW

58,172

27,923

30,249

Garden Waste

MSW

126,751

60,840

65,911

Total tonnages

 

3,795,977

880,715

2,915,282

* Levels of reprocessing and incineration were from several sources: Environment Agency data, data from the Waste Local Plan and estimates factored from regional totals. For MSW and C&D waste this data include all reprocessing and incineration activities. Due to data availability I&C reprocessing only includes recycling, not reuse or physical and thermal treatment.

** A large proportion of agricultural waste will be composted/ spread on land already. However a percentage of this could be used as the base load of any new composting/anaerobic digestion plants.

*** C&D waste streams are estimated to be 50% recycled and 44% reused in landfill engineering, quarry backfill and on exempt sites. However the reuse is in low value applications and higher value uses may be available. This would suggest that approximately 250,000 tonnes of C&D waste may be available.

**** Literature suggests that limited plastics reach the recycling sector from C&D. For this report it has been assumed to be zero.

Linden Consulting Partnership conducted a survey of the existing reprocessing and recycling operations in the sub-region. The survey identified 97 major reprocessors and waste management facilities within the sub-region and gained data on the level of reprocessing for 35. The remainder were either uncontactable or did not wish to provide information. This survey provided a snapshot of actual reprocessing in the sub-region and although incomplete, confirms the level of reprocessing identified in the audit as in the correct order of magnitude. The main conclusions drawn from the survey were:

·         Sapphire Energy Recovery has set up an operation capable of handling all the used tyres arising in the West Midlands.

·         Two reprocessors of animal parts were identified in the sub-region; other sources of data had not identified this.

·         There were a large number of metal reprocessors, recycling large quantities, e.g. aluminium.

·         There is a well-developed waste management industry present in the sub-region that has additional capacity available. These experts will play an important role in the expansion of current reprocessing and the development of new business.

Through TRL and Viridis’ experience within the waste management industries, potential recycling related schemes and industries in the UK and elsewhere were identified, based upon proven experience and technology. A provisional match between potential recyclable waste streams and proven waste management was established.  For each potential recyclable waste stream a series of proven reprocessing options were identified. Information was provided on the application, feedstock requirements, legislation, costs etc. along with case studies on successfulness.

The report also identifies the location of enterprises within each industrial and commercial sector. The assumption was that the distribution and size of enterprises has a direct relationship with the level of production of certain waste types, and their location.

This document has been produced to provide information on the specific waste streams generated and in the case of I&C waste where it is generated. It may also assist developers in producing a business case when looking to fund new reprocessing business.

The report highlights the best estimates for waste stream generation in the sub-region, allowing identification of the major potential waste streams and their sources. In the case of I&C waste it highlights the industries generating specific wastes and their location within postcode banding, demonstrating where clusters of wastes may be occurring.

Two areas were identified where there appear to be clusters of the activity producing the waste streams containing the potentially recyclable materials. These were in the Northwest around Stoke-on-Trent and to the South/Southwest around Cannock and Tamworth.  Facilities in these locations would accept waste from an area of a certain radius, depending on economics of transport, from both inside and outside the sub-region.

 

 

 

PART II

Part II of the Comprehensive Waste Audit of Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent extended the original geographical coverage of the study area to include wastes that could be processed within Staffordshire, but which could arise in adjoining areas. Part II of the study assumed that waste may travel to a point of disposal up to 50km away, before the transport costs make the disposal in that location uneconomic. Accordingly, the study concentrated on the districts and unitary authorities totally included in a radius of 50km road travel of the two cluster areas identified in Part I around Stoke-on-Trent, and Cannock and Tamworth. Road distance was defined as the linear distance between locations decreased by a factor of 1.2 to take into account the actual mileage on roads. Those local authorities partially situated within a 50km radius were not included in the study due to time constraints and the low level of confidence in the data when estimating the quantity of waste being generated from a proportion of a local authority. This methodology identified that the 18 district and unitary authorities listed below would be included in Part II of the study. The result therefore underestimates the total mass of potentially recoverable / recyclable materials available in the area. 

Local Authorities included (100% of the territory) in the likely area of origin of waste.

 

 

District/ Unitary Authority

County

Birmingham

West Midlands Metropolitan District

Coventry

Dudley

Sandwell

Solihull

Walsall

Wolverhampton

North Warwickshire

Warwickshire

Nuneaton & Bedworth

Telford & Wrekin

Telford & Wrekin

Blaby

Leicestershire

Hinckley & Bosworth

North West Leicestershire

South Derbyshire

Derbyshire

Derby

Derby UA

Congleton

Cheshire

Crewe & Nantwich

Vale Royal

 

 

Part I of the study identified a series of potentially recyclable waste streams in the Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent sub-region. Part II of the study therefore concentrated on collecting further data on these waste streams, identifying where the potentially recyclable waste streams were generated on the boundaries of the sub-region. This would then boost the business case for any potential recycling facilities within the sub-region.

 

Part II of the study therefore concentrated on C&I wastes, C&D waste and MSW. This part of the study did not consider special waste or agricultural waste as no key potential recyclable waste streams were identified from these sources.

 

Similar sources and methodologies, to those presented in Part I, were used to gather and analyse the data. Those techniques produced the following composition of wastes shown below.


 

 

Estimated total waste generated for the 18 local authorities surrounding Staffordshire including Stoke on Trent

Waste Type

Tonnes

Municipal Solid Waste

2,004,990

Industrial and Commercial Waste

5,463,478

Construction and Demolition

6,740,338

Total Waste

14,208,806

 

 

The different waste analysis methods made it possible to provide the composition of each of the waste types listed and these are shown in the following tables.

Composition of Municipal Waste from the 18 District and Unitary Authorities

 

MSW component

%

Tonnes

Garden waste

20.46

410,221

Paper and board

15.76

315,986

Kitchen waste

9.39

188,269

Non-compostable kitchen waste

7.78

155,988

Glass

6.84

137,141

Miscellaneous non-combustibles

5.05

101,252

Scrap metal/white goods

4.5

90,225

Wood

4.15

83,207

Dense plastic

3.95

79,197

Soil & other org

3.48

69,774

Plastic film

3.13

62,756

Fines

3.05

61,152

Textiles

2.92

58,546

Miscellaneous combustibles

2.84

56,942

Non-recyclable paper

2.72

54,536

Metal cans + foil

2.6

52,130

Furniture

1.27

25,463

Batteries

0.05

1,002

Engine oil

0.03

601

Other non-ferrous

0.02

401

TOTAL

100

2,004,990

 


 

Estimate of construction and demolition waste arisings from the 18 District and Unitary Authorities

 

LA/UA

C&D

(Tonnes)

Construction

(Tonnes)

Demolition (Tonnes)

Excavation (Tonnes)

% Contribution of each district/ unitary authority

Congleton

148,906

21,442

63,732

63,732

2

Crewe & Nantwich

182,335

26,256

78,039

78,039

3

Vale Royal

200,538

28,877

85,830

85,830

3

Derby

562,271

80,967

240,652

240,652

8

South Derbyshire

206,848

29,786

88,531

88,531

3

North West Leicestershire

216,843

31,225

92,809

92,809

3

Blaby

228,887

32,960

97,964

97,964

3

Hinckley & Bosworth

253,966

36,571

108,698

108,698

4

Telford & Wrekin

259,221

37,328

110,946

110,946

4

North Warwickshire

101,281

14,585

43,348

43,348

2

Nuneaton & Bedworth

195,051

28,087

83,482

83,482

3

Solihull

326,663

47,039

139,812

139,812

5

Wolverhampton

387,348

55,778

165,785

165,785

6

Walsall

415,046

59,767

177,640

177,640

6

Sandwell

463,190

66,699

198,245

198,245

7

Coventry

492,569

70,930

210,820

210,820

7

Dudley

499,621

71,945

213,838

213,838

7

Birmingham

1,599,754

230,365

684,695

684,695

24

TOTAL

6,740,338

970,610

2,884,864

2,884,864

100

 

 

Estimate of industrial and commercial waste arisings from the 18 District and Unitary Authorities

 

District /Unitary Authority

Tonnes per annum

% over total

Birmingham

1,247,452

22.8

Dudley

457,608

8.4

Coventry

419,996

7.7

Sandwell

369,848

6.8

Walsall

354,176

6.5

Derby

354,662

6.5

South Derbyshire

354,662

6.5

Wolverhampton

304,027

5.6

Solihull

300,893

5.5

Telford & Wrekin

244,731

4.5

Crewe & Nantwich

173,564

3.2

Vale Royal

167,253

3.1

Hinckley and Bosworth

143,695

2.6

Blaby

135,242

2.5

Congleton

135,696

2.5

North West Leicestershire

126,790

2.3

Nuneaton

114,760

2.1

North Warwickshire

58,423

1.1

 

 

 

Estimate of the industrial and commercial potentially recyclable waste streams arising from the 18 District and Unitary Authorities

 

Priority Waste Stream

Tonnes

Paper & Card

1,282,317

Mineral Residues & Ceramic Waste

254,146

Plastics

305,136

Wood

537,972

Glass

41,030

Biodegradable

430,643

Total

2,851,244

 

Potential recyclable waste streams in the 18 district and unitary authorities 

 

Waste Type

Source

Tonnage Produced

Paper and/or card 

I&C

1,282,317

Paper and board

MSW

315,986

Ceramics 

I&C

20,634

Ceramics

Construction

29,119

Used moulds and/or moulds containing organic binders 

I&C

72,955

Plasterboard 

I&C

85,723

Plaster

I&C

176

Drilling muds 

I&C

449

Mixed construction and demolition waste 

I&C

85,725

Concrete

Construction

58,238

Concrete

Demolition

1,153,947

Masonry

Demolition

692,367

Inert

Construction

106,767

MSW Incinerator bottom ash

MSW

No data 

Non-specific plastic

I&C

1,454

Plastics and polymers 

I&C

303,682

Plastic

Construction

126,179

Dense plastic

MSW

79,197

Plastic film

MSW

62,756

Sawdust, shavings and/or wood pulp 

I&C

280,210

Wood 

I&C

146,752

Coated or chemically treated timber 

I&C

111,010

Wood

MSW

83,207

Glass

MSW

137,141

Glass 

I&C

41,030

Vegetable fibres 

I&C

27,628

Vegetable food 

I&C

177,717

Vegetable oils, fats, waxes and/or grease 

I&C

6,669

Vegetation and/or vegetable waste 

I&C

43,153

Residues of fermentation & similar microbiological production processes 

I&C

9,408

Whole and/or part animals 

I&C

75,879

Animal fibres 

I&C

1,581

Animal fats, oils, waxes and/or grease 

I&C

67,916

Waste food - animal or mixed 

I&C

201,692

Kitchen waste

MSW

188,269

Garden waste

MSW

410,221

Note: Due to constraints on data availability, estimates of the level of reprocessing and incineration were not calculated  

The quantities of potentially recyclable materials identified by Part II of the study support the conclusions and recommendations set out in Part I. In particular, that further investigations are undertaken with a view to developing proposals for Material Recycling Facilities in the Stoke-on-Trent and Cannock/Tamworth areas. This recommendation is supported by the analysis of the location of the potential recyclable waste streams on the boundaries of the sub-region. The analysis suggests there are major clusters of the activities producing the wastes in the South around the West Midlands Metropolitan Districts and Warwickshire. These are all within the 50km radius from Cannock / Tamworth.

 

Part I and II of this report are the outcome of the first phase of a three-phase project that will ultimately lead to the development of new reprocessor business opportunities within the sub-region.

This document should provide the basis for the next phase of work by allowing the identification of specific waste streams worth further investigation. Discussions with waste generators should now begin, gathering more accurate information on material sources, quantities, locations, movement, current reuse, disposal methods, etc.  This work will lead into the development of feasibility studies and business plans for the future proposed business or businesses.