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“Thinking Outside The Grott Box”A New Way Of Capturing Food Waste
IOM3 11th March 2009Andrew Gadd (NISP) & Georgina Bingham (Angelheartinc Ltd)
You’ve never heard of NISP?
Defra-funded ... so free at point of delivery
Innovative Business Opportunity Programme
Identifies commercial opportunities for waste
National coverage ... 12,000 members
www.nisp.org.uk
Delivers environmental benefits
4.6 million tonnes diverted from landfill
4.7 million tonnes of CO2 saved
Delivers bottom-line benefits
£144m in additional sales
£122m in cost savings for members
19m 19m tonnestonnes...ish...ish
A third of the food we buy is thrown away
61% could have been eaten
£420 per household of wasted food per year
Anaerobic Digestion's Popularity and
Fame Rising Due to BBC Radio 4's Archers
Programme
Early 2008 ...
Oi’m thinkin’ about building one of those there Anaerrobic Digesterrs and getting moi hands on
some of those there ROCs.
Oi’ll ask NISP for 30,000 tonnes of food waste ...
... Delivered by artic ...
... Every Tuesday ...
... Noicely segregated ... Lovely!
The Dream ...
... and the RealityContaminated
Packaged
DispersedReluctance due to
smell / vermin perception
No real price incentive vs landfill
Other Uses
•Composting•Deep land injection•Animal feed•Waste-to-energy•Re-use in process•Secondary markets (eg FareShare)•Rendering
Legislative(Cat2 and Cat1 probably
included in WRAP’s figures)
Commercial arrangement
(per-lift skip charges)
“It weighs down our other general waste!”
There is certainly an There is certainly an opportunityopportunity but it but it
needs some needs some creative thinking.creative thinking.
The Grott Box
A British Box for British Food Waste
25 litre capacity – holds around 18kg
of food waste
Biodegradable wax liner ... waterproof from the inside-out
Lidded, stackable container
Hygroscopically absorbent
cardboard ... no smells
Suitable for composting, AD or
waste-to-energyDelivered flat-
packed
Logos and advertising potential
Designed and developed by Angelheartinc Ltd
The Trials
Daily collection in a small vehicle
3 Secondary Schools in the Grimsby area
Boxes stored for a week back at the Waste Mgt depot
Boxes composted
Compass UK & Ireland very supportive of concept
Approx 80,000 tonnes of food waste identified in State Schools
The Trials
200-box trial over Christmas and New Year at Doncaster’s Best Western
Boxes placed in lidded skip
Food waste sent for energy recovery
2 tonnes of food waste collected over 3-week period
The Model
A Good (Potential) Model A Dubious Model
Nippy and nimble
Responsive
Efficient
Direct service
Collection density
Regular milkround
Bulk Collection
Palletised Boxes
Aiming Large
A National Service
Seeking Few Stops
Swift Pickup
Again ... there is certainly an Again ... there is certainly an opportunityopportunity but it needs some creative thinking.but it needs some creative thinking.
The Interest
Schools
Tea Shops
Corporate Buffets
Trains / Planes
Small Restaurants
Festivals
Hotels
Offices
Caterers
Icecream / Burger Vans
Construction Sites
Guest Houses
Local Authorities
The Interest
Media Interest Waste Management Interest
At least 5 waste management companies very interested in adding the Grott Box to their
portfolio
Commercial order placed
“Portfolio Product” – it attracts interest!
“It is my belief that the Grott Box is the way forward for all producers of catering wastes ... and this is a unique opportunity to reduce large volumes out of landfill.” Maurice Call Director, Environmental Expressions Ltd
The Outlets
Composting(65 dots)
A.D.(7 dots)
... but plenty in Planning thanks to
The Archers!
Domestic
The “Grott Family”
Small Grott Box
Medium Grott Box
Large Grott Box
Commercial Grott Box
Grott Sack
Grott Bag
Grott Trolley
One small pork pie can power a 60W bulb for 22 seconds ...
... One Grott Box can power a 60W bulb for 44 minutes
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