Welcome to CeeD’ s January Monthly Meeting 2014. Scott Sinclair Managing Director CeeD Welcome

Welcome to CeeD’ s January Monthly Meeting 2014

Scott Sinclair

Managing Director CeeD

Welcome

Prof. Andrew Hursthouse

Director, Institute of Biomedical &

Environmental Health Research

University of the West of Scotland

Critical Thinking in Waste and Resource

Management

Professor Andrew HursthouseSchool of Science

[email protected]

Industrial ecology and the systems approach

“an approach to the design of industrial products and processes that evaluates such activities through the dual perspectives of product competitiveness and environmental interactions“

From Graedel, TE & Allenby TE, Industrial ecology and sustainable engineering, I.E. Pearson, Boston , 2010 ISBN: -13: 978-0-13-814034-2

http://www.life-cycle.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/Industrial-Ecology.gif

Life Cycles & Waste

• Life cycle analysis:– Resource acquisition and

processing; – Manufacture; – Use;– Re-use/ recycle, disposal

• Hidden resources and positioning new products?

• Defining endpoint options?

• Boundary definition and scope

• Benefits accrued• Efficiency, safety,

quality, expectations

LCA Methodology: new formulations in cultural heritage

• Cradle to Gate– New chemical routes– Green production

process• Gate to Grave

– Conservation process– Social issues in cultural

heritage

Drill cuttings and fly-ash in ceramic applications

• Diversion of solids from landfill– Drill cuttings from oil exploration– Reclaimed de-inking sludge fly ash

• Stable high silicate materials, variable composition

1200 oC

Detail of glaze derived from reclaimed ferrous sulphate rich de-inking sludge fly ash - vitrified, stoneware appearance, good glaze ‘fit’ & low-fired to 1200°C (Energy saving 80-100 °C)

Glaze

Substrate

Clear division between commercial stoneware tile substrate & SFA recyclate glaze, showing glassy phase/matrix (x100) = Vitrified & fused

Steel Processing By-products

• High zinc (+ other potentially toxic elements) in sludge from APC restricts disposal options

• Annual Steel production 116Mmt (2011), = 600-1,200kg/mt waste. Variable in composition.

• Can better chemical characterisation be used to improve handling and classification?– buffered to environmental change– Identification of distribution between reactive

phases

Approach

• Can now define reactivity depending on solid phase association– E.g. ZnO v ZnCl2 v ZnS– Develop understanding through targeted

chemical extraction – Strong influence of sample variability

• Develop cost effective, reproducible (analytical) methods to enhance characterisation

Emerging Waste activities

• Biofuel from waste biomass – with Hamburg University of Applied Sciences

• Microbial treatments for WEEE: Harvesting promising micro-organisms from “stressed” environments

• Centre for Environmental Research– Waste and pollution

management; materials characterisation and behaviour; adaptation and climate change; ecosystem health; policy implementation & decision support.

• Centre for Environmental & Waste Management– MSc/PGD Waste & Clean

Technology, Project Management

– BSc OSH, Environmental Health [email protected]

Robin Stevenson

Managing Director, Non-Hazardous Waste

William Tracey Ltd

Waste (Scotland) Regulations

Robin Stevenson - Managing Director

William Tracey Group

Time has run out !!!!!!

ARE YOU COMPLIANT ?


Key Points

Waste (Scotland) Regulations were passed by the Scottish Parliament on 9 May 2012

• Came into force on the 1st Jan 2014• WTG signed up to adopt regulations 6 months early as part of

Scotland’s 2020 Climate Change Group

• Affects all businesses, local authorities and waste suppliers

• Metal, plastic, glass, paper, card and food must be segregated and collected separately for recycling. All the above separately collected materials will be banned from Landfill or Incineration from the 1st January 2014

• Ambitious 70% recycling rate target for waste produced by households and businesses by 2025

• You MUST separate out the following from your waste stream from the 1st January 2014:

• Separate out your Food waste(if you produce more than 50kgs (down to 5kgs per week from 2016)

• Segregate out your Glass (Clear is more valuable)

• Segregate out your Dry mixed recyclates (EG:Card/Plastic/Paper/Cans/Cardboard)

• The above MUST be collected and treated separately by your contractor


What should l be doing ?

• You Waste will NOT be able to be collected by ANY contractor

• You may be prosecuted under the Waste (Scotland) Regulations £10,000 per fine

• Economic drivers such as Landfill Tax - now at £72 per tonne rising to £80.00 per tonne in April this year

• You will incur additional costs to collect contaminated loads

• Green credentials / PR and possible requirements (Scottish Tourist Board)

• Unsightly build up of waste whilst an alternative solution is found


What if l do nothing ?

• Huge investment in ‘POD’ vehicles collecting multiple waste streams• Huge reduction in carbon footprint• Latest eco friendly engines – Stop Start facility fitted to each truck• Huge reduction in the number of trucks & collections at site in cities &

towns


What have William Tracey done to help their customers ?

Colour Coded Lids and dual Recycling Bins

MIXEDRECYCLING

GLASS FOOD GENERAL



• Less bins improving the aesthetics

• Makes it easy to segregate and to use

• Further reductions on vehicle movements

• Further carbon footprint reductions



• We have sent our Zero Waste Scotland booklet to everyone of our customers

• We have trained all our staff including all our drivers on the new regulations so they can help and advise our customers on the changes they need to introduce to meet the new regulations

• We have held free seminars for all our customers to come along and listen and gain advise on the new regulations and another one planned in February

• We have had a 9 month advertising campaign in the national press



Turning Waste into a Resource

OUR FACILITIES


Our MRF’s• Mixed recycling is separated into various streams which are then

baled and shipped to manufacturers who will go on to use your waste to manufacture products like newspapers, toilet roll and packaging products!


Anaerobic Digestion• We turn your food waste into renewable energy

• AD is natural process which results in the creation of a Biogas (a mixture of methane and carbon dioxide) and a digestate which can be used as organic fertiliser

• The Biogas generates renewable energy sold to the national grid and the fertiliser is used in agriculture


RDF- Refuse Derived Fuel• We offer our customers a genuine zero waste opportunity

• RDF processes and bales residual waste

• Waste is baled and sent to facilities where it is used to generate renewable energy

• Zero waste to landfill business

Breaking BarriersChange how you think about waste

• Your waste is a resource

• Remember the regulations can create opportunities for your business:

• Compliance- be more prepared than your competitors

• Cost- start controlling costs now

• Environment- enhance your CSR

Documents

Welcome to CeeD’ s January Monthly Meeting 2014. Scott Sinclair Managing Director CeeD Welcome