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Third Party Reuse and Recycling Third Party Reuse and Recycling Credits SchemeCredits Scheme
Dimitra G. Rappou, Waste Prevention Officer
London CouncilsBreakfast Briefing
29th May 2012
Andrew LappageNorth London Waste Authority
Introduction and Overview
• Third Party Re-use and Recycling Credits• Smart Shopping• Love Food, Hate Waste• Furniture Re-use
… … a whistle-stop tour!
Area
Role of the NLWA
• Arrange disposal of of residual wastes collected from c.1.7m residents, and litter, fly-tips, gully-wastes etc from over 1/5 of London
• Arrange most recycling and composting in North London• Arrange all WEEE services in North London• Starting to arrange Household Waste & Recycling Centres• Budgetted expenditure in 2012/13 is £72m
• Also leading on waste prevention work across North London• Working with boroughs on future solutions:
– Reduce, reuse, recycle– To manage more of our waste locally– See waste as a ‘resource’– Carbon impacts
North LondonMunicipal Waste Arisings
600,000
700,000
800,000
900,000
1,000,000
1,100,000
1,200,000
1,300,000
1,400,000
1,500,000
2006-07
2007-08
2008-09
2009-10
2010-11
2011-12
2012-13
2013-14
2014-15
2015-16
2016-17
2017-18
2018-19
2019-20
2020-21
To
nn
es
NLJWS predicted 0.50%NLJWS predicted 1%NLJWS predicted 2%NLJWS predicted 3% until 2010 then 2.5%ActualNLWA predicted 4.5% growth by 2020
Third Party Credits
• Reuse and recycling credits are paid to parties that remove items from the municipal waste stream for reuse or recycling, thereby creating a saving to NLWA
• Started in 2003/4 with a pilot with London Recycling Fund assistance to encourage charity-shop recycling (and allow their recyclikng to contribute to our recycling rate)
• Credit value is budgeted as £58.67 per tonne• Credits can be claimed for a variety of materials• Mutual benefits for both NLWA and organisations
Criteria for eligibility
• Only household waste is eligible for credits• All waste must be collected within the area served by
NLWA• No conflict with collection schemes• Prior registration and approval by NLWA• Must be fully compliant with the waste Duty of Care • All claims must be supported by evidence• Applications from profit-making companies are not
eligible
Annual process
• December: Organisations register • January: Applications are checked• February: Approval by Members• Quarterly claims submitted to the Authority• Authority officers check and process claims (each
claim takes from 10min to 1.5h to be checked)
Benefits
• Effective way to work in partnership with the community groups to acknowledge the contribution they make to reduce waste.
• Reward effective reuse services and encourage community involvement
• For organisations the credit is an important part of their revenue and is an encouragement for them to maximise the amount of goods made available for reuse.
• Reuse and recycling credits are a consistent performance- and output- related source of income
Scheme performance
2006/07(Baseline)
2008/09 2009/10 2010/11
Amount of reuse and recycling credit paid
£28,958 £114,003 £148,848 £145,000
Tonnes of waste attracting reuse and recycling credit
466 2,062 2,613 2,472
Number of organisa-tions receiving reuse and recycling credit
6 11 14 14
Registrations for 2011-12
• 18 organisations registered• Estimated diversion: 3,335 tonnes• Charity organisations, e.g.:
– Age UK– Barnardos Children's Charity– Oxfam– Battersea Dogs & Cats Home– Restore Community Projects– Homestore
• Non-for-profit organisations, e.g.:– Maiden Lane Community Centre
Smart Shopping
• Project ran Jan-Feb 2011• Primary objective to increase the use of re-usable carrier
bags• Secondary objective (as with all waste prevention work)
to make people think differently about their consumption patterns … and then behave differently
• The incentive was that by registering your bag on-line and pledging to use it, you were entered into a competition to win a solar powered DAB digital radio!
• www.nlwa.gov.uk/smartshopping
Postcards and Stickers
Bag design … and happy customer!
Results
• 100% of businesses said they had all the information and materials they needed
• 100% said their customers reacted positively to the bags• 76% noticed customers using their new bag• 20% said they thought the scheme attracted customers• 90% said the project was excellent (52%) or good (38%)• 100% said they’d take part in similar projects in the
future• 7,000 residents were thereby encouraged to re-use their
shopping bags
Food Waste Reduction Strategy
• Aim: To increase awareness and promote measures that can achieve a reduction in food waste– Explain benefits– Provide practical advice– Increase understanding
• Message: Money saving and environmental benefits
At work
At the communityAt school
At home
Why Food Waste?
• Waste generated in north London in 2010/11= 615kg/hhld• By 2020 it is estimated that up to 4.5% more waste will be generated• Food waste major contributor
Compositional Analysis 2010
18%
15%
12%
7%
6%
5%4% 3%
Food Waste30%
Methods and
Channels
Targeted Broadbrush Media
Direct public participation
Informationprovision
AdvertisingPrinted
literaturePrinted Electronic
Methods and Channels
Methods and Channels
• Cooking demonstrations• Roadshows and community
festivals• Food waste reduction at work• Working with schools• Community Kitchen Workshops• Food Lover’s Cookbook
Love Food, Hate Waste
Cooking demonstrations
• Targeted at residents and catering students
• Part of bigger campaigns
Roadshows and community festivals
• Attendance at summer festivals• Roadshows at indoor places
during the winter
Food waste reduction at work
-Targeted staff canteens during lunch time- Introduced the idea of ‘free lunching’- 96% said they would reduce their food waste
Working with schools
- 21 ‘Great Taste Less Waste’ performances- Reached 6,300 pupils and their families and 400 teachers- Monitoring through diaries- Households reduced food waste by 31%
Community Kitchen Workshops
• Interactive workshops
• Involvement of diverse communities
• Practical advice• In partnership with
Manor Gardens Welfare Trust
Food Lover’s Cookbook Recipe Competition
• Helped us target ‘hard to reach’ groups
• Run for 4 months with over 70 entries received
• 21 winners• Launched during the European
Week for Waste Reduction
Broad-brush Methods• adverts
– in local papers– bus backs– bus stops
• billboards
Press and Electronic Media
• Press releases• Advertorials • Dedicated
website
Results
• Delivery of more than 350 events• 4,000 people directly engaged• Positive publicity• Estimated 5,143 tonnes diverted through one
campaign• Cost effectiveness: event cost<£1/person• Decrease in food waste • Shortlisted for 3 prestigious awards
Challenges
• Weather conditions Engagement techniques– Language barriers– Interactive games– Positioning of stand
• Prevention vs Recycling messages
Furniture Re-Use
• Working with Restore (formerly the Kings Cross Furniture Project) since c.2003
• They aim to reduce poverty, to maximise re-use, and to provide training opportunities
Void Property Clearances
• Restore and Forest Recycling Project working with Ascham Homes
• Void properties cleared within 24-hours
Skills Training at Restore
• Restore seek to repair and refurbish whatever they can
• Previously unemployed people learn basic work skills and some take NVQs and other qualifications
Service Users
During first six months of working for Ascham Homes (in LBWF):
– 240 voids cleared– 151 tonnes collected– 35 tonnes (23%) diverted
for re-use– 16 tonnes (10%) diverted
for recycling
Referrals are made by various agencies, including local authority housing officers placing new tenants