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Business Impact on the
Environment:
Mitigation through
Resource Efficiency
Roger Wilson
Releases to air
Nuisance
Solid Waste:
Noise & Other
Nuisance
Discharge to Sewer
Ground Contamination:
Discharge to Water
National Research
How concerned are you
about the impact of
Climate Change in the
UK?
How much influence do you
think … can have on limiting
Climate Change?
21
concerned
unconcerned
79
The UK Government
Industry and
businesses
You,
personally
Your local
community
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No influence
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10
26
17
2.
A little influence
13
17
45
40
3.
Some influence
21
21
21
29
4.
A large influence
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50
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12
3
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Don't Know
European Commission Data …
 “… raise concerns that
householders can do little to save
the environment.
 Instead, big companies need to cut
their carbon dioxide emissions if
climate change is to be halted.”
Solutions to Climate Change
 Adapt to changes
 New products
 New processes
 New lifestyles
 Mitigate the causes
 Consume less
 Be more efficient
 Change our behaviour
Solutions?
 Adapt to changes
 New products
 New processes
 New lifestyles
 Mitigate the causes
 Consume less
 Be more efficient
 Change our behaviour
Government Action
 To change our behaviour
 Legislation
 Taxation
 Support
Trends in Environmental Legislation
 Dilution is the solution to pollution
(up to 1970s)
 Treatment is the solution to pollution
(1980s)
 Prevention is the solution to pollution
(1990s)
 Producer responsibility is the solution to
pollution (2000s)
Releases to air
EPA ‘90
PPCA ‘99
Clean Air Act ‘93
Nuisance
EPA Part III ‘90
Solid Waste:
EPA Part II ‘90
Noise & Other
Nuisance
EPA Part III ‘90
COPA ‘74
EP (DoC) Regs ‘91
Discharge to Sewer
Water Ind Act ‘91
Ground Contamination:
EPA Part IIA ‘90
Cont Land Regs ‘00
Discharge to Water
WRA ‘91
Oil Storage Regs
Anti-Pollution Works
Regs
Waste
8%
18%
Agriculture
Industry
12%
18%
Demolition &
Construction
Commercial
Household
7%
Dredged Spoils
4%
17%
16%
Sewage Sludge
Mining &
Quarrying
Site Waste Management Plans
 Voluntary Code of Practice launched July 2004
 Incorporated into Clean Neighbourhoods &
Environment Act 2005, Part 5 Chapter 3 Section 54
 Required by some LAs under planning process
 Formal consultation 2 April until 9 July 2007
 Parliamentary process after consultation
 Expected to come into force – 6 April 2008
 Mandatory, but expected to be self regulatory
SWMPs & Construction Process
Planning
Demolition Protocol
Refurbishment
Newbuild
Refurbishment
Design out waste
Recycled content
Contracts
Contractors
Materials
Plan to Avoid This!
Poor housekeeping
Poor risk management
• Health & Safety
• Environment
Poor financial control
Landfill Tax
Year(s)
Active Waste
£/tonne
Inactive Waste
£/tonne
96-99
7
2
99-00
10
2
00-01
11
2
01-02
12
2
02-03
13
2
03-04
14
2
04-05
15
2
05-06
18
2
06-07
21
2
07-08
24
2
08-09
32
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What is Envirowise?
 Government Programme est.1994
 FREE & CONFIDENTIAL
help for all businesses
 Promotes better environmental
practices that reduce business
costs through a focus on
 Resource Efficiency
 Shows that environmental
improvements can actually
 Save Money
 Reduce – Re-use – Recycle
 Waste Management Legal Advice
Resource Efficiency
Making the most of available
resources:
raw materials, water, energy,
equipment, fixed assets
Thereby reducing waste and
increasing profitability of industry
& commerce
Waste Hierarchy
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Eliminate
Reduce
Re-use
Recover
 Recycle
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Highest Priority
Energy
Compost
Dispose
Treat & dispose
Lowest Priority
Industry Sectors
Ceramics
Electronics
Engineering
Food & Drink
Foundries
Furniture
Glass
Construction
Metal Finishing
Paper & Board
Plastics
Printing
Retail Supply Chain
Speciality Chemicals
Textiles
Commerce
True Cost of Waste
Waste Disposal Costs
& Taxes
Design Driven Waste
Wasted Raw &
Consumable
Materials
Poor Work
& Rework
True Cost of Waste
Time Managing
Materials, Rework
& Waste
Poor Quality/Damaged
Raw Materials
Energy, Water & Labour
Costs & Taxes
Average 4% of turnover for
manufacturing.
Up to 15% of project cost for
construction.
Rules of Thumb Savings
Year-on-year savings:
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Manufacturing
 1% of turnover or
 £1000/employee
Envirowise Services
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Publications
Workshops & seminars
Website & e newsletters
Site visits to businesses
Water Technology List
Support for BSOs, RECs & SCPs
Signposting to local services
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Helpline
 Freephone 0800 585 794
 Any environmental or resource
efficiency question
 2 hours free specialist advice
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News
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Publications
Interactive Helpline pages
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Email notification of what’s new
Links to other sites
Free Site Visits to Companies
• Counselling Visit - Specific Problems
• Legislation
• Technology
• designtrack<< Visit
• Savings from Smarter Design
• FastTrack Visit
• Getting Started on Waste Minimisation
Commitment to Action
Preparation
Organisation for Action
Baseline
Monitoring & Review
Journey
Options for Improvement
Actions
Dissemination
Resource Efficiency in Practice
Scope to Save
COLUMN 1
Resources and services
Raw materials:
First most used
Second most used
Third most used
All other materials
Packaging
Ancillary materials
Consumables
Energy:
Electricity
Heat for process and space heating e.g. gas and
fuel oil
Vehicle fuel
Water
Trade effluent
Solid and liquid waste
Total
COLUMN 2
Quantity
COLUMN 3
Cost per
year
£
COLUMN 4
Scope to
save
%
1
1
1
1
to
to
to
to
5%
5%
5%
5%
10 to 90%
5 to 20%
10 to 30%
5 to 20%
10 to 30%
10 to 30%
20 to 80%
20 to 80%
10 to 50%
COLUMN 5
Estimate of
scope to save
£
COLUMN 6
Ranking of
priority
(Highest = 1)
Waste Mapping
Potatoes
Water
Energy
Storage
Washing /
Sorting
Chipco Ltd - Process Flowsheet
Effluent
Mud
Potatoes
- green
- undersized
- sprouting
Energy
Scouring/Shaping
Effluent
Peelings / scourings/offcuts
Water
Salt
Salt Water Rinse
Salt Water
Slice / Agitate
Energy
Oil
Energy
Flavourings
Cleaning materials
Energy
Offcuts
Water
Air Dry Oven
Fry
Flavour
Waste oil
Product losses
Flavour losses
Waste cleaning materials
Air Dry Oven
Foil Packaging
Pack
Scrap
Boxes, Shrinkwrap
& pallets
packaging
product
Boxed
Scrap
packaging
Warehouse
If you don’t measure it,
you can’t manage it!
You cannot
 Identify options
 Prioritise options
 Justify investment
 Motivate
How will you know if you have won?
Gloucestershire RECs
 North – centred on Tewkesbury
 South - centred on Stonehouse
 Contact details
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Alex Steele
University of Gloucestershire
Tel: 01242 714 563
Email: [email protected]
Envirowise Contact Details
Action Plans – register interest TODAY
Helpline: 0800 585794
www.envirowise.gov.uk
Carole Bond, Envirowise SW Regional Support
01225 852533
[email protected]
Paul Gilbert, Envirowise SW Regional Manager
0870 190 3832
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