COMMENT
rganics recycling features prominently in this issue, which is timely because a number of important devel- opments are taking place in this sector as we speak. From April this year, local authorities in Wales have a statutory duty to collect household food waste sepa- rately and deal with this waste stream accordingly. Unlike England, Wales has taken an ambitious step towards pushing up recycling levels and the introduction of these services underpins the nation’s Towards Zero Waste strategy. The Welsh Government has earmarked anaerobic diges-
tion as the preferred food waste route for these household collections and has put nearly £1.5M towards a £7.5M AD facility in northeast Wales, which will be fully operational by September 2013.
However, with such ambitions as this, achieving the long-
term goal of zero waste will not be easy. The rest of the UK will be watching to see what lessons can be learned from the Welsh experience. On another note, the thorny issue of contamination at composting sites has risen to the surface. Feedback from members of the Association of Organics Recycling has
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uncovered the shocking news that the industry could be forking out nearly £80M a year to carry out additional processing to remove contamination. The main culprits are paper and cardboard and many councils have opted to remove these items from organic waste collections. In March, the association, together with WRAP, will be launching a “change of service” leaflet on the Recycle Now website. The leaflet will provide local authorities with all the information they need to communicate effectively to residents the importance of removing cardboard so that gar- den waste can be turned into quality compost. In a separate development, WRAP has just initiated a sur- vey to determine the level of organic waste that is recycled in the UK, so that it can target activities effectively and help to develop infrastructure and markets for the industry. WRAP has commissioned Urban Mines to carry out the work with Walker Resource Management and is looking for operators/permitted organics recycling sites as well as sites operating under the relevant exemptions to take part.
Nick Warburton, Editor
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