The link is even more important
Often talked about as separate subjects, Waste Management and Recycling are now inexorably linked
WE are all aware of our ‘Duty of Care’ with regards to waste management and that, as producers of hazardous waste, we have to ensure it is disposed of correctly. So, we register and obtain a Premises Code, sign a waste management agreement, entrusting collections and disposals to a professional company and consider we have met our obligations. But, is that it? In reality, there is more we can do to protect our environment and reduce costs. Best practice would indicate that not only should waste management be considered but also waste minimisation. To be successful a good knowledge of waste streams, and what happens to them, must be the starting point.
Often, when waste management contracts are set up, price is the driving factor. Best value though must be considered and the levels of service provided are important. For example, there is little point in achieving a ‘keen’ price if you cannot secure waste collections when you require them. This situation often affects small producers of hazardous waste; golf and sports clubs are an example. It is easy to see why collections are reduced when disposal costs are rising.
In his budget speech on 12th March 2008, the Chancellor announced that from 1st April 2008, and until at least 2010-2011, the landfill tax will increase by £8 per tonne each year. The cost of transporting waste continues to rise, too, with fuel at the highest level it has ever been. There are also consignment notes to produce. Golf clubs are often told that they cannot expect collections of waste oil unless they have 600 litres minimum. So, with escalating costs, it is incumbent upon us all then to take recycling and minimisation seriously.
Answers to the following questions will provide you with a clearer picture of the service levels to expect and how your charges may be levied. The suggestions should help you to be more environmentally aware and achieve better results:
• Do you check with your waste service provider to see if they have recycling facilities or does much of your waste go to
landfill or incineration?
• Does your waste service provider operate the service themselves with their own trained operatives or is it sub-contracted?
• Are you provided with proper paperwork and are audit trails established?
• Are you provided with approved, correctly labelled containers and are they of the correct size and sufficient in number to ensure proper segregation of waste products? (Segregation enables efficient recycling)
• Are your containers exchanged for clean ones at each collection?
• Are you being asked to stock-pile increasingly more waste before you can expect a collection?
• What fees are you paying and what do you get for your money?
• Is my waste service provider able to offer advice on and collect WEEE (Waste Electrical & Electronic Equipment Regulations 2006) and/or other ‘one-off’ specials such as redundant chemicals?
• Am I reducing bulk by crushing and compacting? (Plastic containers are a prime example and left uncrushed mean that the waste contractor would be transporting more than 95% air for each one, adding to costs and consuming more fuel!)
• Am I throwing cardboard out or can I compost it? (Golf courses and grounds maintenance companies are ideally placed to do this as the large volumes of cardboard produced can be mixed with twigs, green waste, grass clippings, hollow tine cores etc.) PTO driven compost makers are available and can be used to build windrows.
• Am I using cheap oil that needs changing frequently or can I switch to a long drain period oil and conserve natural resources?
• Is the water I use for washing down machinery and vehicles going to waste and possibly polluting? Do I have to pay to have a Separator (interceptor) emptied regularly?
If only I’d known that ...
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• Can I re-use paper for printing drafts documents?
• Am I recycling drinks cans, print cartridges and other items or are they going into general waste?
• Do I waste yards of thin paper wiper when one small sheet of quality wiper would suffice and reduce purchasing and disposal costs?
• Am I using effective oil only absorbents for oil spills or copious quantities of sand with all the messy clean up and excessive disposal costs?
Responsible Waste Management companies will recycle over 90% of the waste they collect. One example is the many thousands of plastic containers that are processed in a huge machine that chops the product into small plastic chips that then go on to be moulded into useful rot-proof items such as fence posts, seating, sleepers etc., that can be used on golf courses and at leisure and amenity sites.
The way forward for us all is to take environmental responsibilities seriously and actively seek ways to reduce waste and recycle, protecting our children’s and grandchildren’s inheritance. Recycling as much as we can and dramatically reducing waste going to landfill is a must. Free advice is usually available from Waste Management companies and ours is no exception. We will also provide guidance on the new Site Waste Management Plans (SWMP) which comes into effect April 2008.
WRAP offer a free form to download after registering in the form of a template;
www.wrap.org.uk/construction/construction_w aste_minimisation_and_management/swmp_f
orm.html. Fill as much as you can and get in touch with us. We’ll guide you through the process and advise, at no cost, your best waste management solutions.
With thanks to David Mears, Joint Managing Director of Highspeed - Course Care. E-mail:
info@highspeed.co.uk Websites:
www.course-care.co.uk and
www.waste-away.org
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