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investment funding available for low carbon initiatives.
If you have an innovative product, technology, service or process that will reduce carbon, use less energy, water and raw materials, or produce less waste, you could get support and investment from CO2Sense.
You can apply:
- For between £10,000 and £100,000
- If you business is located in Yorkshire and Humber
- If your business is a small or medium sized company
- For up to 70% of the total cost of your project.
Although the first round for applications has now closed CO2 Sense are still keen to hear about new projects for possible funding in round 2.
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members news...
New depackaging unit allows the Maltings to accept a fuller range of food wastes.
The Maltings organic treatment facility has converted a former John Smiths Brewery Malthouse in South Milford, Leeds into a state of the art in vessel composting plant able to process up to 40,000 tonnes per year of a wide range of organic waste streams. Including animal by-products, catering waste, wood waste, fats and sludges.
In January the company took delivery of new de-packaging equipment which will mean up to 99% recovery/recycling of a wide range of packaged food wastes.
Associated Waste Management
Flagship recycling facility open day 30th September 2011
AWM are constructing an advanced material recycling facility at their site on Gelderd Road in Leeds as part of their strategy to achieve zero waste to landfill. Come along to find out about the latest recycling technology on their opening day on 30th September.
Contact Richard Jaques at AWM for further information.
Re-use, Not Just Recycling
Refurbishing and Re-Marketing of Redundant IT
The S2S Group of companies are dedicated to providing 'lifecycle services', which do not just cover recycling, but also the refurbishment and re-marketing of redundant IT and telecommunications equipment. Therefore the whole units or parts can be put back onto the UK market, or re-used.
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legislation......
Waste Regulations 2011 - England and Wales ..... The implications
These new regulations implement the revsied EU Waste Framework Directive.
The main changes you need to be aware of are:
A new requirement to declare on waste transfer notes and consignment notes that the waste hierarchy has been applied
The introduction of a two tiered system for waste carriers and brokers.
Minor amendments to hazardous waste controls including the intoduction of a new category H13 - Sensitizing
The requirement of a seperate collection of waste paper, metal, glass and plastic from January 1st 2015.
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It has been a busy few months for Why Waste -organising Eco-Fair with BBEF and Green Business Network in April and dealing with increasing numbers of waste offers and requests.
This edition features office furniture and what to do with it when it is no longer needed.
One side effect of government cuts has been the rise in the disposal of office furniture particularly from the public sector in the wake of redundancies and restructuring. Why Waste has seen a significant rise in the offers of office furniture on the exchange. Most of which has been successfully re homed as a result, either with community organisations or proffessional office furniture reuse companies such as Over2hills.
A staggering 165,000 tonnes of office furniture is thrown away per year by Britsh businesses according to the Centre for Remanufacturing and Reuse. It is estimated that over 50% of office furniture disposed of is reusable.
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news...
Government Review of Waste Policy - Zero Waste Ambition or just Zero Ambition ?
Last week the Government announced the outcome of its much awaited Review of Waste Policy in England 2011 to a lukewarm response. Criticisms include:
- A general lack of ambition
- A lack of any long term recycling targets - The review simply proposes to meet the EU target of 50% recycling by 2020
- A lack of concrete policies and effective action, particularly to address food waste.
On the plus side the review puts a strong emphasis on commercial and industrial waste. Measures proposed include:
- The development of a 'Business Waste and Recycling Collection Commitment' aimed at local authorities
- Work to encourage the take up of initiatives such as pilot trade waste "bring banks"
- Further work on voluntary responsibility deals in the following sectors - The hospitality sector (concentrating on food and packaging waste), The paper industry, Direct mail, Textiles (furthering work on the Sustainable Clothing Roadmap), Construction waste and Packaging
- Consultation on introducing a landfill restriction on wood waste and review of landfill bans for other materials, such as metals, textiles and all biodegradable waste.
The Review also outlines the role that businesses will have in its work on waste prevention and reuse.
Eco Fair - Great Success!
Eco-Fair was a huge success in April. It attracted over 370 people on the day and received excellent feedback from stall holders and delegates. A big thank you goes to all those who participated including delegates, stallholders and, of course, our event sponsors CO2 Sense, Associated Waste Management and Thorite.
96% of delegates returning feedback forms rated the speaker programme as good or excellent and 95% of stallholders said that the event had resulted in new sales leads for them.
Fear not if you missed it ..... you can view the eco-fair presentations online here, and download the delegate booklet to find out more about the companies who exhibited.
Next year's event is already being planned and we are keen to hear from potential sponsors. If your company would like to be an event sponsor please get in touch. |
Office Funiture Reuse has quantifiable carbon benefits
Large savings in carbon emissions can result from reusing office furniture. This was the conclusion of the report - The Carbon Impact of Office Furniture Reuse produced by the Centre for Remanufacture and Reuse.
The work quantified the environmental benefits of reuse by looking at a standard office desk and chair. Its findings were that reuse can cut the carbon footprint of a desk by 36% and a chair by 45% by effectively doubling the lifespan of the item.
read on to find out about office furniture reuse options click here to download the full report. |
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furniture reuse in action....
University and College join forces to reuse furniture
Bradford College has joined forces with the University of Bradford to maximize the reuse of furniture on both campuses. The aim of the project is to prevent as much of the redundant furniture as possible from both institutions going to landfill. This has the additional advantage of saving significant amounts of money in new furniture costs.
The Second Hand Furniture Store is hosted by the College with the University providing the IT system. The joint collaboration between the two forward thinking institutions will offer students and staff the opportunity to browse the EcoVersity website for office furniture that would otherwise be disposed of.
In its first 4 months the store has reused 369 items of furniture weighing 6 Tonnes and with a replacement value of £23,000. The store currently only offers furniture for internal use free of charge but there is the option for other organisations to purchase furniture.
For more information email b.tongue@brad.ac.uk
To visit the EcoVersity reuse website click here.
Office Furniture with a Conscience
Re-Work is a social enterprise specialising in office furniture reuse. They are based in Leeds and supply quality, used office furniture. As well as their retail service they offer a full office clearance service and re-upholstery service.
Caroline Wherrit - Chief Executive at Rework explained
"We have a triple bottom line, Financial, Environmental and Social. As well as being a viable business , our environmental goal is to reduce waste whilst our social aim is to provide meaningful work for local people who find it hard to get a job."
Rework offers incentives to companies such as a payback scheme when we sell their surplus stock, or a reduced rate/free in some instances Their customer base includes public sector organizations, small and medium business, large corporates, and schools and colleges. They also offer free furniture to charities/community groups
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Re-upholstered tub chairs by Rework
Click here to view their latest catalogue.
is your office furniture over the hill ?
Over2Hills is based in West Yorkshire and provides an office furniture reuse/recycling service throughout the UK. This remarkable company has turned office furniture recycling into an art form. Redundant office furniture is collected from clients and taken to their large site at Cleckheaton where it is sorted to for reuse and recycling. Some furniture is sold for reuse and some is given away to charitable organisations.
Furniture not fit for reuse is remanufactured or recycled - for example new desks are constructed from suitable components. The company also manufactures a 100% recycled bed using furniture componants. Wood which cannot be used is either chipped and made into their own mulch product - Little Erics Earth Tonic or used on site to generate energy in their own biomass boiler.
For further information click here.
Other companies offering office furniture reuse services include:
Doncaster Refurnish
L&TA Office Furniture
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Why Waste Case Study
Balfour Beatty Workplace Ltd
Over Christmas 2010 Balfour Beatty Workplace decommissioned an office in Scunthorpe and wanted to find an alternative to landfill for office furniture which was no longer needed. Why Waste helped to register the items with www.whywaste.org.uk and supported them to make contact with local community groups via voluntary sector networks. The furniture including desks, conference tables, filing cabinets, receptions desks and chairs was all donated to local community groups as a result. A total of five community organisations benefitted and Balfour Beatty Workplace made savings of approximately £5000 as a result.
Winterton Council "The furniture is very much appreciated and saved a lot of money that we simply haven't got"
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events....
North Yorkshire Green Business Club
"Environmental legislation - an update" 19th July at the Energy Centre in York.
Get the heads up on upcoming legislation, what you need to do to comply and who is out there to help them. Speakers include Environment Agency and Europe Enterprise Yorkshire. Includes free tour of the Energy Centre in York.
£25 for non members. For further information please contact Laura Backhouse on 01904 554638 or email gbc@energypartnership.org.uk |
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