Recycling Action Yorkshire

OUTLINE

Overview of RAY

Recycling in Yorkshire and Humber

Sector response to current opportunities

RAY programme of support

Sustainable Procurement

RAY - Aims

• To create sustainable regional

markets for recycled materials

• To maximise the regional Economic, Social & Environmental benefits of increased recycling

2½ Year Programme£1.5m funding

RAY - Targets

GHG Reductions

Jobs – created/secured

Businesses supported

Tonnes Recycled

Private Sector Investment

RAY - Structure

Future Energy Yorkshire

Recycling Action Yorkshire

A centre of excellence for the development of regional energy

systems and technology

A centre of excellence for the development of regional markets

for recycled materials

Defra & RAY

HH Collection in Y&H by Material Weight

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Other Co-mingled Plastics Cans Textiles Scrap metal/white goods Compost Glass Paper and card

WASTE PERFORMANCE

WASTE PERFORMANCE

EA SWMA 2002/03*Over 80% Coal mining and Steel production waste

**Mainly in Humber region

WASTE PERFORMANCELandfilled in 2005 in Y&H

Paper and card 517,000 tonnesPlastic film 133,000Rigid plastics 94,000Kitchen waste 263,000 (125,000 compostable)Glass 92,000Metals (Fe) 90,000Wood 58,700WEEE 19,500

Commercial and industrial waste in the Yorkshire and Humber RegionYorkshire and Humber Regional Assembly and the Environment Agency - April 2005

WASTE PERFORMANCE• Landfill escalator = £3 per year min• Disposal = 10% of true cost of waste• Waste cost is typically 4% of business turn over

Source: AEAT

Source: Biffa Peter Jones

UK “environmental” sector annual turnover

2003 2018£12 bn £25 bn

• £5.7 bn investment needed in reprocessing capacity

• £1.5 bn from SME’s

Waste & Resources Action Programme 2005

GROWTH SECTOR

2001 to 2003 Growth = 20%*

EIU (DTI/Defra) 2004

SECTOR RESPONSE

SECTOR RESPONSE

8% of Businesses are less than 2 years oldLow levels of investment, enterprise and innovation

Environmental Technology Industries in Y&H Mapping Study - February 2005

Y&H Average 25% Businesses less than 2 years old (YF Enterprise CBI research F O’Riley)

SECTOR RESPONSE

Are Recycling businesses within Y&H responding to the economic opportunity?

Lost opportunity for EconomicSocialEnvironmental progress

Additional efforts are required to kick start the market response

Manufacture Procurement ProcessingCapacity

Collection

P R O C U R E M E N T

Plastic

Organics

Glass

Paper

Construction

BUYRECYCLED

RAY - Programme

RAY - Programme

Green Business Network

Market for mixed plastics

Green Business Network

Market for mixed plastics

New higher valueproduct

Green Business Network

Market for mixed plastics

New higher valueproduct

Reduced product development risk

YORK HANDMADE BRICKS

Reduced energy

Increased productivity

Greater frost resistance

YORK HANDMADE BRICKS

Reduced energy

Increased productivity

Greater frost resistance

Compressive strength

Cost neutral

Access to “green”contracts

HM PRISONSERVICE

DIRECT MAGAZINE

70,000 House Holds

100% recycled paper

Save £7,000

Reputation protection

“Exemplar” procurementteam

SUSTAINABLE PROCUREMENT

BuyRecycled

DRIVERS

BuyRecycled

Policy Drivers

SupportPackage

Benefits

DRIVERS

BuyRecycledSustainable

Procurement Task Force

March 2005

National Procurement

Strategy

Oct 2003

Sustainable Procurement –Action Plan

June 2006

DCLG Regional Centres of

Procurement Excellence

Policy Drivers

SupportPackage

Benefits

DRIVERS

BuyRecycled

Better Business

Financial

Stimulate & sustain markets

Environmental

Policy Drivers

SupportPackage

Better Businesses

DRIVERS

BuyRecycled

SupportHands on Support

Recycled Product Guide

Reference Folder

Monitoring Tool

Policy Drivers

SupportPackage

BetterBusinesses

DRIVERS

BuyRecycled

WHERE ARE WE NOW?

RecyclingPaper

BuyingRecycled

Paper

ProcurementPolicy

& Recycling

ManyMaterials

MeasuringWaste

&Recycling& SettingRecycling

Targets

MeasuringRecycledContent

Procurement&

SettingRecycledContentTargets

Procurement of

recycled content paper 4%

BUY RECYCLED….

Yorkshire and Humber

“Buy Recycled”

• ‘Gateway to Action’

• Increase procurement of RCP’s

• Support and stimulate markets

• Gather data on procurement habits

• Reduce environmental impact

BUY RECYCLED….

Buy Recycled

Partners Tools

“Hands On” Support

WRAP Projects

Commitment to Procure

HANDS ON SUPPORT….

DeliveryAction planBaseline

HANDS ON SUPPORT….

Action planBaseline

Buy RecycledGuide

Recycled ProductSearch

Training

Monitoring Tool

Delivery

Commitment to

Procure

Plastic

Organics

Glass

Commitment to

ProcurePaper

Construction

COMMITMENT….

• Regional Procurement Network

• “Hands On” Support Delivery

• Get Commitments & Set Targets

NEXT STEPS….

“Buy Recycled The Northern Way?”

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