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Bournemouth Borough Council

Municipal Waste Management Strategy

2011-2026

Supplementary Report: Commercial Waste & Recycling Action Plan

2011-2016

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1. Purpose of this plan 5

1.1 Aims 5 1.2 Objectives 1.3 Definitions 1.4 Stakeholders

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2. Drivers for management of commercial waste

2.1 Legislation affecting commercial waste 2.2 Local Drivers 2.3 Our Place 2.4 Commercial waste composition

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3. Current commercial waste and recycling services

3.1 Refuse services 3.2 Recycling services 3.3 Recycling contamination 3.4 Millhams CRC 3.5 Commercial waste analysis

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4. Current commercial waste and recycling performance

4.1 Services offered by other councils

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5. Key actions for performance improvements

5.1 Financial implications

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6. Conclusion 23

Contents

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List of Tables

Table Page

Table 1: Stakeholders 6

Table 2: Legislation driving commercial waste management 8

Table 3: Commercial refuse collection costs (2011) 15

Table 4: Commercial recycling collection costs (2011) 16

Table 5: Number of commercial collections and tonnes collected 18

Table 6: Commercial waste services offered by neighbouring local authorities 19

Table 7: Key actions for improvements to commercial waste services 20

List of Figures

Figure Page

Figure 1: Annual waste arisings in the UK by sector 11

Figure 2: The waste hierarchy 11

Figure 3: VAT and/or PAYE BASED ENTERPRISES in Bournemouth 12

Figure 4: Weight (kg) of specific materials by business type for Dorset 13

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Waste that comes from businesses and shops is commercial waste. All businesses, large or small, have a duty of care to ensure that their waste is disposed of safely and efficiently. Councils have a responsibility to make sure businesses have the means to dispose of their recycling and waste. Nationally Councils have collected three million tonnes of commercial waste in 2009/10. Waste collection is not paid through business rates so Councils (including Bournemouth Borough Council) that offer this service charge commercial waste customers to recover the costs of administration, collection and disposal. Interestingly commercial waste actually contributes 11% of the total UK waste arisings annually, which is greater than the 9% made up by household waste1. As a result the government are keen to tackle this waste stream. The full extent of commercial waste production is unclear as businesses can make their own arrangements with licensed trade waste collection companies. The result of this is that a large range of disposal routes and private waste contractors treat commercial waste.

The Council’s ongoing priority is to improve Bournemouth’s recycling and composting performance, increase waste awareness and influence behaviour. This includes commercial waste collected by the Council. This Commercial Waste Plan describes how the Council will approach commercial waste activities supporting the Municipal Waste Management Strategy for Bournemouth 2011—2026.

These activities however are not exhaustive and will be subject to ongoing review with a full update planned for 2016.

1 Defra, Commercial and Industrial Waste in England Statement of aims and actions, 2009

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

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This Commercial Waste Plan supports the overarching Municipal Waste Management Strategy for Bournemouth 2011-2026.

1.1. Aim

• To identify key actions to improve commercial waste services in Bournemouth.

1.2. Objectives

• To encourage local businesses to utilise the Council’s commercial waste and recycling services.

• To improve waste prevention and recycling support offered to

commercial organisations.

• To ensure commercial premises comply with their legal obligation with regard to commercial waste.

• To fulfil the Council’s obligations and comply with current and future

legislation concerning commercial waste.

1.3. Definitions

Commercial waste as defined by the Waste Strategy 20072 as:

‘Waste arising from wholesalers, catering establishments, shops and offices (in both public and private sectors). This category does not account for wastes arising from factories and industrial plant, construction, demolition and excavation sectors’ (Defra, 2007b).

As stated in the overarching Municipal Waste Management Strategy for Bournemouth 2011-2026 the following waste types are not covered by this strategy:

• Commercial waste not collected by the Council or agents acting on their behalf

• Industrial Waste • Agricultural Waste

2 Defra, Waste Strategy for England 2007

1. PURPOSE OF THIS PLAN

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1.4. Stakeholders

While the Council’s role is recognised, waste behaviour is influenced by other major stakeholders (Table 1), who may offer additional resource i.e. funds, partnerships, access to business communities etc.

Table 1 - Stakeholders

Stakeholders

Role

Local public sector - Other local authority departments i.e. Environmental Health, Climate Change Working Group and Economic Development.

• Orchestrate joint working within and across local authorities

for consistent approaches, share good practice and maximise value for money.

• Provide holistic environmental approach (energy, climate change, biodiversity) not just waste benefits.

• Influence local communities, central government and the business sector.

Business support networks - Chamber of Trade, and Local Traders Associations

• Act as communication channel to their members. • Orchestrate joint working across local commercial networks

to provide a consistent approach, to share good practice and to maximise value for money.

Commercial organisations

• Prioritise corporate social and environmental responsibility. • Assess current commercial activities and follow

environmental good practice. • Address unnecessary packaging and product design issues

associated with their products. Regional bodies - South West Waste Reduction Forum (SWWRF), South West Waste Reduction Group (SWWRG), CIWM, Dorset Reduction and Recycling Group (DRRG), Business Link South West.

• Orchestrate joint working across regional areas, with public

and private sectors for a consistent approach, share best practice and maximise value for money.

• Influence central government and business sector on policy and legislation implementation.

Government and national bodies – Waste & Resources Action Programme (WRAP), National Industrial Symbiosis Programme (NISP), Environment Agency (EA), Department for Environment and Rural Affairs (Defra)

• Apply pressure to manufacturers, retailers and national

bodies influencing consumers. • Provide research and effective campaign models. • Integrate EU legislation into UK law and waste targets

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2.1. Legislation affecting commercial waste Waste legislation for England controls the generation, transportation and disposal of waste within the European Union (EU) and the shipment of waste into and out of the EU. It covers controlled waste, duty of care, registration of carriers and brokers, environmental permitting, landfill, hazardous waste, producer responsibility, packaging waste, end-of-life vehicles, waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) and the transfrontier shipment of waste. Specific legislation and key drivers influence commercial waste services in Bournemouth are provided in Table 2. Further details can be found in the Key Drivers Report which is part of the overarching Municipal Waste Management Strategy for Bournemouth 2011-2026.

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Table 2: Legislation driving commercial waste management

European

Thematic Strategy on the prevention and recycling of waste

• First waste strategy to address both waste prevention and recycling in member states. • Sets out in the Environmental Action Plan, the framework for environmental policy-making

in the EU for 2002-2012.

EU Landfill Directive (1999/31/EC)

• Aims to significantly reduce the negative environmental impacts of land filling by introducing strict technical requirements for waste and landfill, and setting targets to reduce biodegradable municipal waste (BMW) going to landfill.

• Imposes national strategies for recycling, composting, biogas production and the recovery of biodegradable municipal waste (BMW)

• The UK is obliged to reduce the amount of waste to landfill based on the amount of BMW in 1995 to 75% by 2010, 50% by 2013 and to 35% by 2020

Waste Framework Directive 2011

• The EU Waste Framework Directive provides the overarching legislative framework for the collection, transport, recovery and disposal of waste and includes a common definition of waste.

• The EU Waste Framework Directive states that the UK must recycle 50% of household waste by 2020, which includes composting and reusing waste.

• The first Waste Framework Directive dates back to 19753 since which time it has been substantially amended.

• The revised Waste Framework Directive re-enacts, revises or repeals three earlier Directives:

• the Waste Framework Directive (2006/12/EC) • the Waste Oils Directive (75/439/EEC as amended) • the Hazardous Waste Directive (91/698/EEC as amended).

Batteries Directive (2006/66/EC)

• Aims to reduce the impact on the environment of the manufacture, distribution, use, disposal and recovery of batteries.

• Implements the principle of “extended producer responsibility”, requiring producers to take financial responsibility for the environmental impact of products they place on the market, especially when those products become waste.

Packaging and Packaging Waste Directive 1994/62/EC

• Requires packaging to be minimised and designed for recovery and re-use. • Sets recovery targets to be met by the UK for waste packaging. • Restricts heavy metals in packaging

Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) Directive 2002/96/EC • Aims to reduce the amount of electrical and electronic equipment being produced and to

encourage everyone to reuse, recycle and recover it. • Implements the principle of “extended producer responsibility”, requiring producers to

take financial responsibility for the environmental impact of products they place on the market, especially when those products become waste.

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National

National Waste Strategy for England – 2007 • Highlights the need to decouple waste generation from economic growth and

environmental impacts. • Provide stronger incentives for businesses, local authorities and individuals to reduce

waste; • Encourage much greater consideration of waste as a resource through increased emphasis

on re-use, recycling and recovery of energy from waste; • Make regulation more effective so that it reduces costs to compliant businesses and the

regulator while preventing illegal waste activity; • Target action on materials, products and sectors with greatest scope for improving

environmental and economic outcomes;

National Waste Strategy for England - Review 2011 • Work with business on a range of measures to prevent waste occurring wherever possible,

ahead of developing a full Waste Prevention Programme by December 2013 • Consult on the case for increased recovery targets for packaging waste, in time for a final

decision in the 2012 Budget; • Explore the potential for new voluntary responsibility deals to drive waste prevention and

recycling, including in the hospitality sector and with the waste management industry and for direct mail, textiles, and construction waste;

• Consult on introducing a restriction on the landfilling of wood waste and review the case for introducing landfill restrictions on other materials, including textiles and biodegradable waste

Environmental Protection Act 1990 –Part II

• States that anyone who produces imports, keeps or stores, transports, treats or disposes of waste has a duty of care to take all reasonable steps to keep it safe.

• Duty of Care applies to all businesses and failure to comply means you could be prosecuted and fined.

Landfill Regulations 2005 - Pre-treatment of Waste Regulation • Places legal obligation on waste producers to ensure only pre-treated waste is sent to

landfill. • ‘Pre-treatment' termed in the Landfill Regulations 2002, states waste must be subject to

physical, thermal, chemical or biological processes (including sorting) that change the characteristics of the waste in order to: reduce its volume or hazardous nature, facilitate its handling, enhance recovery.

• Sets legal obligation to segregate waste, which reduces impact of waste to be landfilled and increases amount of waste recycled.

• Responsibility for ensuring waste is pre-treated rests with waste producer.

Landfill Tax

• There are three rates of Landfill Tax: • the lower rate only applies to inactive or inert wastes listed in the Landfill Tax

(Qualifying Material) Order 2011 • the higher rate applies to all other waste that is taxable for Landfill Tax purposes • The standard rate is £56 per tonne from 1 April 2011 to 31 March 2012 and will

increase to: £64 per tonne on 1 April 2012 , £72 per tonne on 1 April 2013 and £80 per tonne on 1 April 2014

Waste Regulations 2011

• Require businesses to confirm that they have applied the waste management hierarchy when transferring waste and to include a declaration on their waste transfer note or consignment note.

• Require a new permit waste hierarchy permit condition and where appropriate a condition relating to mixing of hazardous waste.

• Introduces a two-tier system for waste carrier and broker registration, which includes those who carry their own waste, and introduces a new concept of a waste dealer.

• Make amendments to hazardous waste controls and definition. • Exclude some categories of waste from waste control

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National

Other legislation includes • Clean Neighbourhoods and Environment Act 2005 • Control of Pollution (Amendment) Act 1989 c.14 • Controlled Waste Regulations 1992 and various amendments • Environment Act 1995 • Various Packaging Regulations • Site Waste Management Plans Regulations • Various Transfrontier Shipment Regulations

Guidance on specific waste types;

Animal By-Products (Enforcement) (England) Regulations 2011

• The Regulations enforce Regulation 1069/2009 (the ‘2009 EU ABP Regulation’) which lays down health rules as regards animal by-products and derived products not intended for human consumption, and its accompanying implementing Regulation (EU) No. 142/2011 (‘the EU Implementing Regulation’).

• The Regulations came into force on 23 March 2011 and replaced The Animal by-products Regulations 2005.

• The main aim of the Animal by-products regulation is to prevent animal by-products from presenting a risk to animal or public health through the transmission of disease.

• Imposes a number of restrictions on the handling and treatment of waste that contains or could potentially contain animal by-products.

Producer Responsibility Obligations (Packaging Waste) Regulations 2007/ Amended 2010

• Places an obligation on businesses that satisfy two threshold tests to recover and recycle specified tonnages of packaging waste each year.

• The amount each business has to recover is determined by the amount of packaging the business handles, the business recovery and recycling targets for the year and the activity the business carries out on packaging.

• Organisations are obligated under the producer responsibility regulations if: they handle more than 50 tonnes of packaging a year AND they have a turnover in excess of £2 million per annum.

Waste Batteries and Accumulators Regulations 2009

• Set out rules for collecting, treating and recycling all types of batteries in the UK. • Places certain responsibilities on producers, distributors, waste battery treatment sites and

waste battery exporters. • Requires larger producers to join a Battery Compliance Scheme and record weights • Requires distributors of portable batteries/accumulators who sell over 32kg of portable

batteries per year in an individual store to provide free in-store battery take-back facilities.

Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) Regulations 2006

• Sets obligations for importers, rebranders, manufacturers of new electrical or electronic equipment to join a producer compliance schemes.

• Retailers must ensure that customers can return WEEE free of charge , either by offering a take back scheme or by funding local authorities to provide Designated Collection Facilities (DCF).

• Businesses with electrical or electronic equipment to dispose are responsible for financing and arranging appropriate treatment of WEEE.

There is also legislation on other waste types such as hazardous waste and end of life vehicles.

There are also several voluntary agreements i.e. Courtauld agreement where corporations commit to addressing packaging and food waste in retail and manufacturing.

2.2. Local drivers 'Improving our Environment' is one of the Council’s priorities identified in the Corporate Plan.

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Local authorities are currently not required by EU or UK Government to set targets or report on commercial waste reduction or recycling. Commercial waste is becoming an increasingly important waste sector for local authorities however, as it accounts for 11% of total UK waste arisings annually, which is actually greater than 9% contributed by household waste (Defra, 2009a)

Figure 1: Annual waste arisings in the UK by sector (DEFRA, 2009a)

In 2009, 23.8 million tonnes of commercial waste were generated by businesses, with 52.8 % of this being reused or recycled (Defra, 2010) Encouraging the prevention, reuse and recycling of commercial waste can have a significant, positive effect on resource use and sustainable development. By increasing recycling, fewer virgin resources are used, energy and water use are reduced and waste production is decreased (WRAP, 2010).

Figure 2: The waste hierarchy (EU Waste Framework Directive, 2008)4

The waste hierarchy emphasises prevention and reuse, prioritising them as the most sustainable options for waste management (Figure 2).

4 Source: EU Waste Framework Directive, 20084

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Waste is ultimately a drag on the economy and business productivity. Commercial organisations can reduce costs by making products with fewer natural resources and creating less waste for treatment and disposal. Also a proportion of commercial organisations currently illegally dispose of commercial waste through the household waste stream, either in kerbside bins, at Neighbourhood Recycling Centres or at Millhams Community Recycling Centre. Cost for disposal of this waste is then incurred by the Council. By ensuring local businesses are aware of their legal obligations and offering a range of commercial waste services, the Council can reduce these costs. There is a particular need to provide SMEs with affordable recycling services.

2.3. Our Place There are 5,370 commercial organisations in Bournemouth. Amongst the largest, JP Morgan established their Global Technology Hub in Bournemouth in the 1980s and several firms also have their regional or national headquarters in the town, including RIAS, McCarthy & Stone and LV= (Liverpool Victoria). While tourism is vitally important to Bournemouth attracting 5.2 million visitors annually, the banking, finance and insurance sector is now the most valuable sector within the economy in terms of GDP (Gross Domestic Product). Other sectors which have seen growth recently include Education, particularly with over 17,000 students now attending Bournemouth University and Health.

VAT and/or PAYE BASED ENTERPRISES in Bournemouth Unitary 2010

0% 5%

16%

3%

3%

11%

2%

8%8%

2%

5%

14%

7%

0%

2%

5%

7%

Agriculture, forestry & fishing

Production

Construction

Motor trades

Wholesale

Retail

Transport & storage (inc. postal)

Accommodation & food services

Information & communication

Finance & insurance

Property

Professional, scientific & technical

Business administration and support services

Public administration and defence

Education

Health

Arts, entertainment, recreation and other services

Figure 3: VAT and/or PAYE BASED ENTERPRISES in Bournemouth Unitary

Authority based on Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) business type (2010)

Bournemouth’s businesses have been categorised using the Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) business type (Figure 3) The largest sector of business is Construction (15.83%), followed by Professional, Scientific & Technical (13.69%) and Retail (11.16%). Bournemouth has a slightly higher proportion of Construction,

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Retail and Accommodation & Food services and lower proportion of Agriculture, Forestry & Fishing and Professional, Scientific & Technical, in comparison to the national picture.

The Council is concerned with commercial waste as defined by the National Waste Strategy for England 2007, as waste arisings from wholesalers, catering establishments, shops and offices. There are 3,685 commercial organisations of this type in Bournemouth producing commercial waste.

2.4. Commercial waste composition Commercial waste as a category covers a wealth of different business types, each producing waste streams that can vary dramatically. Current research into commercial waste composition in England as a whole is limited, due to the fragmented approach of collections between local authorities and private companies, who have no financial or legal obligation to share information.

Dorset County Council has conducted a specific commercial and industrial waste analysis in 2006, including a sample from two of Dorset’s Councils; North and West Dorset trade waste rounds. The sample collected a total of 1282.42kg from 39 businesses and was based on a representative sample of businesses in each of the two districts. The waste was collected, hand sorted and reported separately from the other elements of the sample i.e. household and civic amenity waste. As a result, quantities of specific waste materials for each business type were established (Figure 4). In Figure 4, Public Admin includes the following categories: Information & communication, Business administration and support services, Public administration and defence

The results found the Hotel and Catering sector produced the most waste (72.06kg); followed by Construction (64.02kg), with the Finance sector producing the least (9.09kg).

Figure 4: Weight (kg) of specific materials by business type for Dorset (M·E·L, 2006). The results demonstrate the great variation between business and material type. Hotel and Catering produced the greatest glass and putrescible waste. Paper and

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card were found in every business sector though in varying quantities. Education, Hotels and Catering and Health all disposed of large quantities of food. To accommodate the main commercial sectors in Bournemouth (Professional, Scientific & Technical, Retail, Accommodation & Food Services, Information & Communication), recycling services should be targeted to collect paper, card, glass and food waste.

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3.1. Refuse services The Council currently offers local businesses commercial refuse collections using a variety of bins or orange 70 litre sacks. Collection frequency and bin size is tailored to individual business needs. Charges are made per bin per collection as shown in Table 3.

Table 3: Commercial refuse collection costs (2011)

Options Price (£)

1,100 litre bin £10.89 per lift

240 litre bin £4.92 per lift




Orange sacks £96 (50 sacks)

There is currently one dedicated commercial waste vehicle; however additional commercial waste collections are incorporated into passing household collection rounds which improves efficiency. Refuse is currently treated with the household residual stream via Mechanical Biological Treatment (MBT).

3.2. Recycling services In 2008, the Council extended the commercial waste services to include recycling collections. Recycling is collected either as a single material such as paper or cardboard or as a mixed collection of paper, card, glass, plastic bottles and cans (in-line with the household service). Local businesses have a choice of four different size bins and/or a plastic sack collection. These address the individual volume requirements of the businesses and of course the issue of space to store receptacles. The following bins and sacks are offered by the Council:

• 1,100 litre, 660 litre, 330 litre and 240 litre bins • 70 litre plastic sacks for mixed recycling or paper bags for paper

collections.

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Cardboard is collected in bundles. The weight of each bundle is limited to approximately 15kg, to ensure safe lifting by one person. Cardboard is flattened and tied with string for collection or flattened and stacked in one large un-flattened box. Each bundle should be identified with a cardboard recycling sticker which is purchased from the Council.

The frequencies of collection service on offer are bi-weekly, weekly or fortnightly to suit the requirements of the individual businesses. Charges are made per bin per collection, which can be seen below in Table 4. Recycling collections are charged at a slightly lower rate than refuse collections in order to make them more attractive.

Table 4: Commercial recycling collection costs (2011)

Options Price

1,100 litre bin £10.03 per lift





Recycling sacks (mixed) £62.50 (50 sacks)

Sacks (for paper) £50 (50 sacks)

Stickers (cardboard bundles) £50 (50 stickers)

Mixed recycling collected from businesses is currently bulked with Bournemouth’s household recycling and transported to a Material Recycling Facility (MRF) in Kent where it is sorted for reprocessing.

The separate paper and cardboard collected via commercial recycling collections are recycled at Millhams Community Recycling Centre.

3.3. Recycling contamination

We recognise that businesses are unlikely to deliberately contaminate their mixed recycling bin, as the service has been requested and paid for. However when any item that is not accepted for recycling is placed in the recycling bin, the container is considered contaminated. Common contaminating items include plastic bags, rigid plastic containers, textiles, nappies and food waste. If a contaminated bin was collected and mixed with other recyclables in the collection vehicle, whole vehicle loads of clean recycling could be contaminated.

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As a result Bournemouth Council operates a contamination procedure, whereby the collection crew check recycling bins for contamination before collection. If a recycling bin is contaminated, a yellow sticker is placed on the bin by the collection crew, which informs residents and business customers that the bin is contaminated and asks them to contact the Ask Bournemouth Contact Centre to discuss any issues and arrange a collection on their next refuse collection day. The collection crew will make a record of the contaminated bin on their daily crew sheets. As stated in the Kerbside Recyclables Disposable Contract, contamination rates must be below 5% to be accepted at the Material Recycling Facility (MRF) otherwise the material will be landfilled and the Council will incur additional costs. Contamination rates are also monitored by the contractor and reported back to the Council.

3.4. Millhams CRC

Commercial organisations that produce waste as part of their business activity or have received any payment for carrying waste may dispose of it at Millhams Community Recycling Centre where a charge will be levied using a weighbridge. There is currently a minimum charge of £38.00 (+VAT) for up to half a tonne and £80.00 (+VAT) charge for between half a tonne and one tonne. Each additional tonne is charged at £80.00 (+VAT). Commercial waste can be separated and deposited in recycling areas by the commercial organisation. Attempts are also made by operatives on site to further reuse and recycle any commercial waste disposed of at Millhams Community Recycling Centre.

3.5. Commercial waste analysis The Council also offers a free waste analysis to local businesses to help identify the types and quantities of waste being produced. This allows a business to reduce the amount of waste produced in the first place and also recognise materials in the waste stream that can be recycled. The analysis also provides a baseline from which to measure improvements.

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In total there are 3,685 commercial organisations operating in Bournemouth of which the Council currently has commercial waste contracts with 1,517 of them. That equals 41.2% of all businesses currently receiving a commercial waste or recycling collection from the Council. These collections capture 26.5% of collected commercial waste as recycling.

Table 5: Number of commercial collections and tonnes collected

Collection Type Number of businesses with

collections Tonnes collected

in 2010/11 Average kg collected per business 2010/11

Commercial Refuse

• 1,190 Refuse only • 267 Refuse & Recycling

2,069.74

704kg

Commercial Recycling

• 60 Recycling only • 267 Refuse & Recycling

746.72

438kg

Total Commercial Waste

1,517

2,816.46

Although it is accepted that size, number of employees and amount of waste produced varies greatly between businesses, Table 5 shows that the average kg of waste collected per business is much greater for refuse than for recycling collections. This may be influenced by a number of factors:

• Limited recycling capacity • High refuse capacity • Lack of staff awareness of recycling facilities • The waste produced by the business is not currently collected for recycling

by the Council i.e. food, textiles, wood and other plastics Educational site visits and waste analysis of commercial waste allows the Council to engage with the business community, providing the most appropriate arrangements for refuse and recycling collections and encourage greater capture of recyclables. On a monthly basis between 70-80% of the waste taken to Millhams Community Recycling Centre is reused or recycled.

4.1. Services offered by other councils

Currently 65% of authorities in England provide a commercial refuse service via either a collection and/or bring sites, while 43% provide a commercial recycling service again via either collection and/or bring sites (WRAP, 2010a).

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Table 6: Commercial waste services offered by neighbouring local authorities

Councils Authority type

Number of

businesses

Is commercial waste

collected?

Is commercial

recycling collected?

Materials collected

Borough of Poole Council UA 5,185 Yes Yes Refuse, mixed paper, card, glass, cans, plastic bottles

Bournemouth Borough Council UA 5,370 Yes Yes Refuse, mixed paper, card, glass, cans, plastic bottles, separate paper and card

Christchurch Borough Council* WCA 1,630 No No

East Dorset District Council* WCA 4,135 No No

North Dorset District Council* WCA 3,160 Yes Yes Refuse, paper, card

Purbeck District Council* WCA 1,940 No No

West Dorset District Council WCA 5,005 Yes Yes Refuse, paper, card, food

Weymouth & Portland Borough Council

WCA 1,660 Yes Yes Refuse, paper, card

* From April 2011, these authorities have combined to form the Dorset Waste Partnership

Bournemouth Borough Council is currently running a comprehensive commercial waste and recycling service in comparison to neighbouring authorities.

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Table 7 - Key actions for improvements to commercial waste services

Key actions Activities Contribution

1. Gain new customers for commercial refuse and recycling services

• Look at how collection rounds can be developed to include more customers by investigating the available capacity on domestic refuse and recycling collection rounds for commercial waste

• Promote collection and advisory services

• Join Chamber of Trade

• Income generated from commercial waste activities contributes towards service development, street services and general overheads.

2. Encourage current refuse collection customers to use a recycling collection

• Look at how collection rounds can be developed to include more customers by investigating the available capacity on domestic refuse and recycling collection rounds for commercial waste

• Promote collection and advisory services


• Increase uptake of services and commercial waste recycling rate

3. Encourage uptake of Council’s Commercial Waste Analysis

• Promote advisory services


• Raise waste prevention awareness and increase uptake of commercial recycling services

• Increase commercial waste recycling rate

4. Promotions of services and relevant campaigns

• Complete a Communications Plan to include:

• Promotions via a dedicated webpage, links from business pages, leaflets with business rates, social media such as Facebook, Twitter etc

• Joining the Bournemouth Chamber of Trade

• Attend and present at Chamber meetings

• Email promotions to Chamber members

• Face-to-face communications such as at events, waste analysis visits, enforcement visits

• Target specific materials such as paper, card, glass and food waste (identified as large proportion of commercial waste stream)

• Promote relevant campaigns such as Love Food, Hate Waste, composting etc

• Raise awareness and increase uptake of commercial waste and recycling services

• Increase commercial waste recycling rate

5. KEY ACTIONS FOR PERFORMANCE IMPROVEMENTS

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5. Investigate feasibility of commercial green waste

• Consider commercial green waste collections alongside household green waste collections

• Calculate appropriate charges/costs for commercial organisations

• Identify household rounds with existing capacity

• Targeted communications at commercial properties that may produce green waste i.e. florists, garden centres etc

• For each household added to the green waste collection scheme, a further 150kg of BMW per household (based on 2009/10) will be diverted from the residual stream

• Commercial green waste quantities will be dependant on shop type and outside space

6. Investigate feasibility of commercial food waste collections

• Consider demand for commercial food waste collections


• Identify collection routes, disposal routes and contractual requirements

• Set up a trial area with café, restaurants etc

• Increase recycling performance, although food waste already composted via MBT process.

• Separate food waste collections provide higher quality compost and a lower gate fee than the residual stream

• Anecdotally food waste collections result in a reduction in overall food waste generated

7. Encourage use of other business support networks such as National Industrial Symbiosis Programme (NISP), Business link & Solid Waste Resource Renewal Group SWRRG

• Promote networks and advisory services

• Encourage greater networking and partnership working between local businesses

• Share good practice

8. Provide facilities to recycle additional materials i.e. energy saving light bulbs, batteries, textiles, electrical items, plastic bags, oil

• Investigate which types of materials commercial organisations want to recycle

• Identify potential recycling/disposal routes

• While inclusion of lightweight materials is unlikely to dramatically increase recycling performance, buy-in and increased participation and supporting promotional campaigns may improve capture rate for all recyclables

• Positive PR – Bournemouth’s businesses want to recycle more materials

9. Offer collections for bulky items

• Consider demand for commercial bulky goods collections and contractual negotiations required to extend current household bulky collections to include commercial properties


• Increase recycling performance and reduce fly-tipping of bulky items

• Positive PR – Bournemouth’s businesses want to recycle more materials

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10. Explore the option of introducing communal street refuse and recycling bins in high density areas of commercial properties

• Consider demand for commercial use of communal bins

• Target areas with restricted bin access


• Other Council’s have reported cost savings and improved street scene

11. Introduce local business waste awards

• Investigate potential for local business waste awards to encourage promotion of businesses that are reducing their waste and recycling

• Certificate awarded to businesses following improved waste and recycling behaviour following a Waste Analysis

• Raise awareness and increase uptake of commercial waste and recycling services

• Increasing commercial waste recycling rate

5.1. Financial implications Due to the current financial climate facing all local authorities, every effort will be made to work in partnership with businesses, the volunteer sector and to apply for local or national grants. Costing will be considered as part of the Market Testing Report which supports the overarching Municipal Waste Management Strategy for Bournemouth 2011-2026. In times of fiscal deficit, officers are reviewing waste collections and contracts in order to deliver efficiencies, as well as the aims and objectives of this and other local plans.

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Commercial waste activities are key components in ensuring sustainable waste management for the future and to support the overarching aims of the Municipal Waste Management Strategy for Bournemouth 2011—2026. This plan identifies key actions to improve commercial waste services which the Council will consider. Informed by whole life-cycle thinking, the Council must continually promote, encourage and enforce the delivery of the waste hierarchy and particularly in the light of the current fiscal constraints, continue to emphasise waste prevention, reuse, stopping waste at its source, and increased recycling rates when considered the best option.

6. CONCLUSION

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For more information about this document, please contact:

Larry Austin, Strategic Operations Manager

Telephone: 01202 451690

email: [email protected]

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