Paul Batty, Pathway to Zero Waste

What is PTZW?A partnership – three founding partners

Other partners• Government ( DEFRA and GOSE)• Improvement and Efficiency South East (IESE)• National Industrial Symbiosis Programme (NISP)• South East Centre for the Built Environment (SECBE)• EnviroBusiness• Re Made SE• Environment Centre

Our aimTo improve South East England’s economic and environmental performance and relieve pressure on its shrinking landfill capacity by:

reducing the amount of surplus and waste material generated by commercial and industrial activities increasing the amount that is reused, recycled or converted to energy instead of being sent to landfill.

This will be achieved by driving a mindset change from:

CD&E waste the initial focusAnd with good reason…

of all waste sent to landfill in South East England is CD&E waste

The true cost of waste

£1m skip hire

£8.3m materials cost£0.7m labour

• Direct engagement with supply chains on largest projects in the region

• Programme of ‘catalytic’ projects to deliver change throughout the South East – ‘Holistic’ approach tackling key issues simultaneously and designed to deliver ‘quick wins of lasting and significant impact’

Twin-track strategy

• Creating demand: for reusable, recycled and recycled content materials• Market development: to improve and increase trading in reusable, recycled and recycled content materials• Infrastructure: accelerating the development of new recycling facilities• Legislation and policy: working to ensure that the right political and legal framework is in place to encourage resource efficiency• Sharing best practice: promoting and encouraging widespread adoption of best-in-class resource efficiency approaches• Data management: improving the quality, timeliness and availability of data on waste flows in the region

PTZW workstreams

• 160,000 tonnes diverted in first year of operation• Year two target 470,000 tonnes with associated benefits of:

14, 262 CO

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402,955 virgin material saved

£5m GVA added

£5m cost savings

• Catalytic programme forecast to divert additional 1.4m tonnes

Delivering results

• Completion and promotion of model CMRF business case and construction waste arisings ‘heatmap’• Publication of PTZW report into potential for a waste material commodity market• Establish a trade association and ‘one-stop-shop’ portal for construction materials reuse and exchange organisations

Priorities for 2010

•Planning and procurement ‘how to’ guides for local authorities•Development and promotion of a calculator to predict savings in operational costs, carbon, and virgin materials, and jobs created in the waste management industry for every tonne of CD&E waste diverted from landfill

Priorities for 2010

• Communications campaigns targeted at construction SMEs and their supply chains, and pre-build professionals (architects, structural engineers, quantity surveyors

Priorities for 2010

Data management• Better data to support the priorities

• Identify and address data problems

• E business playing a big part

• Work in partnership to change behaviours

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Actual Target SE Construction spend

clients

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manufacturerswaste contractors

manufacturers

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Set requirements for good practice and measurement

Identify opportunities to reduce waste and use more recovered materials

Implement good practice and measure performance

Offer low waste, recyclable, and higher recycled content options

Collect and recover more waste to higher quality; provide robust data

Supply chain actions needed

Tools to quantify waste reduction and cost savings

Outline design

Focus• Waste

prevention• Reusing

materials

Detailed design

Focus• Reduce wastage• Increase recycled

content

Construction

Focus• Achieve target

wastage• Waste recovery• Measure

performance

Completion

Focus• Consistent

performance benchmarking

Designing out Waste Tools and Guides

Net Waste Tool

Site Waste Management Plan Template

Reporting Portal