Third Party Reuse and Recycling Third Party Reuse and Recycling Credits SchemeCredits Scheme

Dimitra G. Rappou, Waste Prevention Officer

London CouncilsBreakfast Briefing

29th May 2012

Andrew LappageNorth London Waste Authority

Introduction and Overview

• Third Party Re-use and Recycling Credits• Smart Shopping• Love Food, Hate Waste• Furniture Re-use

… … a whistle-stop tour!

Area

Role of the NLWA

• Arrange disposal of of residual wastes collected from c.1.7m residents, and litter, fly-tips, gully-wastes etc from over 1/5 of London

• Arrange most recycling and composting in North London• Arrange all WEEE services in North London• Starting to arrange Household Waste & Recycling Centres• Budgetted expenditure in 2012/13 is £72m

• Also leading on waste prevention work across North London• Working with boroughs on future solutions:

– Reduce, reuse, recycle– To manage more of our waste locally– See waste as a ‘resource’– Carbon impacts

North LondonMunicipal Waste Arisings

600,000

700,000

800,000

900,000

1,000,000

1,100,000

1,200,000

1,300,000

1,400,000

1,500,000

2006-07

2007-08

2008-09

2009-10

2010-11

2011-12

2012-13

2013-14

2014-15

2015-16

2016-17

2017-18

2018-19

2019-20

2020-21

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NLJWS predicted 0.50%NLJWS predicted 1%NLJWS predicted 2%NLJWS predicted 3% until 2010 then 2.5%ActualNLWA predicted 4.5% growth by 2020

Third Party Credits

• Reuse and recycling credits are paid to parties that remove items from the municipal waste stream for reuse or recycling, thereby creating a saving to NLWA

• Started in 2003/4 with a pilot with London Recycling Fund assistance to encourage charity-shop recycling (and allow their recyclikng to contribute to our recycling rate)

• Credit value is budgeted as £58.67 per tonne• Credits can be claimed for a variety of materials• Mutual benefits for both NLWA and organisations

Criteria for eligibility

• Only household waste is eligible for credits• All waste must be collected within the area served by

NLWA• No conflict with collection schemes• Prior registration and approval by NLWA• Must be fully compliant with the waste Duty of Care • All claims must be supported by evidence• Applications from profit-making companies are not

eligible

Annual process

• December: Organisations register • January: Applications are checked• February: Approval by Members• Quarterly claims submitted to the Authority• Authority officers check and process claims (each

claim takes from 10min to 1.5h to be checked)

Benefits

• Effective way to work in partnership with the community groups to acknowledge the contribution they make to reduce waste.

• Reward effective reuse services and encourage community involvement

• For organisations the credit is an important part of their revenue and is an encouragement for them to maximise the amount of goods made available for reuse.

• Reuse and recycling credits are a consistent performance- and output- related source of income

Scheme performance

2006/07(Baseline)

2008/09 2009/10 2010/11

Amount of reuse and recycling credit paid

£28,958 £114,003 £148,848 £145,000

Tonnes of waste attracting reuse and recycling credit

466 2,062 2,613 2,472

Number of organisa-tions receiving reuse and recycling credit

6 11 14 14

Registrations for 2011-12

• 18 organisations registered• Estimated diversion: 3,335 tonnes• Charity organisations, e.g.:

– Age UK– Barnardos Children's Charity– Oxfam– Battersea Dogs & Cats Home– Restore Community Projects– Homestore

• Non-for-profit organisations, e.g.:– Maiden Lane Community Centre

Smart Shopping

• Project ran Jan-Feb 2011• Primary objective to increase the use of re-usable carrier

bags• Secondary objective (as with all waste prevention work)

to make people think differently about their consumption patterns … and then behave differently

• The incentive was that by registering your bag on-line and pledging to use it, you were entered into a competition to win a solar powered DAB digital radio!

• www.nlwa.gov.uk/smartshopping

Postcards and Stickers

Bag design … and happy customer!

Results

• 100% of businesses said they had all the information and materials they needed

• 100% said their customers reacted positively to the bags• 76% noticed customers using their new bag• 20% said they thought the scheme attracted customers• 90% said the project was excellent (52%) or good (38%)• 100% said they’d take part in similar projects in the

future• 7,000 residents were thereby encouraged to re-use their

shopping bags

Food Waste Reduction Strategy

• Aim: To increase awareness and promote measures that can achieve a reduction in food waste– Explain benefits– Provide practical advice– Increase understanding

• Message: Money saving and environmental benefits

At work

At the communityAt school

At home

Why Food Waste?

• Waste generated in north London in 2010/11= 615kg/hhld• By 2020 it is estimated that up to 4.5% more waste will be generated• Food waste major contributor

Compositional Analysis 2010

18%

15%

12%

7%

6%

5%4% 3%

Food Waste30%

Methods and

Channels

Targeted Broadbrush Media

Direct public participation

Informationprovision

AdvertisingPrinted

literaturePrinted Electronic

Methods and Channels

Methods and Channels

• Cooking demonstrations• Roadshows and community

festivals• Food waste reduction at work• Working with schools• Community Kitchen Workshops• Food Lover’s Cookbook

Love Food, Hate Waste

Cooking demonstrations

• Targeted at residents and catering students

• Part of bigger campaigns

Roadshows and community festivals

• Attendance at summer festivals• Roadshows at indoor places

during the winter

Food waste reduction at work

-Targeted staff canteens during lunch time- Introduced the idea of ‘free lunching’- 96% said they would reduce their food waste

Working with schools

- 21 ‘Great Taste Less Waste’ performances- Reached 6,300 pupils and their families and 400 teachers- Monitoring through diaries- Households reduced food waste by 31%

Community Kitchen Workshops

• Interactive workshops

• Involvement of diverse communities

• Practical advice• In partnership with

Manor Gardens Welfare Trust

Food Lover’s Cookbook Recipe Competition

• Helped us target ‘hard to reach’ groups

• Run for 4 months with over 70 entries received

• 21 winners• Launched during the European

Week for Waste Reduction

Broad-brush Methods• adverts

– in local papers– bus backs– bus stops

• billboards

Press and Electronic Media

• Press releases• Advertorials • Dedicated

website

Results

• Delivery of more than 350 events• 4,000 people directly engaged• Positive publicity• Estimated 5,143 tonnes diverted through one

campaign• Cost effectiveness: event cost<£1/person• Decrease in food waste • Shortlisted for 3 prestigious awards

Challenges

• Weather conditions Engagement techniques– Language barriers– Interactive games– Positioning of stand

• Prevention vs Recycling messages

Furniture Re-Use

• Working with Restore (formerly the Kings Cross Furniture Project) since c.2003

• They aim to reduce poverty, to maximise re-use, and to provide training opportunities

Void Property Clearances

• Restore and Forest Recycling Project working with Ascham Homes

• Void properties cleared within 24-hours

Skills Training at Restore

• Restore seek to repair and refurbish whatever they can

• Previously unemployed people learn basic work skills and some take NVQs and other qualifications

Service Users

During first six months of working for Ascham Homes (in LBWF):

– 240 voids cleared– 151 tonnes collected– 35 tonnes (23%) diverted

for re-use– 16 tonnes (10%) diverted

for recycling

Referrals are made by various agencies, including local authority housing officers placing new tenants

Thank you

Andrew Lappage

North London Waste Authority

E-mail: andrew.lappage@nlwa.gov.uk