Sample Projects

Client

Project Description

Resource Recovery Parks: Critical Factors for Success – Research into existing and proposed RRPs in the UK and worldwide, to identify to potential role for these in the NW and success criteria. This involves an assessment of the needs of the waste streams, discussions with companies likely to move to the RRPs and analysis of the planning and public consultation issues involved.

Business Development Service – provision of advice and support to companies and social enterprises (under the REalliance programme) wishing to develop viable businesses in recycling and reprocessing. This includes projects dealing with glass, plastics and tyre recycling.

Recycling Sector Mapping – A project to identify companies in the recycling and reprocessing sectors in Cumbria to identify the quantities and types of waste being processed in the county to inform the forthcoming PPP contract. This work has also been used as the basis for the development of a proposal for the Cumbrian West Coast RRP.

Wider Waste Action Plan – Development of an action plan for the NW BREW Partnership to identify priority action areas for dealing with C&I, C&D and Hazardous wastes in NW England. Included recommendations for co-treatment of MSW and C&I wastes, especially in forthcoming PFI contracts.

Regional Market Development Programme – Development of a Recyclables Market Development Programme for NW England covering both MSW and C&I wastes. Preparation of Business Plan for the new organisation (Remade Northwest).

North West Clean Technologies Park– A pre-feasibility investigation of the potential to develop brownfield site to provide a high profile facility for the development and demonstration of clean technologies and services in the built environment, with associated visitor and educational facilities.

Food Waste Disposal – An assessment of the current collection, disposal and treatment routes and potential markets for food wastes in the NW region. Included wastes from both households and C&I sources.

Transformation of Waste to Product - International review of technologies and processes to transform industrial and municipal waste into useful products. This focused on chemical, plastic, food and paper waste.

NW Waste Sector Supply Chain – Telephone and face to face interviews with companies in the NW waste and recycling sectors to map out their supply chains and pave the way for new infrastructure developments.

ETS Review - Review of the environmental technologies and services (ETS) sector in Tameside. This project had a strong focus on the waste management and recycling sub-sector which represents a significant proportion of the ETS sector in the Borough.

Waste Implementation Programme (WIP) - Marketing inputs to the New Technologies part of WIP on behalf of DEFRA. This included a survey of local authority waste strategies and plans throughout England and Wales and the development and implementation of a marketing/communications plan for the Programme.

Recycling Action Yorkshire – Development of work programmes for Glass and Plastics for the Regional Market Development Programme for the Yorkshire & Humber Region. Involved identifying and interviewing recyclers and reprocessors in the region.

Clean Merseyside Centre - Developing the concept for the Clean Merseyside Centre, obtaining funding from ERDF and Landfill Tax, recruiting staff, developing initial business plan and directing operations for the first two years of existence

Regional ReMade Programmes - Assisted in obtaining funding, setting up and developing initial work programmes for several ReMaDe programmes including Scotland, London, Essex, South West England and West Yorkshire.