Policy & Business Framework for Resource Security Keith Riley Managing Director Technology Veolia Environmental Services
Evolution of Resource Management RESOURCE MANAGEMENT INTEGRATED WASTE MANAGEMENT WASTE DISPOSAL
Material Security
The UK’s dwindling energy supply
The Four Pillars Resource Management Strategy • Carbon Optimised Resource Capture • Targeted Critical Material Capture • Recover Energy All within a consistent Government Policy Framework
World Balance of Trade 1980 - 2008 Cumulative Current Account Balance 1980 – 2008 based on the International Monetary Fund data.
UK/EXPORT: Split of destinations UK 69% (500ktpa) Europe 13% (94ktpa) Export of Materials and SRF Asia 18% (127k)
Critical raw materials - current sources China is leading producer of 9 materials: Rare Earths (97%) Germanium (71%) Antimony (91%) Fluorspar (59%) Tungsten (81%) Indium (50%) Magnesium (77%) Gallium (32%) Graphite (71%) Other leading producers: Brazil: Niobium (92%) Tantalum: Australia (48%) US: Beryllium (86%) Congo Kinshasa: Platinum Group: South Cobalt (40%) Africa (61%) Source: USGS for 2009
In times of rapid change, the learners inherit the earth, while the learned find themselves beautifully equipped to deal with a world that no longer exists. It became clear to me Eric Hoffer at 58. I would have to learn new tricks that were not taught to me in the military manuals It is not the or on the battlefield… I strongest of the must become an expert species that survive, in a whole new set of nor the most skills. intelligent, but the one most General George Marshall responsive to change. Charles Darwin
Laminate Recovery
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End of Waste Protocols
Renewables Order Banding Review
Concluding Remarks • Recognise that the UK is no longer a manufacturing nation, but we are a major consuming nation. • We may not have many of the scarce materials as indigenous natural resources, but they do pass through our hands as consumers. • Decide what the national strategy is – Are we addressing Material Security (a strategic political issue) or Material Scarcity (a supply chain, commercial issue). • We may need to scrap the current systems of waste management and do things differently – even to the extent of ignoring the revised Waste Framework Directive. • The current waste system can be converted into a proper resource management system, but we must have “total material capture” and energy recovery. • Government should not introduce regulation that limits technological development, as in the end only technology will solve the problem.
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