Gary McCollum Company Profile RecyCo Ltd are an award winning - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

Gary McCollum

Company Profile • RecyCo Ltd are an award winning Recycling-led waste management service provider • The company operate from a purpose built MRF on the outskirts of Omagh. • Process 95,000 t.p.a.  30,000 tons of Recyclables 40,000 tons of Commercial /Industrial   20,000 tons of inert, C&D, timber • Substantial experience of delivering local authority contracts. 1/3 of our waste comes from public sector Comingled dry recyclables   2/3 from the private sector. Majority we collect ourselves Employ 50 full-time staff 

Derry/Strabane - Service Overview • RecyCo collect all Contract Waste material from the Council transfer stations at Campsie and Strahans Road and transfer to their MRF in Omagh for processing • All processed materials are sold to appropriate end markets. All systems for doing so are fully audited and auditable. • RecyCo has established markets for all processed materials and endeavour that all materials collected are ultimately recycled, reused or recovered. • Since contract start in Nov 2015 approx. 28,000 tonnes has been collected and processed.

Derry/Strabane Tonnage 8266.22 7966.91 3462.26 3426.58 1787.76 862.88 2015 2016 2017 Derry Strabane

Derry/Strabane Composition C,Board 12% 16% Mixed Paper Plastics 19% Ferrous 34% Aluminium 12% Plastic Film 2% Glass 1% 4% RDF

Main Points On China Import Ban • 0.5% contamination limit for paper & plastic, 1% for non-ferrous metal scrap (based on revised standard docs) • No mixed paper • Small paper mills (<300Ktpa) no longer allowed to import • Only post-production scrap plastics allowed • Unclear impact on import license tonnage - 60%-70% reduction in plastic; • Contamination limits set to come into force March 2018; unclear how strictly they will be enforced. • Other Asian countries expected to follow suit…..Good operators are being impaired by bad quality producers

Response to China Ban • MRF operators working hard to meet new specifications on materials. Investment in new plant and additional technologies such as optical sorting. • Packaging companies – Recycling industry and WRAP calling for improved design and simplistic packaging – currently too many types and hard to recycle • Leadership form government required to stimulate more local based reprocessing opportunities. • Councils – More needs to be done in terms of educating householders on recycling. • Quality vs Quantity debate

Available Options Largest Range of Material- Simplest & Largest Range of Material- Simplest & Co-mingled Single Stream (Glass incl.) Co-mingled Single Stream (Glass incl.) Cheapest Collection Methodology Cheapest Collection Methodology Large range of material but capture of glass Large range of material but capture of glass Co-mingled Single Stream (No Glass) Co-mingled Single Stream (No Glass) problematic & may require additional collections problematic & may require additional collections Special Collection Vehicles. Potentially Higher Value Special Collection Vehicles. Potentially Higher Value Box & Dual Stream Systems Box & Dual Stream Systems for Materials But Smaller Range for Materials But Smaller Range Direct Incineration Direct Incineration Minimal recycling (Metals). Energy Generation Minimal recycling (Metals). Energy Generation No Recycling! Significant issues around Landfill No Recycling! Significant issues around Landfill Landfill Landfill Management Management

“High Quality Recycling” • What is it? • No Legal definition • Our definition: “Where material is of appropriate quality to secure an end market as defined in Waste Data Flow ” • Global Market or UK

Is it necessary to collect Materials Separately? NO………. RecyCo have demonstrated that recyclates of sufficient quality to meet the requirements of reprocessors can be produced from comingled material. RecyCo’s technical operation can sort and process material to have a range of end markets. Current markets include:  Glass – Rehab Glassco, Co Kildare  Plastics – Shabra Recycling, Co Monaghan. Roydon Plastics UK  Cardboard – Mark Lyndon, China, Vietnam, India and UK  Paper – India, China, Europe and UK  Metals – Tandom, Novelis, UK and Europe NO REASON WHY THESE MATERIALS SHOULD BE COLLECTED SEPARATELY

TEEP Assessment • Is it technically, environmentally or economically practicable to collect recyclable materials separately? • Technically – Yes, it can be done but many issues to consider: • Health & Safety issues – Manual Handling • Problems with windblown litter, paper getting wet • Lack of capacity in boxes • Time consuming

Environmentally Separate collections will have a negative impact on the net environmental benefit of collecting dry recyclable material. Key issues centre around the following areas;  The quantity of materials presented for recycling by householders is reduced  The balance of materials not captured ends up in the residual waste stream A study by Hull City Council in 2015 of Comingled vs Kerbside sort found a 42% loss of recyclable material to the residual waste stream. A change from Comingled to separate collections may not be in line with the principles of the waste hierarchy

Economically Need to consider:  Associated costs of introducing a separate collection: vehicles, boxes, infrastructure  The disposal costs associated with the scheme performance in comparison to comingled collection  Councils position in terms of waste contracts It makes no economic sense to procure new vehicles to collect materials separately where they have a perfectly adequate fleet collecting more comingled recycling.

What we Know… • Neither necessary nor practical to collect materials separately • Comingled dry recycling substantially out performs separate collections • Infrastructure already in place – Well invested MRF, Vehicles etc. • RecyCo’s MRF produces ‘High Quality Recycling’ materials and can adapt and change to new materials – Flexibility • New investment in Optical sorting technologies will improve quality.

Possible Changes Ahead?  Changes in Composition  Will News & Pams disappear? (photo, ipad & Newspaper)  Will Amazon, ebay and other on-line retailers always use cardboard?  Innovations in Plastics Packaging? Plastics in oceans, will this be the end of Plastic packaging?  How will this impact on plants & processing?  Brexit  Will Waste Directives be diluted or even abolished?  Impact on Material Markets/Tariffs?  Impact on Labour Market & Employee Retention?

Summary  Not the time for considering change  Improvements in quality can be achieved by the current comingled system – no need for radical change  Good Communications are key – Councils need to invest more in Recycling Campaigns, Householder education – evidence of payback  More focus required by Councils on reducing contamination rates- identify areas where contamination is prevalent  Contamination is a people issue – revolving around: understanding, motivation and perceptions  Private sector currently bearing most of the risk – significant investment – short term contracts

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