Rethinking and utilising the value in the city's waste
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Rethinking and utilising the value in the city's waste
Base Birmingham 2013
Introduction to AmeyCespa
• Technology neutral• Key UK contracts
• Cambridgeshire PFI – 188,000tpa• North Yorkshire and the City of York
residual waste PFI – start 2016, 320,000tpa
• Milton Keynes residual waste contract - start 2016, 132,000tpa
40 Years of Experience
14,000 Employees in Waste
7,500,000 tonnes per year
795 Local Authority Clients
90 Facilities across Europe
How can Birmingham drive more value out of its waste?
Birmingham – performance to date
• Focused on recovery of energy
• £60Mpa to collect and dispose of 400,000 tonnes a year
• Recycling rate of 29.5%
Increasing value from Birmingham’s waste
Increased
Material Value
Target the right materials
Collect in an
efficient way Make
sure people
participate
Challenges for the future
• Charging for waste?
• Should we focus efforts on getting recyclers to recycle more and forget about persistent non recyclers?
• Communal collections?