Fenland Green Business Club Waste Seminar 27 th April 2010 Simon Chiva Programme Manager Resource Efficiency East

Resource Efficiency Business Support Programme for Small to Medium Sized Enterprises £2.1 Million funding from East of England Development Agency and the European Regional Development Fund Runs until March 2011 Programme managed by Renewables East About Resource Efficiency East

Resource Efficiency Objective To achieve ‘a measurable improvement in the performance of regional SMEs.’

Resource Efficiency Objective VIDEO CASE STUDY

Employees 38 people Plastic sprue (mould) was disposed of to landfill as part of general waste skip using an 8yd 3 Skip Approximately 4m 3 / week = 1 tonne/ week or 50 tonnes a week 50 tonne x 4m 3 = 200 m 3 / (metres to yards) yd 3 / 8 yd 3 = 32 skip £100 = £3,200 Case Study 1 - Plastic Extrusion Company

Employees 18 people Between May 2008 and April 2009, the cost waste service was £5,941 and based on the most recent 4-months between May and August 2009 is predicted to increase to £6,672 for the following year. The cost of heating using the gas convection heaters was £6,295 (169,687 kWh) for the same year. A combined cost of £12,236 per annum Case Study 2 - Joinery Company

Purchase of two 150kW wood-fired convector heaters to replace the two existing 145kW gas-fired heaters and allow burning of the Company’s waste wood as a fuel to heat the factory. Cost of two 150kW wood-fired convector heaters = £20,500 installed. Savings in waste disposal = £5,941 per annum or 20.8 tonnes. Savings in gas use for heating = £6,295 per annum or 169,687 kWh. Payback period = 1.7 years. Case Study 2 – Joinery Company

Case Study 3 – Steel Fabricator INITIATIVES (RESULTS)TOTAL SAVINGSIncome ACTIONCost (£) Carbon (tCO 2 e) Materi al (t) Remove all scrap steel from the waste stream and sell. £2, £2,400 Reduce to 3 bins and segregate £ Printing policy £ Mail and fax preference £ £4,

BEST PRACTICE? Why Resource Efficiency?

“Statistics released from Envirowise in 2007 indicated that 79% of the UK’s SMEs regard environmental issues as important to their business, but a third have yet to take action – with a lack of time cited as a common obstacle”. Envirowise, “

Services - Self Help Tools

Self Help Tools

Services; Services The Programme offers four resource efficiency business support services delivered by our expert panel; Business Resource Review Water Efficiency Review Environmental Management System (EMS) Review Low Carbon Feasibility Study

Services; Services Business Resource Review The Business Resource Review, Water Review and EMS Review, Support available to individual businesses: On-Site Review- Identify potential areas of resource- use reduction opportunities or assist with practice/process Review Report - highlights the key opportunities, solutions. Quantifying the environmental and financial benefit of resource-use improvement. Ongoing Support - Work with the company –at arms length - to implement recommendations and achieve the financial benefits identified in the report.

Services; Services Business Resource Review – A review or audit of resource use within a business covering water, waste and energy Water Efficiency Review - A review designed specifically to reduce water-use in businesses – for those businesses which have a high water demand

Services; Services EMS Review - A benchmarking, gap-analysis and cost/benefit analysis exercise for organisations wishing develop and implement an environmental management system (EMS) or for those whose EMS is unaccredited

Low Carbon Feasibility Studies Working with companies requiring detailed technical and financial information to fully explore potential solutions requiring capital investment. Providing further information on the full range of potential solutions, including appraisal of relevant technologies the benefits of investing – financial & environmental detailed cost benefit analysis assessment of pay back periods support identifying appropriate financial support e.g. grants,loans

Feasibility Studies Support available to individual businesses; -Up to 5 days on-site review by consultant for the collection and assessment of the opportunity - A bespoke report and action plan providing details of the findings of the feasibility and detailing the recommendations - Up to 10 days follow-up support to assist the customer to understand feasibility report and implementation the project

Feasibility Studies Opportunities qualifying for this support could include; - Space Heating - Lighting - Cooling/Refrigeration - Process optimisation - Renewable/Low Carbon Energy Opportunities - Water Technologies

Environmental Management System (EMS Club) Aim is to assist businesses to understand and implement an environmental management system through a series of workshops designed to encourage knowledge exchange and peer-to-peer networking. First session is a taster about EMS and the business benefits

Environmental Management System (EMS Club) Support available to individual businesses: A place at a series of ten monthly half-day training workshops; All the necessary guidance, tools and templates required to develop the required EMS documentation and records; Direct support from our EMS experts in the form of an EMS Review and ongoing support

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