Food waste Collection David Stowe TEG Environmental TEG are UK experts in IVC, all over UK UTS are AD experts on mainland europe Together, AD and/or IVC is the way forward with organic waste. Me? Since Match 2005 , all I do is food waste. Preston council, now with all the following…

TEG get Food wastes from …. Councils e.g. Bridgend, Calderdale, Chorley, Essex, Gwynedd, Manchester, Oldham, Pendle, Perth & Kinross, Preston, Sefton, Sefton, South Ribble, Swansea… Food producers e.g. Heinz Dr Oetker Diageo Quaker Banham Poultry…

Food Wastes – the reality C&I … Factories skip it. Sometimes get grass? Municipal bagged? (some beans) Collected loose it’s a lottery.

Food Waste Collection Why would you want to ? Recycling % targets LATS Tax escalation other Waste analysis varies from 17% (Dr Parfitt, WRAP 2005) to 27 % (recent study in Leeds) of your bin? This is Sth Gloucs recyclables in 2003. Yorkshire and Humber Trade waste study, 20% the light blue shouts “come and get me”, a huge tonnage Source: Wrap 2005

Food Waste Collection What to gather it in? INDOORS Kitchen caddies Compostable liners or not? No caddies Improvise Buy it yourself Trade – 80 litre bags? OUTDOORS 20 to 25 litre containers 140 to 240 wheeled bins No bigger ! Caddies – promote good practice in the kitchen Often on floor, maybe countertop Outside? Love liners, worry about the cost? Lower contamination, better handling at all ends. Buy in bulk and you supply/ Start them off and let them buy / ban bags all together?? Improvise Trade used 80 litre 40micron BioBags and 240s. Outdoor 20 or 25? Not 120, use standard 240? Bigger than this is too heavy.

Collection strategy & vehicles Separately ? Co-collected ? Comingled ?

HH collection issues.. No options, firm but helpful. But his processing cost was about £46 per tonne which sounded more likely. No options, firm but helpful. Deliver less kit (only 50% participate) Plant /eqmt is easy, people are hard part Marmite, & ‘yuk’ assumptions Waste shock (capture halved, in weeks?) 1.7kg /3 bags per HH per Wk … and falling 1 Driver +2 can cover 2 rounds?

from other councils … Stillages –instantly good but limited But his processing cost was about £46 per tonne which sounded more likely. Stillages –instantly good but limited Comingled works for some Double shifting and 4 day wks? Cross contaminants? Flats next? AD for Wales Food is antidote to AWC Need the horse before the cart?

Trade Food Margin is just now becoming workable Do Marketing on foot! But his processing cost was about £46 per tonne which sounded more likely. Margin is just now becoming workable Do Marketing on foot! They loved 25p Liners All weekly, no more no less frequent 70kg per lift? Driver only, RCV gearboxes? 240s! One pass would be better ?

More research WRAP Sort It! (Somerset) Preston/Lancashire BEAT/CO2 Sense (trade) TEG’s customers ! Study tour anyone?

David Stowe National Sales Manager (waste inputs) TEG Environmental Ltd 01772 644980 david.stowe@theteggroup.plc.uk