Dry recyclables

Get more out of your dry recycling facilities

Do you want to increase your dry recyclable collections? We have years of experience in how to maximise the collection of municipal materials such as cans, glass jars, glass bottles, plastic bottles, foil products, textiles and mixed paper, as well as trade and hazardous waste.

The areas we can help you with fall into four categories.

Kerbside collections for household recyclables

We are able to offer the full range of services which can be commissioned individually or in combination to fit your current needs.

Service advice - strategic and design
Waste arisings modelling both historic and predictive
Identifying current use of services - waste analysis and participation
Vehicle design
Communications campaigns
Bulky waste collections

Household Waste Recycling Centres (HWRC)

We are able to offer expert advice on all aspects of the design and running of HWRCs and our NACAS report is still considered the leading publication on best practice in this area. Our services cover:

Specialist provision of design options for redeveloping existing sites or developing new sites to optimise the capture of recyclables
Help with cutting costs and maximising operational efficiencies
Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) collections at HWRCs – advice on best practice
Hazardous waste disposal
Promotion and on site signage
Strategies for minimising unauthorised trade waste and for expanding facilities to accommodate legitimate, chargeable, trade waste deposits
Advice on financial costs/benefits of improving HWRC, including modelling of Landfill Allowance Trading Scheme (LATS) implications
Staff consultation, motivation and training programmes
Solutions to cross-border usage issues
Site-user volume and attitudinal surveys
Waste composition analysis and monitoring

Flats recycling

Since 2003 we have been providing on the ground, practical surport and advice on the design, implementation and promotion of recycling services in flats and multi-occupancy buildings. Services we offer include:

Specialist advice and project delivery
Service specifications for all types of flats, social housing, high-rise, luxury private ownership
Stakeholder engagement (caretakers, landlords, management companies, householders) to ensure right service provision is specified
Site surveys, service specification, project management
Promotion and engagement activities
Selection of target properties, including analysis of where tonnage increases are likely to be greatest, auditing the existing provision and tonnages collected, as well as development of robust monitoring systems for accurate data collection

Trade waste

Advice on trade bring site facilities, including economic assessments
Advice on trade waste collections design
Marketing and publicity of trade waste collections to include sales activities

Resource Futures covers every aspect of dry recyclables, from vehicle design to hazardous waste and research into why people aren’t using a particular service. For more information on any of our services, call us now on 0117 9304355.

Project Synopses

Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment, Good Practice Guidance

Whilst Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) recycling activity is firmly established in the UK, its collection and treatment is a rapidly growing and evolving sector. WRAP research reveals that the average household has 3 old or broken WEEE items stored in the home, therefore there are millions of items out there just waiting to be collected…

Healthcare Waste: An Infectious Issue?

The NHS produces an average of 250,000 tonnes of waste a year at a cost of some £40+ million. Quantities of healthcare waste and the associated treatment and disposal costs are on the increase. Coupled with budget constraints within the system, the NHS now more than ever needs to be prudent with its use of resources.