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Trade Waste Inputs to Civic Amenity Sites (TWICAS)

This ground breaking and important 18 month project, funded by Biffaward through the Landfill Tax Credits scheme, was run as a partnership between Future West and Network Recycling (now Resource Futures). The study found that approximately 13% of Civic Amenity site waste is brought in by traders under the guise of household waste (2001 figures by weight). Some sites are hit worse than others, with the most affected site in the study experiencing up to 17% of its waste from trade origin. Traders using CA sites were found to be mainly manual traders (builders, house clearance, gardeners, for example) from small sized businesses. We therefore researched the legal disposal options for these particular types of traders, in order to investigate why some traders are choosing to avoid the legal option. The main problem was found to be price & minimum charge. The report’s recommendations include the developing of ‘trade recycling centres’ by councils and/or private contractors.

For the full report and more recommendations, simply click on the chapters listed below to download.

For further advice on trade waste and HWRCs please email or call our expert, Eric Bridgwater on 0117 914 1272.

 

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Project Synopses

Resource Futures helps WRAP understand recent reductions in food waste

Resource Futures has recently helped WRAP to estimate how much household food waste has decreased nationally in recent years, with the recently published “Synthesis of Food Waste Compositional Data 2010” 

Best estimates ever of what’s in our rubbish

Defra has published a study carried out by Resource Futures which provides the best estimates to date of what’s in the ‘national rubbish bin’.

Research into reuse of household items through online portals

In 2011, Resource Futures carried out WRAP funded research into how household items are reused through online portals such as eBay, Freegle and Gumtree.  The research included a detailed survey on internet user habits regarding online exchange and sought to understand the reasons for not using such sites.  

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