Waste prevention

Making waste less wasteful

If you can reduce the waste your business creates you can save money in two ways. First by not having to buy materials that you then throw away, and second by not paying disposal costs.

With that in mind, sustainable waste management is becoming an ever more important issue, so accurate waste analysis and monitoring is invaluable.

We undertake waste audits throughout the UK covering the full spectrum of recyclables and residual waste arisings including commercial waste streams. Using this information we can help identify what reusable and/or potentially recyclable material you are paying to dispose of.

We can then help you put in place practical systems that mean you use less, reuse what you can and separate out materials to recycle from your other waste.

If you’re a smaller company you may feel you don’t generate enough recyclable material to make it worthwhile. We can show you how to join schemes that make economies of scale more attractive to recycling contractors and more cost-effective to your business.

Project Synopses

Understanding Waste Growth at Local Authority Level

Research was undertaken for Defra to provide a more informed understanding of the factors that influence growth in household waste through the investigation of the findings from a set of detailed case studies.

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…

Food Waste? We’re At Your Disposal…

Resource Futures is supporting Lancashire County Council with an assessment of their food waste collection service trial.

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Love Food Hate Waste - Cheshire (February/March)

Immediate Vacancy

Short-term roadshow workers required to promote Love Food Hate Waste to householders in Cheshire.
Interested? Please contact Lynsey Gillard on: 0113 200 3964 or send your CV to: lynsey.gillard@resourcefutures.co.uk
 

Mainstreaming Sustainable Schools

2010 March 16

FREE Conference in Dorchester for school leaders, local authority staff and those supporting the Sustainable Schools agenda in the South West region.  For more information click here.

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