The UK and international policy landscape is evolving rapidly; local authorities and businesses alike are grappling with how to conform with new environmental regulations, improve recycling rates and move waste up the hierarchy.
With cost efficiencies ever more important to achieve, it is crucial that the most effective waste and recycling provisions possible are put in place, and that waste services are optimised and managed correctly to enable a less wasteful society.
Comprehensive data and technical support
We provide local authorities, government bodies and businesses with comprehensive data and technical research support to help them navigate environmental and waste management challenges.
We also work with international organisations to deliver technical research support around waste and resource efficiency.
Technical waste services
Service reviews and Simpler Recycling compliance
With new rules coming across England, there is a need to review and adjust services to meet new regulations around collections and services offered by local councils and waste partners. We deliver full-service reviews, as well as offer comprehensive advice on how to take advantage of the introduction of Simpler Recycling to drive efficiencies within your collections.
Food waste collections support
Businesses and authorities alike are having to rapidly plan for the upcoming changes to food waste rules – with both commercial and household collections becoming mandatory. We can support the change, evaluate the feasibility of service delivery, and help to assess the impact this will have on existing services.
EPR evaluation and readiness
Extended Producer Responsibility for packaging (pEPR) rules require businesses to report data on the packaging they handle and supply, and to cover the cost of recycling or disposal. We support businesses to comply with this evolving legislative landscape, from compliance with increased data requirements to gaining an understanding of material recyclability and packaging options. We also support local authorities to evaluate the impacts of these service changes and how the payments will relate to collections and processing.
Strategic advisory projects
We can support you in developing waste management strategies, reviewing existing strategy, perform gap analysis and offer best practice advice.
Procurement and mobilisation
Our experts can help you assess and understand the right delivery model for your needs, as well as supporting your procurement operations and mobilisation planning.
Trusted by
“We tasked Resource Futures with revising and writing a new waste strategy for Herefordshire Council. They quickly understood our requirements, engaging a range of stakeholders to agree strategic principles, enabling us to set ambitious new strategic goals and transforming our service for the future. It’s a strategy we’ve now successfully adopted, and we are delighted to be implementing.
– Joni Hughes, Herefordshire Council
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Frequently asked questions
I need to make budget cuts and introduce new service changes to be compliant with new environmental regulations (particularly Simpler Recycling). How can I do this?
Given the pressures that authorities are currently dealing with, the need to balance more efficient services with value for money is ever more crucial.
We have supported several authorities and businesses to audit and assess their existing services – reviewing waste streams, materials collected, methods and much more – to build up a comprehensive dataset that maps out your current service offering. This provides a reliable baseline for evaluating cost-saving opportunities for your local authority and/or business.
I want to develop a waste strategy that can achieve waste minimisation requirements as well as upcoming recycling targets. How do I go about this?
Our consultants are well placed to support the development of a forward thinking waste- and resource-efficient strategy. Typically, this will include:
- Identification of meaningful social value impacts (including collaboration with residents, communities and businesses).
- Opportunity identification for financial savings from residual streams and streamlined collection services;
- Environmental impact evaluation, including on how waste disposal costs can be brought down;
- Defined procurement opportunities (including commissioning options);
- Tailored areas of focus to enable key legislative targets to be achieved;
I don’t know where to start: where do I begin?
You’re not alone – many of our clients are in the same boat. The most useful place to start is usually to look at the data.
Often our first step is to undertake a representative waste composition analysis for your organisation; this establishes the raw data for your current offering.
This data can then be analysed with our waste service modelling tool, which provides a 360° picture of your current options, as well as the financial implications of both current and potential services.
From this, we can also support with the creation of bespoke strategies for waste minimisation, waste prevention and reuse optimisation.
Talk to our waste strategy experts
Gwen Frost
Director
Sarah Kemp
Senior Consultant
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