Efficient Resource Management
What's the agenda?
Municipal wastes are said to be resources in disguise, but how do waste managers turn rhetoric into reality? LATS targets are looming but how do we get the best picture of what goes in the bin? Are waste compositional analyses robust and reliable? What level of detail is needed if the information is to be of practical use in evaluating what schemes and waste recovery options are most effective at local level? How do you target your efforts in the most productive areas? How can the community and voluntary sector come centre-stage in recovering and reusing waste?
Our Expertise
- Municipal wastes composition surveys – we developed the method in the 1980s and now offer the UK’s longest serving and most technically enhanced service
- Compositional analysis of target waste streams – food and garden waste, home composting, bulky waste, WEEE, trade and office waste
- Specialist services for analysing direct/junk mail, checking identity fraud risk, assessing the plastic film and carrier bag fractions
- Running plant feedstock analysis, including CV, moisture and heavy metal content
- Using demographic data to map and target areas for recycling and waste diversion campaigns, drawing on the latest CACI Insite Acorn mapping software
- M·E·L‘s specialist waste consultation team, working through Defra and WRAP to develop new ideas to improve waste services
- Waste statistics and surveys – construction waste, wood waste, commercial
and industrial waste arisings