Waste Compositional Analysis and Participation Monitoring
services
Waste Compositional Analysis
M·E·L Research is the UK's most experienced provider of
precision grade municipal waste compositional analysis services. We
were the first to develop modern compositional assay techniques,
employing highly-skilled handsorting technicians to characterise
the composition of the waste materials.
We currently have a national field team of around 30 waste
analysis technicians, all of which are professionally supervised by
experienced team leaders, working across the UK for local
authorities, waste management and other organisations requiring
waste analysis services.
Over the years, M·E·L has led important national developments in
waste analysis techniques. These have included:
- Development and field-testing of WRAP's definitive food waste
analysis protocol
- Undertaking the national compliance audit of direct marketing
mail recycling rates to meet the industry's voluntary agreement
with DEFRA
- Providing complete waste analysis services within a single
project to include all waste streams and the efficiency of
separation facilities
- Designing and carrying out analysis to assist the evaluation of
the effectiveness of pilot food waste collections in Wales
We offer three main types of waste analysis service:
- Material recycling facilities feedstock and
output analysis
- Feedstock analysis of energy from waste
plants
- Waste material flow analysis of kerbside
collected, HWRC and trade waste streams
For further information about these services, click here.
Participation monitoring
Participation monitoring has become an established technique for
measuring the performance of kerbside collection schemes using
standard defined parameters which are outlined in the WRAP toolkit.
Our experienced in-house monitoring team have successfully carried
out a vast amount of projects across the country, varying in size
and complexity. We are also able to offer an enhanced visual
presentation of results, using our InSite GIS software. We can map
the participation rates of the kerbside services by round and also
produce a predicted participation map based on ACORN demographics
gathered from the monitoring process.
For further information on
our Waste Analysis and Participation Monitoring
Services or a direct quote for a piece of work, please contact Darren Coss (0121 604
4664)