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Fehily Timoney & Company (FTC) is on the WRAP framework to
- 'Support the Delivery of Advice on the Prevention, Collection
and Recycling of Municipal Waste'.
FTC’s Waste Division was engaged by WRAP (Waste and Resources
Action Programme) in the UK to provide support to Cambridgeshire
Horizons and South Cambridgeshire District Council in the
investigation of an innovative waste collection system for
the proposed Northstowe development, 10km to the north-west
of Cambridge.
FTC’s remit was to review, evaluate and recommend the optimal
method(s) of collecting domestic and commercial waste.
The proposed site covers a total of 605 hectares and includes
residential developments, retail premises, educational facilities,
transport infrastructure and a waste recycling centre. From
its inception, Northstowe is expected to be a low-carbon development,
with the knowledge learned being applied elsewhere in the
region.
The Northstowe exemplar project offers a unique opportunity
to embed waste management infrastructure into the fabric of
the urban environment. In this project, a balance between
innovation and practical constraints, conventional practice
and sustainability aspirations was required.
There is an opportunity to design a waste collection and
processing system that will minimise carbon emissions and
reduce the overall space required for waste infrastructure.
In line with the development being sustainable, it is key
that it also facilitates recycling and recovery of household
and commercial waste.
FTC
provided technical advice in order to recommend the most appropriate
waste collection system for Northstowe - which saves space,
minimises capital and operating costs, reduces greenhouse
gas emissions and maximises the recycling and recovery of
material.
The project was divided into two phases. During the
first phase, FTC scientists reported on the results of research
carried out into potential waste collection systems that could
be used to collect domestic and commercial waste at Northstowe. An
overview of potential collection systems was provided. The
applicability, advantages and disadvantages of each option
was described in relation to their use at Northstowe.
During the second phase of the project, FTC scientists carried
out a detailed assessment of three short-listed collection
options. A complete assessment of each collection option was
carried out - including capital and operating costs, carbon
footprint, capture rates, diversion rates, impact on users
and space requirement.
FTC provides targeted, specific support to local authorities
and private waste collectors throughout the UK to assist them
in achieving real, measurable improvements in performance
in the prevention, collection, reuse and recycling of municipal
wastes.
Key to the company's success has been its appreciation of
local factors - in the context of current service delivery
practices, current performance, local socio-economic, political
and geographical characteristics.
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