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We operate the market leading waste collection round design service developed by Entec, in collaboration with our waste logistics partner, Webaspx. We are able to design new optimised, resource balanced collection schemes “from scratch” in a fraction of the time it takes using traditional methods. At the same time we reduce the risk of implementing the new schemes. Our designs cover trade waste as well as domestic, assisted collections, difficult to reach properties and many other client specific requirements. Entec is a leader in the field of waste and recycling collection round design, working in partnership with software experts, Webaspx. Our round design service helps waste collection authorities and their waste collection contractors develop optimised waste and recycling collection rounds. Our award winning Roundbuilder technology underpins our Round Design service. It results in lower cost, more workable rounds, with even work-loads across crews, and less risky implementations. We build rounds that are optimised whilst taking into account different vehicle types, crew, property types (flats, houses, farms etc.), assisted collections, difficult to reach properties and other complications.
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The Waste and Resource Management sector continues to demonstrate a poor health and safety record. The Health and Safety Executive has focused on waste collection and transport due to the high number of RIDDOR reportable incidents and fatalities in this area. Waste collection has subsequently been subject to extensive guidance (e.g. through the Waste Industry Safety and Heath (WISH) forum) and investment in hardware. However, there remains a need to address the continuing adoption of unsafe practices in collection supported by the maintenance, refinement and use of route risk assessments. As an extension to our round design service Entec has developed a capability to support the development of automated route risk assessments. This draws upon customer and route information required to inform the design of new collection rounds, and enables local information and working practices to be captured. This capability builds on the Scoping Study undertaken for CIWM in 2007 and our wider waste management safety consultancy services. |
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A key part of specifying and implementing effective kerbside collection schemes is having a good understanding of your customers and their property constraints. To help inform scheme design and rollout Entec is able to undertake bespoke property surveys. We use handheld PCs with mapping software and GPS to efficiently and accurately record data. Surveyors are able to evaluate the property based on a bespoke pick-list of criteria by simply touching the property on the map. Regular downloading of survey data allows real-time evaluation of results. Entec recently completed a successful property survey for Torbay Council. Torbay Council commissioned Entec to conduct a survey of 22,500 households within the authority. The aim of the survey was to identify whether the 22,500 households receiving a bag and box refuse and recycling collection would be suitable for inclusion in the existing Twin Bin Scheme, which currently covers 38,250 households. |
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Waste Collection Authorities face complex and challenging service demands (e.g. delivery against performance targets, management of health & safety, response to stakeholder requirements) under budgetary pressure. New opportunities to improve service efficiency therefore demand attention. One area where authorities are seeking to deliver these outcomes is through joint working, an approach being encouraged by Defra and made legally viable through the establishment of Joint Waste Authorities under The Local Government and Public Involvement in Health Act 2007. Entec has worked with a number of authority clusters (in Nottinghamshire, Suffolk and Hampshire) to explore the potential Business Case benefits of joint working. This work has identified significant potential savings in resources (vehicle equivalents) through cross-border collection round designs and shared use of depots. There are also knock-on benefits in terms of reduced CO2 emissions. |
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Local authorities are coming under greater pressure to deliver waste and recycling collection services as cost-effectively as possible. However, in order to develop services it is necessary to understand both the capital and operating costs of any proposed changes. A sound cost assessment can help councillors and officers to weigh up the benefits of one option versus another, based on both costs per tonne collected and costs per household served. Entec has worked with many local authorities to help them understand the cost implications of various options they are considering for enhancing their services. We typically start our projects with a review of the current costs to set a baseline from which to work, and then work with each council to develop a number of options to explore. These options are modelled to determine both the likely change in resource requirements needed (vehicles, crew, receptacles) and the resulting costs and tonnage of material diverted. The results from these exercises are provided in a project report, allowing a local authority to make an informed decision on the future of their service, alongside any other information they have gathered (such as responses from consultation exercises and budgetary plans). |
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Many of our clients are now asking for us to provide an assessment of the carbon footprint of their services, or of different options they are considering for enhancing their services. Carbon is becoming an increasingly important consideration for all organisations, and those that proactively seek to mitigate their carbon emissions are likely to enhance their chances of complying with future legislation. Entec provides a range of services in the field of carbon management, from development of strategies for major UK industrial clients to one-off foot-printing exercises. We have a wealth of experience in the transport sector, and more specifically have applied this experience to the waste transport sector. Either as a stand-alone assessment or as part of a logistics modelling exercise, we can provide a carbon footprint of waste collection and disposal operations. Our logistics modelling software can improve routing for vehicles to save unnecessary fuel use, saving costs and reducing environmental impacts. Please click here for a summary of our services. If you have any questions about our expertise in this area – please contact us and we’d be happy to discuss your requirements in more detail. Would you like to find out more? Click here to complete our online enquiry from
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