Collection

As the shift from waste to resource management continues, the logistics of collecting, processing and recycling materials has become more complex. The wider range of materials now recycled at the kerbside (including low density materials such as plastic bottles and cardboard), often requires a review of collection rounds and practices, e.g. associated with a move to Alternate Weekly Collections (AWC) or 4-day working.

At the same time, local authorities and waste management operators are looking at ways to increase trade waste recycling, delivering progress against landfill diversion targets and in light of increasing landfill tax levels. Once collected, materials are being processed via new technologies (such as In Vessel Composting or Mechanical Biological Treatment). The effective siting and sizing of these facilities and optimized distribution of products to end markets and disposal is a key consideration for planners and developers alike. The challenge is to deliver customers the optimum balance of cost versus service whilst managing a whole new set of contractual and physical constraints.

To help meet this challenge, Entec, one of the UK's largest environmental and engineering consultancies, has joined forces with logistics software experts Webaspx to develop a new approach to logistics consultancy in waste management and recycling. We have a suite of services and tools for waste collection authorities, waste disposal authorities and waste management / utility companies. We apply our advice to our customers' individual requirements to provide bespoke consultancy solutions that improve operational, management and strategic performance in the public and private sectors.

Disposal

Guidance and Support

Information Management