Hospicare presentation

1. OUR GROUP
• Events
• Skip hire
• Wheelie bins
• Vehicles
• Confidential shredding
• Grab hire
• Hazardous waste disposal
• Agricultural plastics disposal
We are the South West’s
largest independent waste
management company

2. 100,000
We handle
tonnes of material
every year
96%
of all material we
handle
We recover
specialist vehicles
40
we own
4,000
we power
homes through
energy from waste
tonnes of green
waste for
composting
35,000
we collect

3. HISTORY OF RECYCLING
1960
Landfill is
increasingly
popular so
price
increases
1970
Hippie
recycling
revolution
takes off
Companies
start
manufacturing
products that
can be easily
recycled
1980
Landfill usage
peaked, causing
the ‘Landfill crisis
of the 1980’s’
Introduction
of Reduce
Reuse
Recycle
1962
1986
Birth of CSR
1990
Environmental
Protection Act
outlined
guidelines to
make waste
disposal more
sustainable
2000
Commodities
markets crash
1996
Landfill tax
introduced
2010
Unstable
prices
increases
recycled
materials

4. WASTE
MANAGEMENT
TODAY
• Greater legislation e.g. houses have to be entirely made out
of recyclables
• Tighter legislation on disposing of hazardous materials e.g.
asbestos and plasterboard

5. RECOVERING
RESOURCES AT
DWM
• Making recycling accessible for consumers
• Investing in infrastructure to obtain the highest
possible recycling rates from the waste we receive
• Finding profitable markets for all waste streams

6. HEALTH &
SAFETY
• Comply to highest environmental
standards
• Maintain BSI and ISO operating standards
• Ensure entire workforce understand and
comply to H&S rules and policies

7. • Utilising waste’s calorific value
• We generate 2mW at our Deep Moor site, which
powers 4,000 northern Devon homes
TURNING WASTE
INTO ENERGY

8. 21% agree
• Digital platforms offer more sophisticated
reporting methods
• Meeting customer’s requirements for a
thorough waste breakdown by material
• Setting and monitoring recycling targets
REPORTING
Transparent trading

9. • Using our existing assets to diversify into new
markets e.g. Environmental Monitoring
Consultancy
• Identifying emerging commodity markets
• Market-led marketing e.g. agricultural services
FUTURE PROOFING
Ensuring our business model is robust and sustainable

10. • Informing customers about changes in legislation
• Educating school children about recycling
• Free recycling audits within companies
EDUCATION

11. CORPORATE
SOCIAL
RESPONSIBILITY
CUSTOMERS PEOPLE ENVIRONMENT COMMUNITY INDUSTRY
Serving our 1,500
commercial
customers
Exceeding
customer
expectations
Developing and
investing in our
workforce
Cultivating a
culture where
our people are
proud and happy
to work
Work to high
standards of
environmental,
carbon and
energy
management
Operating
responsibly
Building positive
relations in the
communities in
which we
operate
Contributing to a
sustainable
future
Collaborate,
listen, challenge
and lead to shape
our industry
Take
responsibility for
our market share

12. QUESTIONS?