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This document discusses domestic barriers to regional trade and investment in sustainable materials management solutions. It outlines a circular approach to SMM that focuses on resource minimization through strategies like reuse, repair, recycling, and composting. The document defines key terms like mixed waste materials and explores opportunities in the recycling value chain to improve infrastructure, develop end markets, and standardize methods. Overall it argues for a circular economy approach to focus existing waste policy on valuing materials and connecting education to infrastructure development.
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WRAP helped increase UK waste and recycling sector sales nearly threefold between 2000-2010 to £17 billion by spending over £50 million on various programs. WRAP's 27 staff members across 8 teams launched programs in wood, manufacturing, products and materials, procurement, and construction waste minimization. These programs diverted over 27 million tonnes of waste and generated over £57 million in savings and sales growth through over 140 reports and online tools. All while WRAP's founder cycled over 5,600 miles for various charities.
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- 1. DOMESTIC BARRIERS TO REGIONAL TRADE AND INVESTMENT IN SMM SOLUTIONS ARCAM DIALOGUE ON SUSTAINABLE MATERIALS MANAGEMENT LIMA, PERU AUGUST 17, 2016 Dr Mervyn Jones Sustainable Global Resources
- 2. A CIRCULAR APPROACH TO SMM SUSTAINABLE GLOBAL RESOURCES LTD 2 Carbon Recovery Recycling Repair Re-use Material extraction Disposal Design & Production Use Retail & Distribution Resource Minimisation Waste Prevention Water Materials Stability Resilience Competition
- 3. IMPROVING RESILIENCE World Economic Forum (2014) Towards the Circular Economy: Accelerating the scale-up across global supply chains SUSTAINABLE GLOBAL RESOURCES LTD 3
- 4. DEFINITION OF WASTE EU Waste Directive Article 3(1) 'waste' means any substance or object which the holder discards or intends or is required to discard.” G1.11 Transposition: Directive 2008/98/EC When does waste cease to be a waste? WFD Article 6(1) - specified waste ceases to be waste when it has undergone a recovery operation, including recycling, and complies with EU-wide end-of-waste criteria Health - have all unwanted substances been removed? Quality - is it suitable as a replacement for a non-waste material? Market - is it certain to be used? SUSTAINABLE GLOBAL RESOURCES LTD 4
- 5. WHAT IS MIXED WASTE MATERIAL? Waste that: originates from households, or from other sources but is similar to household waste in terms of its nature or composition; and consists in the largest proportion of two or more of the following kinds of target materials mixed together: glass; metal; paper; plastic. SUSTAINABLE GLOBAL RESOURCES LTD 5
- 6. Social e.g. sustainable lifestyles Environmental CO2, water, soil loss Economic savings, resilience IMPACTS SUSTAINABLE GLOBAL RESOURCES LTD 6
- 7. VALUE CHAIN OPPORTUNITIES SUSTAINABLE GLOBAL RESOURCES LTD 7 Collections & sorting infrastructure Reprocessing Business case Specifications & Standards REGULATION definitions Informed choice purchase and disposal Developing markets for materials Financial risk Quality Waste prevention Procurement Consumers SUPPLY DEMAND
- 8. INFRASTRUCTURE REQUIREMENTS Government Business Consumers Collections • Ensuring supply of quality material for recycling Infrastructure • Establishing the capacity to sort, recycle & reprocess • Supporting recycling enterprises Markets • Building demand for & confidence in recycled materials SUSTAINABLE GLOBAL RESOURCES LTD 8
- 9. VALUING WASTE Generic waste collection systems SUSTAINABLE GLOBAL RESOURCES LTD 9
- 10. MATERIALS RECYCLING FACILITIES SUSTAINABLE GLOBAL RESOURCES LTD 10
- 11. PET HDPE Food grade rPET pellet to bottles and washed flake into sheet. Food grade rHDPE pellet. IMPROVING REPROCESSING QUALITY SUSTAINABLE GLOBAL RESOURCES LTD 11
- 12. DEVELOPING END MARKETS Need non-food applications too: Food grade rPET and rHDPE 30-50% rPP can go into food PP, PET, HDPE and PS Can go to other packaging and products SUSTAINABLE GLOBAL RESOURCES LTD 12
- 13. ORGANICS MARKET DEVELOPMENT SUSTAINABLE GLOBAL RESOURCES LTD 13
- 14. OTHER CONSIDERATIONS Focusing existing waste policy on value, e.g a circular economy Connecting knowledge and education to the development of appropriate collections and reprocessing infrastructure Improving information access Considering financial and other market incentives Harmonising and standardising methods and indicators SUSTAINABLE GLOBAL RESOURCES LTD 14
- 15. TRADE OPPORTUNITIES SUSTAINABLE GLOBAL RESOURCES LTD 15 Composting organics Sorting Recycling NIR sorting Trommel screening Collection systems
- 16. THANK YOU SUSTAINABLE GLOBAL RESOURCES LTD 16 Dr Mervyn Jones Sustainable Global Resources, UK mervyn@sustainableglobalresources.co.uk