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82 Evaluation of Opportunities for Converting Indigenous UK Wastes to Wastes and Energy AEA/ED45551/Issue 1 • Other textiles are further graded for fibre reclamation by pulling the threads of the textile and using it to produce new clothes and blankets, and also mattresses. Textiles have an average GCV of 16MJ/kg and the stream is therefore viable for Energy from Waste projects. However due to the already existing market in recycling and the complexity involved in sorting MSW it could be difficult to utilise this as a separate feedstock. Textile waste is considered to be a high priority product within Defra’s Product Roadmap scheme due to the high environmental and social impact - accounting for 5-10% of UK environmental impacts, partly due to the UK’s high consumption of clothing. 138,139 Future Arisings A simple forecast for textile waste arising can be modelled on the assumption that the proportion of textile in C&I waste and MSW remain constant applied to the MSW and C&I waste forecasts. Such a prediction suggests that for the UK the total textile arisings will be 1,944,000 tonnes in 2010, rising to 2,042,000 tonnes by 2020. Conclusion Textile wastes, estimated to be nearly 2 million tonnes from both MSW and C&I waste streams, are a waste stream where significant environmental benefits can be delivered through simple reuse. Only when textiles are very badly damaged or soiled does energy recovery and similar solutions become advisable. 5.5 Paper Waste Arisings Background The UK consumes between 12 and 13 million tonnes of paper and board each year. 140 The main sources of waste paper and board arisings are from households (MSW) and from the Commercial and Industrial (C&I) waste stream. The paper/card waste arising from the Construction and Demolition (C&D) sector is considered to be negligible (any arisings would be from packaging used for construction materials). Municipal Solid Waste Arising Paper and cardboard is estimated to be 21% of the total arisings of MSW. 141 Such an estimation leads to the arisings from the MSW figures for 2007/08 in Table 43 142 138 EU Commission, Environmental Impact of Products, http://ec.europa.eu/environment/ipp/pdf/eipro_report.pdf 139 Defra, 2008, Product roadmaps- Clothing, http://www.defra.gov.uk/environment/consumerprod/products/clothing.htm 140 http://www.paper.org.uk/information/pages/statistics.html 141 The Composition of Municipal Solid Waste in Wales. Report by AEA for the Welsh Assembly Government, December 2003 142 e-Digest Statistics about: Waste and Recycling, Defra, 2008, http://www.defra.gov.uk/environment/statistics/waste/index.htm Waste Data Digest 8: Key facts and trends. SEPA, 2008, http://www.sepa.org.uk/waste/waste_data_menu/waste_data_digest.aspx, Welsh Assembly Government, 2008; Municipal Waste Management Report for Wales 2007-2008; Environment & Heritage Service, Municipal Waste Management Northern Ireland 2005/06 Summary Report.
Evaluation of Opportunities for Converting Indigenous UK Wastes to Wastes and Energy AEA/ED45551/Issue 1 Table 43 Paper and board waste arising in MSW in the UK Region Paper and Cardboard (‘000 tonnes) East Midlands 507 East of England 637 London 871 North East 318 North West 851 South East 958 South West 615 West Midlands 628 Yorkshire and Humber 602 England - Total 5,986 Northern Ireland 223 Scotland 722 Wales 378 UK - Total 7,309 5.5.1 Industrial and Commercial Waste Paper Paper and card are often source separated by Industrial and Commercial premises to some degree. Table 44 lists the sectors that produce the most paper and board waste. 143 The publishing, printing and recording sector produces the most paper and card from the industrial sector, but the total arisings of separately identified paper and card from the commercial sector are over twice those from the industrial sector. The total arisings of separately identified paper and cardboard in C&I waste are 8.6 million tonnes. 143 Defra 2006, Industrial and commercial waste arisings by business sector and waste type, http://www.defra.gov.uk/environment/statistics/waste/index.htm 83
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