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94 Mayor of London Making waste work in London The Mayor’s Draft Business Waste Management Strategy Case study 34 - Innovative programme develops environmentally and financially beneficial partnership UK Coal Mining Ltd was introduced by NISP to metal product manufacturer and distributor, Corus, at one of its regional workshops. For environmental reasons, Corus was already importing large amounts of coal for its manufacturing process and paying a premium to do so. UK Coal Mining Ltd, on the other hand, was looking for outlets for coal fines recovered from an old settling pond. The two companies are now working together in a synergy, which sees Corus making substantial cost savings by purchasing coal fines direct from UK Coal Mining Ltd in a niche application, while UK Coal Mining Ltd saves on disposal costs and increases its sales revenue. Learning from the initiative’s success, UK Coal Mining Ltd has independently found another company to buy a further 170 tonnes of coal fines each week. Source: National Industrial Symbiosis Programme Case study 35 - Big cost savings through targeted reuse programme Merck Ltd is a leading UK manufacturer and supplier of chemical reagents, laboratory apparatus, pharmaceuticals and liquid crystals. Initiatives it has adopted have shown that waste prevention, reuse and recycling can produce very beneficial results in both financial and environmental terms. For example: ■ non-returnable large steel drums are retained for the disposal of chemical wastes. This minimises the need to purchase containers for this purpose. The total cost savings to the company of drum reuse is £17,000 per year ■ sheets of plastic are used as packaging between layers of items stacked on pallets. These can be used several times and are therefore collected and segregated before being reused in the packaging of bottles. This initiative saved the company an estimated £370 in 1995. Source: Envirowise: GC016 Proposal 21 The London Development Agency will provide information and advice to London’s businesses about how to change their manufacturing techniques to use resources more efficiently.
Making waste work in London The Mayor’s Draft Business Waste Management Strategy Mayor of London 95 4D Making waste safe Introduction 4.62 Hazardous waste may pose a risk to the environment and human health and must be managed in accordance with the Hazardous Waste Directive 1991. Hazardous waste includes a range of products and materials from batteries, fluorescent light bulbs and TV screens to oils, contaminated soils and clinical wastes. 4.63 London produces one of the lowest amounts of hazardous waste of any English region 211 . However, the absence of infrastructure to deal with it within London, and the reduction in the number of available disposal sites around the country 212 , means the cost of disposing of hazardous waste to specialist sites has risen and that London’s hazardous wastes will have to travel increasingly long distances for treatment and disposal, incurring high haulage costs. Take action 4.64 Hazardous waste arising from business operations may be disposed of incorrectly by businesses that are unaware of the legislation and their obligations to separate hazardous waste for specialist treatment and disposal. The Environment Agency has produced guidance 213 for determining the classification of wastes as hazardous or non-hazardous and their HAZRED project aims to help small businesses prevent and reduce the production of hazardous wastes, saving them money in the process. Case study 36 - A different kind of tube station offers a sustainable solution The suitable disposal of fluorescent tubes is a matter of concern, because they contain highly toxic heavy metals, for example mercury. The Mayor ensures that fluorescent tubes arising at City Hall are recycled through the waste collection contract with Bywaters. Bywaters Tube Station System offers a safe, reliable method of recycling fluorescent tubes. Source: Greater London Authority Case study 37 - Delivering greener print In 2005, to replace its plate-making facility, Kent Art Printers were the first to commit to using Kodak ‘No process’ plates, in the UK, having worked closely with Kodak to commercialise it. The new plates have reduced their water use in the pre-press by 100 per cent (31 per cent of the total company use) and eliminated the disposal of 1,500 litres of hazardous waste per year. Alcohol-free dampening on all presses saves two tonnes of solvent emissions per annum. Source: Business in the Community
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