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Zero Waste to Landfill
In February 2011, the Waste (England and Wales) Regulations introduced the legal requirement for organisations to apply the waste hierarchy when dealing with waste. This means that organisations must take all reasonable steps to prevent and reduce waste, and where waste does arise demonstrate that they have dealt with it in the most environmentally friendly way possible. Coupled with this is the increasing demand in the UK for organisations to demonstrate their environmental commitments. A key way in which this can be achieved is the diversion of waste from landfill.
What is Zero Waste to Landfill?
Zero waste to landfill is when no waste streams go to landfill. Instead materials are diverted to other uses e.g.
- Cardboard goes to paper mills
- Glass goes to re-melt
- Plastic goes to be made into new packaging
- Food waste goes to composting
Waste which cannot be reused or recycled is recovered via methods such as energy from waste, incineration, pyrolysis and gasification.
When implementing a zero waste to landfill strategy it is not enough for you to simply ask your waste contractor for waste not to go to landfill. You will need to have a full audit trail of where your material ends to satisfy yourselves that none of your waste has ended up in landfill. For example, if waste is sent for incineration the resultant ashes may sometimes be sent to landfill, which means you should not declare yourself as zero waste to landfill.
What Are the Benefits of Zero Waste to Landfill?
The benefits you could achieve from implementing a zero waste to landfill strategy include:
- On-going cost savings
- Revenue generation
- Meeting legal requirements of Waste Regulations
- Positive PR
- Improved environmental performance
- Competitive advantage over others in your industry who are not zero waste to landfill
How Can We Help?
We can do as much or as little as you want.
- Full zero waste to landfill implementation
- Zero waste to landfill certification
- Zero waste to landfill audits