Waste Management & Recycling
Estates Management
Mark Lindsay, Senior Contracts Surveyor
Andy Baillie, Cleaning Services Manager
Alan Gray, Procurement Manager, UPS
Brian Menzies, EnviroCentre

1. Introductions & purpose of session
2. Proposed Waste Management contract
3. Summary of work undertaken to date
4. Waste streams and recycling targets
5. Questions and discussion
Social
Environmental
Economic
Sustainable Development

• Current spend £250K - £300K per annum
• Proposed ‘composite’ approach where feasible
(Wide variety of existing ‘arrangements’ & contracts)
•
Consultation processes:

Departmental Customers
 Suppliers
•
Timescale: 4-6 months for tendering process
•
2-year contract with extension options

Update on Sustainable Development Policy
(Waste)
Policy Targets:
• Promote measures to minimise waste within the University
• Enhance employee awareness
• Promote reuse and recycling
• Set clear targets for recycling and waste
• Develop a University waste management strategy.
• Implement institution wide recycling schemes
Forward Objectives:
• Production of a University waste management policy and implementation plan
• Develop and implement an integrated waste management system
• Roll out paper recycling services
• Roll out recycling services for bottles and cans

Reducing carbon footprints
Sustainable Development
(Environmental Focus)
Social inclusion
Cost effective management
Biodiversity management
High quality environment
Energy - Improving building performance
Reducing & recovering waste
Sustainable and ethical procurement
Enhance habitats
Stakeholder engagement
& participation
Overarching SD Policy: Key
Factors

Findings
• Review of sustainable development waste policy
• Annual waste costs £250K- £300K
• Waste matrix identified 28 waste streams
• Landfill tax will increase costs
• Various ‘arrangements’ and contracts in place
• Waste practices currently fragmented
Forward actions
•
Top level University policy document required
• Develop University green web page
• Identify recovery levels for waste streams
• Feedback from University departments on waste streams
• Implement an integrated waste system
• Communicate process and procedures for waste

General, mixed commercial waste
Glasgow City Council contract – currently recycles 16% of all commercial/ domestic waste
WEEE (Waste
Electrical
Electronic
Equipment) e.g.
PCs, lamps
Various contracts
– high level of recovery
Hazardous
(special wastes) e.g. oils, chemicals etc
Energy recovery is typical route

100% 0
6.9
5.1
7.3
0
24.6
0.8
13.5
80%
60%
93.1
No
Depends
Yes
40%
20%
87.6
75.4
85.7
0%
Academic staf f Support staf f Students living on campus students living of f campus
Target groups
Responses given when asked, “If there were recycling facilities, would you recycle your waste?” (n=656)

29
113
384
65
Academic staff (on-line)
Support staff (on-line)
Support staff (off-line)
Students living on campus (online)
Students living off campus (online)
65
Breakdown of questionnaire respondents (n=656)

120
100
80
60
40
20
0
96.6
87.6
95.4
87.8
Building specif ic
Cent ral
Academic st af f
Support st af f St udent s living on campus st udent s living of f campus
Target group
Preference - a central recycling facility or a building specific facility (n=656)

Approach to recycling waste: Future Proposals
We propose segregated
(separate) collection for:
• Paper
• Cardboard
• Cans
• Plastic
• Glass
• Set targets and monthly reporting
We propose to provide facilities :
• On each floor of every building, properly signposted
• Instead of per building or clusters of buildings

Issues for Departments :
• WEEE
• Chemicals, oils
• Other wastes
We propose to provide the following facilities to assist
:
• A recycling guidance book
• On-line resource guiding people on the dos and don’ts via Estates green page
• University Green Page

• Appointment of dedicated personnel
• Incentives for departmental co-operation
• Weighing system
• KPIs
• Improve current recycling practices
• Improve communication
• Departmental champions to be identified
• Set clear targets

Daily Waste (municipal) 286,000 litres Weekly
Cardboard 500 kilos Weekly
Computers 25 tonnes Last Year
Paper 12,100 litres Weekly

Andersonian Library
30 Hexagonal recycling bins were left in strategic positions throughout the library. Information was given to users of the library regarding what was to be placed in these bins (plastic bottles, food wrappers, paper, cans).
The building was monitored over a ten week period by cleaning staff. Approximately 16,000 litres where removed and sent for recycling.

• £7.5M is to be invested in community recycling projects over the next three years
• Environment Secretary Richard Lochhead proposing various new targets for recycling or composting of municipal waste:
 40% by 2010
 50% by 2013
 60% by 2020