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SUSTAINABILITY POLICIES & LOCAL AUTHORITIES. Dr. Richard Williams Project Manager SusPurPol. PARTNERSHIP IN ACTION. RAM Recycling & Southampton City Council PUSH & SH 14. RAM RECYCLING & SCC. RAM Recycling Southampton City Councils Highways Maintenance Contract
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SUSTAINABILITY POLICIES & LOCAL AUTHORITIES Dr. Richard Williams Project Manager SusPurPol
PARTNERSHIP IN ACTION • RAM Recycling & Southampton City Council • PUSH & SH 14
RAM RECYCLING & SCC • RAM Recycling • Southampton City Councils Highways Maintenance Contract • Minerals & Waste Local Plan • Facts & Figures • Business Plans & Outcomes • What Next?
RAM RECYCLING • Local BME Business in Southampton • Employees 25 local people • Has a turnover of £900,000 • Has been in business for over 20 years • Committed to supporting the local community and engage with local groups (e.g. the Mount Pleasant Junior School)
SCC’s HIGHWAYS MAINTENANCE CONTRACT • Public – Private Partnership With Colas • Started in 2004/5 to run for a minimum of 3 years • “Community Benefit” elements to encourage local companies and workforces to participate • Steering Group in place to monitor outcomes and performance • RAM Recycling • Obtained sub-contractor status for removal of waste material generated from highways maintenance activities • Already expanded by 10 staff to cater for the new need • Started looking for opportunities to make use of the material it is contracted to remove in 2005
HAMPSHIRE’S MINERALS & WASTE LOCAL PLAN • Sub-Regional • Southampton sites required to assist in the delivery of the plan • Discussions between SCC and RAM opened up to explore opportunities • Local • RAM’s Site on Empress Road identified as one where expansion could take place • Planning Application submitted to SCC for expansion of construction materials recycling (notably highways waste) submitted in March 2006 • Application approved in September 2006
FACTS & FIGURES:1 • Application approved to process: • 60,000 tonnes of inert waste • 5,000 tonnes of scrap metal • 32,500 tones of non-hazardous waste • 2,500 tonnes of hazardous waste • Anticipated outcomes: • 50,000 tonnes of mixed waste (pa) from SCC • 25% of this will be recycled (mainly for re-use in highways programme) • 50,000 tonnes of recycled material by 2010
FACTS & FIGURES:2 • Investment: • Over £1,200,000 • Business planning advice from WRAP • Commitment to long-term strategy • 20+ year lease • High technology equipment • Doubling of the workforce (local sourcing) • Sustainable communities investment (schools programme)
WHAT NEXT? • Move into other materials • Tyres • Glass • Plastics • Financial Cost-Benefit Analysis • Whole Life Costs • More partnership opportunities (other authorities and businesses)
PUSH & SH 14 • PUSH • What is SH 14? • Policy scope • Policy impact • Issues to consider
WHAT IS SH 14? • Developed from outputs of 18 workshop consultations • Agreed by all 11 South Hampshire Chief Executives & Political Leaders • Has official visibility in the Draft South East Plan • Went to Enquiry in Public (EiP) January 2007
POLICY SCOPE • At least the 80,000 new homes to be built in the sub region by 2026 will support the policy which includes: • 100MW of renewable energy delivered by 2026 • Reduction of between 8% and 20% in water use for new developments compared to 2005 levels • All new homes / developments accredited as “very good” (by 2012) and “excellent” after this time (using BREEAM / EcoHomes Standards) • All new residential dwellings to deliver at least 10% of their energy needs from renewable sources • Recycled / re-used material to be included in the build
POLICY IMPACT: 1 • What does 100MW of renewable energy mean and look like? • Standards move on • BREEAM Ecohomes = Code for Sustainable Homes • Building Regulations Part L • Etc. etc
POLICY IMPACT: 2 • “Places” will change: • Peoples attitudes will be challenged • Thousands of domestic wind turbines will spring up • More roofs will have solar panels • Debates on “environmental acceptability” will occur
ISSUES TO CONSIDER • Is the market ready for such a policy? • in the PUSH region 80,000 “somethings” (at least - wind turbines etc.) will be needed before 2026)! – • Is the market for recycled material ready to respond to such demands? (e.g. Oxford Wood Recycling – the nearest wood recycling point so far identified could provide the joists for one house only from stock!) • How would such policies be verified? • By developers, Local Authorities or others?