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Pennine Waste Exchange

The Waste Exchange has 650 organisations and businesses listed at present. Approximately 120 successful matches have been achieved since June 2003. The amount of materials diverted from landfill is in the region of 450 tonnes. Most of this will be recovered on an annual basis.

Among the materials exchanged are: 40,000 litres of used cooking oil for conversion to bio-diesel; 100 gallons of used machine oil; 4000 plastic gift boxes; 200 tonnes of carpet waste; 100 tonnes of mixed sand and gravel from water catchment streams.

Some exchanges can be sorted out very quickly. It may be a matter of one or two phone calls and a search through the database to identify a suitable exchange. The two parties get in touch and sort out the transfer and that's it.

At other times there's a lot more to do. In the first place, the waste you're presented with is unfamiliar and the most likely outlets have all turned it down. This usually prompts a search on the internet to find out more about the material and the current state of the market where it may have some value. This can take a long time. Some processors may require samples.

I thought I had recently found a place for foundry sand but was thwarted at the last hurdle because the company that would have taken it decided to stop because they now only deal with more hazardous waste because they have now got a licence to process it and it can earn them more money!

The things presented to the exchange are extremely varied.

The main emphasis of the project is to seek opportunities for community enterprise and make local companies more competitive by cutting waste disposal costs.

Contact: Mike Woodman at BEAT. Current waste listings can be viewed at PWE online at www.beat.org.uk

Bradford Waste Forum Creating Opportunities from Waste
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More Environmental Projects at Springfield Mill Keighley Furniture Project is developing its range of eco-friendly projects at Springfield Mill, which is rapidly becoming a hub for community recycling in Keighley. The project has recently been awarded £110,000 from the CRED Programme to develop a White Goods Refurbishment Workshop. The new white goods manager has been in post for two weeks and is busy purchasing tools and making the necessary preparations to start the scheme. This will take unwanted white goods and refurbish them to a high standard. Refurbished goods will then be offered at low cost to people on low income. A wood fired boiler has also been purchased by the Furniture project to make use of unwanted timber. This will provide heating and hot water for the Mill. Other news from the mill……The Furniture Project as a whole has also been awarded an accredited training status. This will see them continue to develop their well established, training programme and offer further accredited courses with a recycling theme. The mill kitchen is also being developed as a healthy eating init iative that will provide low cost, healthy meals to beneficiaries of the furniture project. And workers at the mill. Anne Sheriff - Keighley Furniture Project's Manager is keen to mention also that there is space remaining in the mill if any community or recycling projects are interested and the Mill's board room is available for hire. KFP can be contacted on: 01535 601999	Pennine Waste Exchange The Waste Exchange has 650 organisations and businesses listed at present. Approximately 120 successful matches have been achieved since June 2003. The amount of materials diverted from landfill is in the region of 450 tonnes. Most of this will be recovered on an annual basis. Among the materials exchanged are: 40,000 litres of used cooking oil for conversion to bio-diesel; 100 gallons of used machine oil; 4000 plastic gift boxes; 200 tonnes of carpet waste; 100 tonnes of mixed sand and gravel from water catchment streams. Some exchanges can be sorted out very quickly. It may be a matter of one or two phone calls and a search through the database to identify a suitable exchange. The two parties get in touch and sort out the transfer and that's it. At other times there's a lot more to do. In the first place, the waste you're presented with is unfamiliar and the most likely outlets have all turned it down. This usually prompts a search on the internet to find out more about the material and the current state of the market where it may have some value. This can take a long time. Some processors may require samples. I thought I had recently found a place for foundry sand but was thwarted at the last hurdle because the company that would have taken it decided to stop because they now only deal with more hazardous waste because they have now got a licence to process it and it can earn them more money! The things presented to the exchange are extremely varied. The main emphasis of the project is to seek opportunities for community enterprise and make local companies more competitive by cutting waste disposal costs. Contact: Mike Woodman at BEAT. Current waste listings can be viewed at PWE online at www.beat.org.uk	New scheme sets up in Bradford to help individuals swap unwanted items. The Freecycle Network™, Bradford group is open to all who want to "recycle" that special something rather than throw it away. Whether it's a chair, a fax machine, piano or an old door, feel free to post it. Or maybe you're looking to acquire something yourself! Nonprofit groups are also welcome to participate too! "We are only a few months old and are still growing, therefore I would also like to forge links with other local organisations that are committed to reducing our dependence on landfill and give my growing membership further opportunities to recycle used items" said scheme moderator Kavin Stoddart". One constraint: everything posted must be free. This network is brought to you by The Freecycle Network, a nonprofit organization and a movement of people interested in keeping good stuff out of landfills. Check out Freecycle.org for other cities and info on the movement! Freecycle Bradford can be accessed via http://uk.groups. yahoo.com/group/ Freecyclebradford/ National Events WEEE Seminar - Is the community sector ready? Thursday 9th June, Rochester Kent, 10:00am-4:00pm Beyond CRED Wednesday 21st September 2005, London, 10:00am-4:00pm Funding news can be viewed at the CRN website at http://www.crn.org.uk/news/ main/main.shtml
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