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REALISING THE BENEFITS OF REUSE
Dr Mervyn JonesHead of Products & Materials
CIWM (NI) CONFERENCE24 April 2012
About WRAP
WRAP’s vision is a world without waste, where resources are used sustainably.
We help businesses, individuals and communities reap the benefits of reducing waste, developing sustainable products and using resources in an efficient way.
Closed Loop Economy
How circular is the UK economy?
The Waste Hierarchy
Consumption strategies
Lifetime optimisation
Goods to services
Reducing food waste
Dietary changes
Restorative economy
Public sector procurement
Quick Wins
Best practice
Beyond Best practice
Exports
CO2e (000t)
Re-use definition
Re-useany operation by which products or components that are not waste are used again for the same purpose for which they were conceived. Re-use is therefore counted as waste prevention under the waste hierarchy.
“Preparing for Reuse” checking, cleaning or repairing recovery operations, by which products or components of products that have been collected as waste are prepared so that they can be reused without any other pre-processing.
Priority product & materials
• Textiles• Waste electronic &
electrical equipment• Furniture • Packaging
Priority 2 - Reuse
clothing
Non-clothing
carpets
Why these products?
Textile flows
Sold (new) 2m tonnes
Disposed 1m tonnes
Reused/recycled 0.5m tonnes
Stored, traded etc 0.5m tonnes
Carbon impacts of textiles
Landfill EfW
up to 100wash cycles
Distribution
Recycle
Use
Fibreproduction
ClothingManufacture up to 10 wash cycles
up to 25 wash cycles
up to 50 wash cycles
Reuse
(including washing, drying, ironing)
+ve
-ve
Proposed areafor intervention
Source: Based on Defra (i), Marks and Spencer (ii), Woolridge et al (iii)
(i) “Impact of Energy from Waste and Recycling Policy on UK Greenhouse Gas Emissions”, Defra, November 2005(ii) “Streamlined Life Cycle Assessment of Two Marks and Spencer plc Apparel Products” ERM Ltd for Marks and Spencer, 2002(iii) “Life Cycle Assessment for Re-use/Recycling of Donated Waste Textiles Compared to Use of Virgin Material: A UK Energy Saving Perspective” Woolridge, A.C. et al, Resources, Conservation and Recycling 46 (2006) 94-103
Carbon Impact of the Clothing Lifecycle(cotton underwear and polyester trousers)
WEEE
• 463,000 tonnes of obligated WEEE was collected in 2010, 80% of which was large WEEE items such as fridges/freezers. These also account for ca.69% (by weight) of bulky waste collection.
• Commonest items brought to HWRCs are DVDs, videos or televisions.
• Nearly one third (30%) of WEEE disposed at HWRCs was claimed to be fully functioning although this reduced to 12% after items had been independently tested.
Electricals: washing machine case study
• ~100,000 washing machines (6.7 kt) are re-used in the UK each year - 3% of all EoL machines. (97% are sent to recycling or landfill).
• Current levels avoid 2.6 kt CO2 eq per year.
• Re-use e.g. via a charity shop or online exchange can result in saving of 30kg CO2-eq per machine.
• Each tonne of washing machines can result in a saving of ~12kg CO2-eq per machine.
• Each machine re-used can yield >£4 net revenue to re-use organisations.
• Households benefit by over £35m p.a. as a result of sale of items through re-use exchange and avoided purchase of new items.
Northern Ireland bulky waste
Potential re-use and of bulky waste at HWRCs
Furniture
Sofas• ~1,000,000 sofas (ca 37,000 tonnes) are reused in
UK every year. (~17% EoL). The rest (83%) go to recycling, energy recovery or landfill.
• Current levels of reuse of sofas avoid 52 kt CO2 eq p.a.
• Direct reuse e.g. second-hand shop or eBay saves ~55kg CO2-eq per sofa.
• Preparation for reuse saves ~40kg CO2-eq per sofa.
• Each sofa re-used can yield over £18 net revenue to re-use organisations.
• Households benefit by >£320m per year as a result of sale of items through reuse exchange and avoiding purchase.
Preparation for reuse strategies
Collection Sorting ReprocessingPrevention Markets
WRAP’s re-use activity
Design for reuse
Lifetime optimisation
RE Models e.g. leasing
LA guidance on reuse
SME & alternate
collections for reuse
Consumertakeback
Assessment for reuse Repair
Remanufacture
New infratructure models
De-risking investment
Social enterprise networks
Waste prevention strategies
Procurement of reuse products
Specifications,
accreditation & standards
Contact details
General queries:Keith [email protected] 028 9073 0183
www.wrapni.org.uk
Re-useSarah Clayton (01295 817885): [email protected] P&M reuse leader: WEEE, textiles & furniture & standards
Collections for reuseRachel Gray (07985 952732): [email protected]
Mervyn Jones (01295 819633): [email protected]
Any Questions?
