Energy from Waste 2010 (Waste to Energy)

Aim of the workshop:

To consider the optimum methods of collection that can or should be used for different types of house or business environment, (high density, low density, rural, high street or industrial estate) and the resultant infrastructure needed to support them to optimise the product qualities for each potential form of energy recovery.

Building on the requirements of the Landfill Ban consultation, the recent report on kerbside collections by WYG (consultants) and operator experience, we will consider what products from collection will arise in the future and the methods that can be applied directly or after pre processing to recover the energy embedded in the waste.

To consider the impacts on CV and organic content to both type of recovery and the value of the energy outputs (total energy, ROC/LEC qualification).

About your workshop leader:

Stuart Hayward-Higham
Technical Director
SITA UK Ltd

SITA UK was established in 1988 and currently employs more than 6,000 people.  We have a proud history of delivering environmentally responsible and innovative waste solutions throughout the UK. A recycling and resource management company, we deliver solutions to 12 million residents and 40,000 business customers, to help everyone reduce the impact of their waste on the environment. In 2008 SITA UK managed more than 10 million tonnes of waste, recycling and recovering 30 per cent of this through our network of recycling, composting, energy from waste and landfill facilities. We also generated over one million MWh of electricity from our landfill gas and energy from waste facilities - enough to power approximately 220,000 homes.

We work with a vision of living in a society where there is no more waste.  This vision draws on the concept of the circular economy. In this model, waste management services are linked with the cycle of production and consumption, as waste is recognised and utilised as a secondary resource in the manufacture of new products - giving waste a ‘second life’. Headquartered in Maidenhead, we operate in over 300 locations throughout the UK, including offices; civic amenity sites; transfer stations; landfills; and energy from waste, material recycling, composting and security shredding facilities.

SITA UK is able to draw on the security and experience of our parent company SUEZ ENVIRONNEMENT, which has a presence on five continents, employs over 62,000 people and has an annual turnover in excess of 12 billion Euros. With more than 120 years of efforts to constantly improve the quality of life for all, SUEZ ENVIRONNEMENT is exclusively dedicated to the environment business in which it has firmly secured its position as world leader.