SOUTH WESSEX WASTE MINIMISATION GROUP: 23rd September2015, Merley House, near Wimborne
MINUTES OF MEETING
- Present
(see attached)
- Itemised Energy Bills ...... too good to be true? (Ben Murphy: MeasureMyEnergy Ltd.)
Ben Murphy provided an overview of MeasureMyEnergy which is an energy monitoring solution for any business or individual. Utility usage can be measured giving real-time readings. Where money is being spent can be identified and then work can begin on how to save it.
There are 3 parts:
a)The power meter: this can monitor all electrical circuits in the building. This is done in real time and streams all the energy consumption data to the cloud every 6 seconds. It is scalable and can be applied to a residential dwelling as well as corporate offices. It can also cover from 10s to 1000s of circuits.
b)The itemised bill: this provides a breakdown of when and where energy is consumed.
c)The Cloud App: this is very simple and shows you where you can save money. It can used on any device, anywhere is multilingual and multi user.
Therefore you can see when you are using energy (power use – whether it is lighting etc.), where you are using energy and what you are spending (easily see energy waste i.e. when offices are closed etc.)
Anything can be monitored i.e. PV panels, gas, water etc.
The service is available in 14 countries and the result is a demonstrably proven technology. Customers include B&Q, Lush etc.
For further details go to
Tel: 08455 610 120
- Taking Steps Towards Sustainability (Suzy Hill: Lush)
Suzy explained she works as part of the Earth Care Circle in Lush to support the business in regard to environmental responsibility.
The ethos is to use limited resources in an ethical manner. Raw materials - A slush fund has been created from 2% of the buying spend to encourage growers to use permaculture principles to grow crops sustainably. This is where different plants are grown in harmony with each other to help the land.
A hand and body lotion called Charity Pot donates all the money (except the VAT) to charity to encourage fair trading and sustainable resource use.
Suzy then showed a video in regard to the use of rosewood oil in products. It is used in perfume and is scarce. Lush purchased a 6000 hectare concession area for rose wood trees to ensure they are grown in a sustainable, regenerative manner.
Suzy then discussed the Greenhub which opened in April 2015. It offers a closed loop recycling scheme for the black pots. These are collected, granulated and shredded before being recycled. Ballistic moulds, etc. are also being reprocessed in this way.
As an incentive customers returning black pots will be given a free face pack.
Suzy provided some statistics in regard to tonnages recycled. In 2014 300,000 pots were returned for recycling.
Lush are also looking at other areas to conserve natural resources – they utilise the MeasureMyEnergy system, have 2 sites with solar panels, have 2 biomass boilers and are looking at AD for energy generation and solving waste issues.
For further details go to:
- Planitgreen (Dermot Murphy: Canotec)
Dermot provided an overview of planitgreen who provide quality remanufactured toners. He explained the 4 core values:
-Quality solutions
-Reduced costs
-Reduced environmental impact
-Giving back
All planitgreen® branded laser toners carry a two year comprehensive warranty.
Planitgreen® products are manufactured to the highest quality.
Only virgin cartridges are used with every single working part replaced for new.
This includes imaging drums, rollers, blades and microchips to restore the
full functionality and compatibility of toners.
Costing up to 60% less than OEM supplies, the planitgreen® range includes premium remanufactured toner cartridges for leading laser printer brands
such as HP, Canon, Brother, Samsung, Lexmark, Epson, Xerox, Kyocera, Ricoh
and Panasonic.
The production of a planitgreen® toner generates up to 2.5kg fewer CO2
emissions and uses also as much as 16 times less material by weight than an
OEM original. In addition to stringent quality control, all planitgreen® toners are manufactured under both ISO 14001 and EMAS II with many products also earning the coveted Nordic Swan and Blue Angel awards.
A free toner recycling service is provided.
For every planitgreen® toner purchased, we donate 25 pence to one of the UK’s
leading children’s charities; The Starlight Children’s Foundation.
For further details go to
- Introducing Elite Recycling Solutions in the SW (Vishwa Wijedasa: Elite Recycling Solutions Ltd.)
Vish provided an overview to Elite Recycling Solutions Ltd. who offer progressive waste and recycling solutions. They are a family owned company with over 21 years experience in the business.
The company vision is:
To stand above the competition by providing progressive Waste and Recycling solutions to our clients, whilst building professional relationships with exceptional support, a commitment to quality, price and unparalleled customer service.
The company is based in Hertfordshire but Vish works from the Bristol office. Clients include Hamleys, Princes etc.
The company aim is to provide a total waste management system that achieves the following:
A single waste management service provider for all waste and recycling
A single point of contact with staff who understand requirements
Elite can offer solutions for:
Cardboard and plastic: due to quantities Elite can go straight to the mills/reprocessors which has enabled them to not link prices to market rates and will communicate price changes as soon as the market moves.
Food Recycling: Elite have a network of AD facilities and reprcoessors throughout the UK
General Waste: Elite strive to achieve zero waste to landfill
Hazardous Waste: Elite handle an array of hazardous material from fluorescent tubes to aerosols, paint to ink cartridges. The required paperwork (consignment notes) are provided.
WEEE Waste: Ensuring recycling takes place and paperwork is in place
Secure Destruction: Elite offer nationwide secure destruction of any material that you may produce, this may be paper, plastics, metals
Elite can also offer training to educate staff in best practise to allow them to maximise financial rebates from commodities.
Elite provide comprehensive reporting on all waste movements that happen each month. The company can also provide balers, compactors etc.
For further details contact
Tel: 07496 214465 / 01920 872221
- Legislation Update (Tessa Bowering: Environment Agency)
TB provided an update on Hazardous waste, the Duty of Care and Fire Prevention Plans.
Hazardous waste
Premises registrations for hazardous waste producers producing over 500kgs/pa will no longer be required as of 1st April 2016. Government have asked the EA to find a solution to maintain traceability of waste movements.
TB reminded the group that WM2 has now been replaced by WM3 – this can be found at:
H codes as of 1st June 2015 must also now be HP codes – details in the document at the link above.
Duty of Care
DoC goes back to 1991 with implementation in 1992 with a statutory code of practice (updated in 1995). Set out in Section 34 of the EPA and Part 9 of the Waste Regulations 2011.
DoC is a generic obligation applying to everyone in the waste chain – anyone who imports, produces, carries, keeps, treats or disposes of controlled waste
You must take all reasonable steps to:
•prevent unauthorised or harmful deposit, treatment or disposal of waste (illegal waste sites, flytipping, import/export)
•Prevent a breach by any other person to meet the requirement to have an environmental permit, or a breach of permit condition
•Prevent the escape of waste from your control
•Ensure any person to whom you are transferring waste has the correct authorisation (registered carrier, broker, dealer)
•Provide an accurate description of the waste when it is transferred to another person
Consultation on the revised Waste Duty of Care Code of Practice (July 2015)
Consultation ran for 8 weeks – finished on 21st September 2015
A Code of Practice is an authoritative statement of practice and differs from legislation in that it offers guidance rather than imposing requirements.
The Code of Practice is admissible in evidence and courts must take it into account in legal proceedings where it is relevant to the issues of the case
The purpose of the Code of Practice is to give simple, clear and practical guidance on what those who import, produce, carry, keep, treat or dispose of controlled waste have to do to fulfil their legal duty of care obligations.
The document can be found at:
Fire Prevention Plans
Guidance produced for permitted sites that are storing combustible waste.
Fire prevention standards (working plan/EMS) must be met.
Applies to combustible materials including: paper/card, plastics, rubber, wood, frag waste, rags/textiles, scrap metals, RDF/SDF, WEEE (fridges, computers and TVs containing combustible materials such as plastic), compost/plant material, biomass etc.
Part of a written management system that includes an assessment of fire risks on the site and the measures in place to prevent, detect, suppress, mitigate and contain fires
Guidance details what the plan needs to cover and also stipulates waste piles and separation distances.
For example: processed wood including sawdust, shavings and chips – max. height 3m, length/width 10m, max volume 150m3, max area 100m2 and min separation 6m
The guidance can be found at:
- The Business Travel Network for Bournemouth, Poole....and now Dorset! (Emma Sadiwskyj-Frewer: Bournemouth Travel Network)
Emma explained the business travel network was set up and supportedBournemouth, Poole and DorsetLocal Authorities. It helps local employers of any sizeoffer their employees access to better sustainable travel options.
Members commit to implement a travel action planwith support and in return they get FREEpractical advice & resources, and access to sustainable travel incentives and discounts to help support sustainable travel to and from the workplace.
The network has now been expanded to cover 9 key areas: Dorchester, Weymouth, Portland, Wimborne, Ferndown, Poole, Bournemouth, Christchurch and Bournemouth Aviation Park.
Benefits for the employer:
•Reducing the cost of staff travel to work;
•Improving staff health and well-being through active travel;
•Reducing the environmental impact of a business;
•Reducing business travel costs; and
•Enhancing a business’s reputation as a good employer.
•Supports other accreditations such as ISO14001, Eco Campus, Carbon Trust Standard
Benefits of membership
•Assistance with carrying out site audits and staff travel surveys
•Help with identifying suitable initiatives for their action plan
•Access to exclusive sustainable travel incentives and discounts
•Participation in the travel plan Accreditation and Awards scheme
•Invitations to best practice networking events and workshops
•Help to identify and apply for any relevant funding opportunities
There are 4 steps to BTN commitment:
Step: 1 – Understand the issues (staff travel survey and site audit)
Step: 2 – Formulate a travel action plan
Step: 3 – Implement the measures
Step: 4 – Monitor progress
Accreditation scheme: Recognition, bronze, silver and gold. These stages represent joining the network, putting in place a travel action plan, promoting sustainable travel and finally being able to record a reduction in single occupancy car use.
Members include Lush, Organix, Tesco, RNLI etc.
From it’s inception the Network has secured a commitment from 30 Members to implement an Accredited Travel Action Plan
For BTN Membership information or to register your interest in joining please contact Emma Sadiwskyj-Frewer or Tim Huxley
01202 454922
- Dorset Wildlife Trust – wildlife on your doorstep (links to the business community) – Linda Bunting and Nicky Hoar
Linda Bunting introduced the presentation – Linda is a volunteer with the DWT and Nicky Hoar is the Learning and interpretation officer with the DWT.
The Trust are responsible for 44 reserves across Dorset managing the nature reserves for the wildlife and people.
The trust have 26,000 members, 1,000 active volunteers, 16 trustees, 70+ staff, 55 corporate members, 30 school members and 7 wildlife centres.
Dorset is the most biodiverse county in England. The unique environments range from the Jurassic coast, Chesil beach, Poole harbour, Cranborne Chase, ancient woodland, grass and heathland, chalklands etc.
Due to intensive farming, population growth and development (housing, roads etc.) many of these environments have been depleted over the last century.
The Great Heath Living Landscape is a project which has been funded by £2 million through partners and fundraising and £2.7 million from the Heritage Lottery Fund.
The project aims to purchase land to secure nature reserves for wildlife and people. Land has been purchased from the Canford Estates to create reserves.
The Trust organise many events and there are lots of ways to get involved.
There is the Wildlife friendly Garden Plaque scheme which encourages creating a wildlife-friendly garden and making a valuable contribution towards conserving Dorset's wildlife.
You need to send in photographic evidence to show that you have five or more of the following to include at least one from each column A, B and C and you will be eligible for a plaque.
- HABITATS: e.g. wildlife pond, bird bath, bird box, bat box
- PLANTING: e.g. wildlife meadow, mixed native hedge, mature native tree etc.
- MANAGEMENT: e.g. long grass area, slug pellet free, compost heap etc.
You also need to keep records/photographs of the wildlife which visits your garden and send that in too.
There are also corporate team building events such as wildlife surveys which focus on a species in a month i.e. in October it is Tawney owls. You can also survey a patch in the Great Heath and record your sightings on Living Record which is an online recording system.
For further information please go to
- AOB
Anna highlighted a couple of events that may be of interest to members:
- Energy and Environmental Management Conference – the Harbour Suite, RNLI College, Poole. Tuesday 24th November 8am – 12am Further details at (click events) FREE event
- Get Going with ISO 14001:2015. Thursday 22nd October 2015 9.30am – 12.30pm at Bournemouth Basepoint Centre. FREE Event. Further details at: (click events)
- Date and Venue of next meeting: Wednesday 9th December 2015, The Crown, Blandford