Sustainable Waste & Resource Management Services

Service Name Description Example Projects Clients
Development of waste management strategies Development of waste strategies for MSW, construction and commercial waste. Cost effectiveness analysis of collection and treatment technologies. Waste Management in Edinburgh, Multi-Occupancy Property Recycling Feasibility Project; Development of Recycling and Utilisation of Construction and Demolition Waste; Intermodal Transport for Waste & Recyclables in England and Wales Scottish Executive; Edinburgh Environmental Partnership Grants Scheme Ltd; STRAW
Business development and feasibility studies Technical feasibility studies and business plan development for waste management facilities including composting, recycling, biodiesel. Borders Plastics; Small Scale production of Biodiesel from Used Cooking Oil: A Feasibility Study; On-farm composting in the Scottish Borders BMR, CK Polymers; Forward Scotland; Scottish Borders Council Landfill Tax Credit Scheme
Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) SEA of the waste and resources implications of plans and programmes West of Edinburgh Planning Framework Review; SEA workshops Scottish Executive
Recycling scheme monitoring and performance evaluation Development of methodologies to assess scheme performance. Optimisation of scheme performance. Multi-Occupancy Property Recycling Feasibility Project Scottish Executive
Waste Compositional Analysis Undertaking waste compositional studies. Carried out in partnership with LEEP Recycling (a Changeworks company) Multi-Occupancy Property Recycling Feasibility Project; Grampian waste compositional analysis Scottish Executive; Grampian Waste Aware
Research into attitudes on waste Attitudinal surveys to define public attitudes and expectations with regard to current and future waste management scenarios. Waste Management in Edinburgh Edinburgh Environmental Partnership Grants Scheme Ltd