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Waste

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Strategy 2009

Glasgow City Council Waste Strategy – February 2010 of 138

WASTE STRATEGY

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CONTENTS List of Tables..............................................................................................................4 List Of Figures............................................................................................................4 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY............................................................................................4 1 INTRODUCTION................................................................................................4

1.1 What is the Aim of the Waste Strategy?..................................................... 4 1.2 Why do we Need a Waste Strategy? ......................................................... 4 1.3 What Does the Strategy Cover?................................................................. 4

2 BACKGROUND .................................................................................................4 2.1 Current Waste Management Position ........................................................ 4 2.2 Strategic Fit and Statutory Drivers ............................................................. 4 2.3 Financial Drivers and the Implications of Non-Action ................................. 4

3 HOW ARE WE GOING TO TACKLE GLASGOW’S WASTE PROBLEM?.........4 3.1 The Issues.................................................................................................. 4 3.2 Strategy Development................................................................................ 4 3.3 The Vision and Objectives.......................................................................... 4

4 WHERE ARE WE TODAY? ...............................................................................4 4.1 Glasgow ..................................................................................................... 4 4.2 Current Municipal Solid Waste Arisings and Future Projections ................ 4 4.2.1 Current Municipal Solid Waste Arisings ..................................................... 4 4.2.2 Future Municipal Solid Waste Growth Projections ..................................... 4 4.2.3 Waste Composition .................................................................................... 4 4.3 Collection Services..................................................................................... 4 4.3.1 Domestic Waste ......................................................................................... 4 4.3.2 Bulk Uplift Service ...................................................................................... 4 4.3.3 Commercial Refuse Collection Service ...................................................... 4 4.4 Street Sweeping Service............................................................................ 4 4.5 Fly Tipping.................................................................................................. 4 4.6 Recycling Collection................................................................................... 4 4.7 Soil Tanker ................................................................................................. 4 4.8 Fridge Uplift Service................................................................................... 4 4.9 Gully Waste................................................................................................ 4 4.10 River Clean-Up Service.............................................................................. 4 4.11 Proposed Alterations to Collection Services............................................... 4

5 RECYCLING ......................................................................................................4 5.1 Introduction ................................................................................................ 4 5.2 Performance Appraisal And Future Recycling Options .............................. 4 5.3 Comparisons with Other Local Authorities ................................................. 4 5.4 Waste Prevention, Waste Awareness and Resource Efficiency................. 4 5.4.1 Raising Waste Awareness ......................................................................... 4


5.4.2 Role of Community Organisations.............................................................. 4 5.4.3 Community Action Team Recycling Education........................................... 4 5.4.4 Re-Use ....................................................................................................... 4 5.4.5 Home Composting ..................................................................................... 4 5.5 Recycling Markets...................................................................................... 4 5.5.1 Paper ......................................................................................................... 4 5.5.2 Plastic Bottles............................................................................................. 4 5.5.3 Textiles....................................................................................................... 4 5.5.4 Glass .......................................................................................................... 4 5.5.5 Metals ........................................................................................................ 4 5.5.6 Food ........................................................................................................... 4 5.5.7 Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) .................................. 4 5.5.8 Furniture..................................................................................................... 4 5.5.9 Cardboard .................................................................................................. 4 5.6 Domestic Recycling Collection Systems .................................................... 4 5.6.1 Domestic Recycling Systems ..................................................................... 4 5.6.2 Blue Bin Co-mingled Kerbside System ...................................................... 4 5.6.2.1 Singles – Blue Bin ............................................................................. 4 5.6.2.2 Tenemental – Blue Bin Co-mingled Recycling Service ..................... 4 5.6.3 Brown Bin Organic Garden Waste ............................................................. 4 5.6.4 Kerbside Glass Collection .......................................................................... 4 5.6.4.1 Singles .............................................................................................. 4 5.6.4.2 Flatted Properties .............................................................................. 4 5.6.4.3 Separate Food Waste Collections ..................................................... 4 5.6.5 Public Recycling Points .............................................................................. 4 5.6.5.1 Introduction ....................................................................................... 4 5.6.5.2 Public Recycling Collection Point Costs ............................................ 4 5.6.5.3 Public Recycling Point Site Issues .................................................... 4 5.6.6 Textiles....................................................................................................... 4 5.6.7 Glass .......................................................................................................... 4 5.6.8 Dry Co-Mingled Material............................................................................. 4 5.6.9 Glasgow Recycles Project.......................................................................... 4 5.6.10 Civic Amenity Sites and Recycling Centres....................................... 4 5.7 Schools ...................................................................................................... 4 5.8 Commercial Recycling ............................................................................... 4 5.8.1 Glass .......................................................................................................... 4 5.9 Council Buildings........................................................................................ 4 5.10 Processing Systems................................................................................... 4 5.10.1 Polmadie Materials Reclamation Facility........................................... 4 5.10.2 Organic Green Waste Processing ..................................................... 4 5.10.3 Hot Rot .............................................................................................. 4


5.10.4 Road Planings ................................................................................... 4 5.10.5 Gully Wastes ..................................................................................... 4 5.10.6 Bulky Wastes .................................................................................... 4 5.11 Total Cost of Delivering Recycling Service................................................. 4

6 RESIDUAL WASTE TREATMENT.....................................................................4 6.1 Introduction ................................................................................................ 4 6.2 Why is an Alternative Method of Treating Waste Required?...................... 4 6.3 How Was the Form of Residual Treatment Identified?............................... 4 6.4 What is MHT / MBT Technology? .............................................................. 4 6.5 Are other Council’s Investing in Similar Infrastructure?.............................. 4 6.6 How Will This Assist in achieving Waste Strategy Targets?....................... 4 6.7 What is the Project Scope and Key Targets?............................................. 4 6.8 Where Will the Technology be Installed? ................................................... 4 6.9 Contract Structure and Risk Allocation....................................................... 4 6.9.1 Contract Structure ...................................................................................... 4 6.9.2 Risk Allocation............................................................................................ 4 6.9.3 Procurement Strategy ................................................................................ 4 6.10 Approach to Planning................................................................................. 4 6.11 Project Costs.............................................................................................. 4 6.12 Project Timetable ....................................................................................... 4

7 DISPOSAL / LANDFILL......................................................................................4 7.1 Introduction ................................................................................................ 4 7.2 Waste Transfer Stations............................................................................. 4 7.2.1 Dawsholm Waste Transfer Station ............................................................. 4 7.2.2 Easter Queenslie Transfer Station ............................................................. 4 7.2.3 Shieldhall - Transfer Station ....................................................................... 4 7.3 Waste Disposal Transport .......................................................................... 4 7.4 Landfill Sites............................................................................................... 4 7.4.1 Current Landfill Provision ........................................................................... 4 7.4.2 Closed Landfill Sites................................................................................... 4 7.5 Benefits of Operating our Own Landfill Facility........................................... 4 7.6 How We Compare With the Private Sector ................................................ 4 7.7 Proposal to Extend the Existing Landill Facility .......................................... 4 7.8 Facilities and Waste to Be Treated ............................................................ 4 7.8.1 Facilities ..................................................................................................... 4 7.8.2 Landfill........................................................................................................ 4 7.8.3 Soils Treatment Centre .............................................................................. 4 7.8.4 Anaerobic Digestion ................................................................................... 4 7.8.5 Green Waste Composting .......................................................................... 4 7.8.6 Alternative Options and Facilities.......................................................... 4 7.9 How Our Landfill Strategy Compares with Zero Waste Policy.................... 4


7.10 Internal Landfill Costs................................................................................. 4 7.10.1 General ............................................................................................. 4 7.10.2 Internal Landfill Extension ................................................................. 4 7.11 Findings of Future Internal Landfill Provision ............................................. 4

8 HOW THE STRATEGY WILL DELIVER ............................................................4 8.1 The Holistic Approach ................................................................................ 4

9 FINANCIAL AND REPUTATIONAL RISK ..........................................................4 9.1 Introduction ................................................................................................ 4 9.2 Financial and Reputational Risk Overview................................................. 4 9.3 Financial Risk............................................................................................. 4 9.3.1 Business as Usual...................................................................................... 4 9.3.2 Recycling Investment ................................................................................. 4 9.3.3 Residual Treatment Investment ................................................................. 4 9.3.4 Landfill Investment ..................................................................................... 4 9.4 Financial Overview..................................................................................... 4 9.5 Reputational Risk ....................................................................................... 4 9.6 Summary.................................................................................................... 4

10 NEXT STEPS.....................................................................................................4 Glossary of Terms......................................................................................................4

List of Tables Table 1 - Glasgow’s Landfill Allowances In EU Target Years (Tonnes BMW)

Table 2 - Housing Stock

Table 3 - Waste Arisings and Material Recovered During 2008/09

Table 4 - Glasgow MSW Projected to 2020

Table 5 – Wasteswork Waste Analysis, April 2009

Table 6 – Containment Types

Table 7 - Collection Type Service Provision

Table 8 – Strategic Partnership Areas Bulk Service Provision

Table 9 – Commercial Refuse Service Provision

Table 10 – Street Sweeping Service Provision

Table 11 – Recycling Collection Service Provision

Table 12 – Recycling Performance

Table 13 – Compost Bin Sales

Table 14 – Material Streams Recovered From the Glasgow Waste Stream

Table 15 – Paper Collected

Table 16 – Plastic Bottles Collected


Table 17 – Textiles Collected

Table 18 – Glass Collected

Table 19 – Metals Collected

Table 20 – WEEE Collected

Table 21 – Furniture Collected

Table 22 - Average Kerbside Recycling Yield For Single Properties Feb-Nov 2008

Table 23 – Kerbside Blue Bin Singles Costs

Table 24 – Co-Mingled Tenemental Costs

Table 25 – Organic Garden Waste Costs

Table 26 – Kerbside Glass – Single Properties Costs

Table 27 – Kerbside Glass (Flatted Properties) Costs

Table 28 – Kerbside Food Waste (Single) Costs

Table 29 – Kerbside Food Waste (Flatted Properties) Costs

Table 30 – Bins and Banks Sited at Public Recycling Points

Table 31 – Growth In Public Recycling Points

Table 32 – Public Recycling Collection Point Costs

Table 33 – Textile Collection Statistics


Table 35 – Recyclate Centres and Civic Amenity Sites Tonnage Collected and Service

Delivery Costs

Table 36 – Schools Recyclate Collected

Table 37 – Commercial Glass Collected

Table 38 – Glass Recycling Collection Costs

Table 39 – Council Premises Recyclate Collected

Table 40 – Bulky Collection Service Delivery Costs

Table 41 - Overall Cost Of Delivering Recycling Service

Table 42 - Waste Transfer Stations

Table 43 – Landfill Sites

Table 44 - Landfill Scheme Costs Equivalent Cost per Tonne

Table 45 – Financial And Reputational Risk Overview

Table 46: Option Costing Financial Appraisal – Landfill Provision At Cathkin Landfill Site

Table 47: Option Costing Financial Appraisal – Private Sector Landfill Provision


List Of Figures Figure 1 - Waste Hierarchy

Figure 2 – Recycling Performance Growth

Figure 3 – Civic Amenity Site/Recycling Centre Service Provision Gaps

Figure 4 - Autoclave/MHT Process

Figure 5 - Current Waste Transfer Stations

Figure 6 – Waste Hierarchy

Figure 7 – Proposed Glasgow WASTE Hierarchy

Glossary of Terms Annexes Annex A - Large UK Cities: Total % of Household Waste sent for Recycling/Composting/Re-

use in 2008/09

Annex B - Public Recycling Points

Annex C - Materials accepted at Glasgow City Council Civic Amenity Sites and Recycling

Centres

Annex D – Landfill Allowances Scotland April 2008 to March 2009

Annex E - List of Landfill Sites Within Scotland


EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

INTRODUCTION

This Waste Strategy documents a sustainable long term solution for the management

of waste within the City until 2020 and beyond.

HOW ARE WE GOING TO TACKLE GLASGOW’S WASTE PROBLEM?

Glasgow is seeking to implement a Waste Strategy that can be embraced at all levels

of society, and moves away from treating waste as a waste, and moves towards an

approach where we see waste as a resource which is critical to our economic and

environmental future.

The Waste Strategy reviews current arrangements, aligns policy with the current

Scottish Government’s Zero Waste Plan, describes how the Council will achieve the

targets we have agreed to meet as set out in the Single Outcome Agreement, defines

a framework describing how we propose to meet these targets until 2020 and

beyond. The Waste Strategy contributes towards the achievement of this vision

through the following:

• Waste – Seeing waste as a resource rather than refuse and maximising the

opportunities this affords

• Awareness – increasing awareness of initiatives and opportunities to reduce, reuse

and recycle waste

• Sustainability – “Development which meets the needs of the present without

compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs.”1

• Technology – embracing technology in our challenge to maximise recycling and

waste resource potential

• Environment – Protect, improve and enhance the environment

The key objectives for the Waste Strategy are:

• to achieve recycling targets as defined in the Single Outcome Agreement (SOA)

1 The report of the Bruntland Commission, Our Common Future, published by Oxford University Press in 1987


• to achieve landfill diversion targets

• to reduce the Council’s landfill tax burden

• to avoid landfill allowance penalties

• to reduce the Council’s carbon footprint

To meet the above vision and objectives, Glasgow has developed a strategy that

comprises of four key elements:

• Collection

• Recycling

• Residual Waste Treatment

• Landfill

WHAT THE STRATEGY COVERS

The strategy examines and documents how Glasgow will manage and treat

municipal waste from the following areas:

• Domestic Refuse Collections

• Commercial Refuse

• Bulky Items Service

• Street Cleansing

• Kerbside (Mixed Dry) Recycling

• Tenemental (Mixed Dry) Recycling

• Civic Amenity and Recycling Centres

• Public Recycling Points

• Waste Treatment

• Landfill


The Waste Strategy details the services we currently provide, details service delivery

improvements made to date and establishes a framework for the future development

of waste resource management services in Glasgow. It will also set out our waste

management proposals for the short, medium and long term.

CURRENT SCOTTISH GOVERNMENT AND EUROPEAN UNION TARGETS

The Council has been set a number of legislative, statutory and aspirational targets

for recycling and landfill diversion through the adoption of Scottish Government

targets and European Union (EU) Directives. These include:

• Recycling and Composting Targets

• Landfill Diversion Targets

• Energy from Waste

• EU Diversion Targets

WHERE ARE WE TODAY?

Current Position

In 2008/09 Glasgow collected and processed municipal solid waste (“MSW”) from

some 290,000 homes and 6,500 commercial organisations and delivered a

comprehensive range of waste management services for households and

commercial customers, including mixed waste and segregated waste collection

systems, civic amenity site and recycling centre operations and public recycling

points. The service is managed in 5 operational areas reflecting the Strategic

Partnership Areas within the City, with resources currently deployed from the

services four Waste Transfer Stations and four satellite depots.

346,917 tonnes of Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) arisings were collected by, or on

behalf of, Glasgow City Council during 2008/09. Of this, Glasgow recycled and

composted 20% of its MSW and landfilled the remaining 80%. At present, as these

figures illustrate, our primary means of waste management is landfill.

COLLECTION SYSTEMS


To collect the 346,917 tonnes of waste per annum the Council operates the following

collection systems:

Domestic Waste: The service performs in excess of 17.5 million uplifts per annum in

performing this statutory function. Uplift of Domestic Waste is provided to all

households throughout the City with the majority of households receiving a service

once per week.

Bulk Uplift: A bulk uplift service is provided to residents of the City for items that

cannot be presented in their normal refuse collection bins.

Commercial Uplift: A commercial refuse collection service is operated by Land and

Environmental Services to 6,500 customers city wide; additionally separate contracts

are currently in operation with Glasgow University and Silverburn Shopping Centre.

Street Cleansing/Sweeping: Land and Environmental Services operates a street

cleansing/sweeping service utilising a variety of shift patterns to provide a 24 hour

service to the City.

This service is currently responsible for the following:

o 358,213 km of street sweepings

o 100 km2 of public spaces

o 3 million litterbins emptied per annum

o Collection and disposal of 11,469 tonnes of street litter

Other Services Include: Fridge uplift service, soil tanker, gully waste and a river

clean-up service. Extensive recycling services are also in operation, which are

discussed in the next section.

Review of Service Delivery Models: Land and Environmental Services are currently

examining the provision of all refuse, recycling and bulk operations with the intention

of improving service efficiency, effectiveness and economy as part of Phase 2 of the

Service Reform programme.

We will examine the bulk and commercial collection contracts. At present all waste

collected via the GCC Commercial Contract is disposed of at landfill, and it is likely

that a contract could be entered into with the Private sector to recover the

considerable recyclable element available from the commercial waste stream.


RECYCLING Land and Environmental Services currently delivers a comprehensive range of waste

management services, including recycling collection systems, civic amenity sites and

public recycling points.

Since 2003/04, there has been a steady growth in the amount of material that the

City has recycled. This growth was achieved following financial assistance provided

by the then Scottish Executive’s Strategic Waste Fund. In 2007/08 the city achieved

an 18% recycling rate, which increased to 20% in 2008/09 and is anticipated to rise

to 23% in 2009/10.

Current Recycling Services

At present the Council currently collects and recycles paper, plastic bottles, textiles,

glass, food (via the Scotstoun/Dumbarton Road Corridor trial), metals, Waste

Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE), cardboard (currently not collected

within the household co-mingled collection systems or at public recycling points.

Facilities for cardboard recycling are available at Shieldhall civic amenity site and

Easter Queenslie and Dawsholm recycling centres).

Future Recycling Operations

As part of the Waste Strategy, we are looking to increase the range of materials we

collect for recycling. Initiatives are described within Section 5 of the Waste Strategy

which will include provision for commencing the collection of glass, cardboard and

food.

RESIDUAL WASTE TREATMENT Authority to progress the procurement of the Residual Waste Treatment project was

obtained at the Executive Committee of 20 February 2009.

At present, work is ongoing for the procurement of this project. This work will

continue in 2010 and the findings of the Full Business Case will be reported to

Committee in the first quarter of 2011.


The Residual Waste Treatment project is a key element of the Waste Strategy and is

a long term contract for the provision of residual waste treatment that both diverts

residual waste from landfill and supports Glasgow in meeting the Scottish

Government’s policy targets with regard to recycling.

The introduction of a 150,000 tonne residual treatment facility will complement and

enhance our existing waste operations. The treatment process will enable recyclate

to be recovered from un-separated municipal waste that would previously have been

sent directly to landfill, enabling the achievement of the Single Outcome Agreement

recycling targets until 2018, and landfill diversion targets to be achieved until 2014.

LANDFILL During the financial year 2008 / 2009, Land and Environmental Services processed

346,917 tonnes of waste arisings generated within the city through the four Waste

Transfer Stations, four Civic Amenity/Recycling Centres and delivered the residual

waste to the operational Landfill Site at Cathkin. In addition, three closed landfill sites

continue to be monitored.

Current Landfill Provision The site at Cathkin became operational in April 2000, which at the current levels of

waste deposition will be operational until 2013.

Cathkin Landfill was the first site in Scotland to be developed and operated to comply

and fulfil the criteria of the EC Directive on The Landfill of Waste and EC Directive on

Groundwaters, which satisfies the following criteria:

o Site Location requirements

o Protection of soil and water

o Water control and leachate management

o Post closure requirements.

The site is scheduled to be full by 2013, which coincides with the expiry of Planning

permission. Provision for landfill will be required beyond this date.

Future Landfill Options


Glasgow requires landfill provision for the disposal of waste for the period 2013 to

2023.

To continue the in-house delivery model, future landfill provision at Cathkin could be

explored. In the first instance this will require a planning application to be prepared

for submission to South Lanarkshire Council. The application should be lodged with

South Lanarkshire Council by February 2010. In conjunction with the application,

land acquisition and lease arrangements should be completed.

As an alternative to the above option, private sector landfill provision could provide

an alternative means of service delivery. An initial Market Testing exercise has

shown that landfill costs will increase if disposal via a Private sector operator is

required beyond 2013. Approval is also sought to further test the Market by

undertaking a tender exercise for landfill provision from 2013 to 2023. This will

enable value for money to be measured and inform the decision taken regarding

future landfill provision.

HOW THE STRATEGY DELIVERS The WASTE Strategy comprises four service areas that provide a holistic approach

to the management of waste within Glasgow. The four areas complement Glasgow’s

ongoing operations and collectively assist with the achievement of the objectives and

strategy vision.

The four areas complement each other in terms of improving collection and recycling

performance, maximise recyclate recovery through the utilisation of technology to

capture and harness the potential sustainable and renewable use of waste.

Collection - these services will be reviewed and enhanced to deliver better services

to the city; this will complement the recycling collection services and recovery

performance.

Recycling – Through the implementation of enhancements to existing services,

including the capture of a wider range of materials and increased utilisation of the

scheme through education and promotion.

Residual Waste Treatment – The introduction of Residual Waste Treatment

technology will enable recyclate and valuable resources that would have previously

been sent to landfill, to be captured and recovered.


Disposal / Landfill - The proposed Integrated Waste Management Facility will

comprise landfill for residual waste with options to include a soils treatment centre,

anaerobic digestion plant and a green waste composting facility.

The key strategy areas contribute to the implementation of the Zero Waste Agenda in

Scotland with regard to waste minimisation, improving levels of recycling, and the

delivery of a sustainable long term waste management solution that will reduce

Glasgow’s reliance on landfill as its principal method of waste disposal.

FINANCIAL AND REPUTATIONAL RISK If Glasgow continues with Business As Usual, this will have long term adverse

financial and reputational risks for the Council due to increases in the rate of landfill

tax, potential financial penalties for exceeding landfill allowances and failure to meet

recycling and landfill diversion targets.

The Strategy defines the financial and reputational risks associated with non-action.

CONCLUSIONS

The implementation of the Waste Strategy provides an integrated structured

approach to tackling waste that can be embraced at all levels of society. Each

element has been developed to address the short, medium and long term objectives

and targets in the context of a long term cohesive interrelated strategy that reviews

existing service delivery models, infrastructure and technology.

1 INTRODUCTION

1.1 What is the Aim of the Waste Strategy?

Waste presents a global environmental challenge that is being faced at national and local

level and affects every Glasgow resident , business and visitor.


The aim of this Waste Strategy is to provide an integrated structured approach to tackling

waste that can be embraced at all levels of society and moves away from treating waste as a

waste, towards a waste management system that minimises waste production, improves

waste resource utilisation, stimulates investment and maximises economic opportunities

arising from waste, all of which is critical to our economic and environmental future.

The Waste Strategy reviews current arrangements, defines the targets that the Council is

required to meet, and sets out how we propose to meet these targets until 2020 and beyond.

It provides an opportunity to co-ordinate and align current and future Council policy with

European and National policy, and provides a long term plan for the development of this

service.

1.2 Why do we Need a Waste Strategy?

Glasgow has predominately relied on landfill as its principal means for waste disposal.

Current practices and performance have been reviewed and proposals identified that

encapsulate environmental, economic, technological and socio-political issues in a holistic

manner, to improve waste resource management within the city.

A continuation of Glasgow delivering “Business as Usual” (BAU), without embracing and

implementing the key elements of this strategy, will result in long term adverse financial

implications for the Council due to increases in the rate of landfill tax and potential financial

penalties for exceeding landfill allowances.

The Local Government in Scotland Act 2003 inserted after section 44 of the Environmental

Protection Act 1990 (c.43), places a requirement on Local Authorities to produce, approve,

implement and modify Integrated Waste Management Plans.

Non action presents a significant financial risk to Glasgow in future years. If we do not act

now the City is liable to face disposal and recycling costs of £33.7million per annum by

2013/14 and could potentially incur further annual landfill allowance penalties of £10.1million,

amounting to a potential annual financial burden of £43.8million by 2013/14. The importance

of the financial risk this presents cannot be overstated and immediate action to approve and

implement all three key elements of this strategy is required to address this issue.

It is essential that we have a waste strategy that recognises the work that has been

undertaken to date, and sets out a long term framework for the future provision of

sustainable waste resource management services. The WASTE strategy will set out the


approach Glasgow will take to improve levels of recycling and maximize the economic

potential of waste.

1.3 What Does the Strategy Cover?

The strategy examines and documents how Glasgow will manage and treat municipal waste

from the following areas:

• Domestic Refuse Collections

• Street Cleansing

• Kerbside (Mixed Dry) Recycling

• Tenemental (Mixed Dry) Recycling

• Bulky Items Service

• Civic Amenity Sites and Recycling Centres

• Public Recycling Points

• Commercial Refuse

• Waste Treatment

This Waste Strategy details the services we currently provide and establishes a framework

for the future development of waste resource management services in Glasgow.

The four elements of the strategy encompass:

• Collection: range of collection services provided to householders and businesses,

including street sweeping

• Recycling: range of services currently offered and service enhancements proposed

to improve recycling education awareness to householders and employees, increase

participation and improve performance

• Residual Waste Treatment: the use of waste treatment technology to treat and

segregate waste streams and to maximize re-use potential of this resource

• Landfill: options for the provision of future landfill capacity for Glasgow

Each element has been developed to address short, medium and long term objectives and

targets in the context of a long term cohesive interrelated strategy that reviews existing

service delivery models, infrastructure and technology.


2 BACKGROUND

2.1 Current Waste Management Position

In 2008/09 Glasgow collected and processed 346,917 tonnes of municipal solid waste

(MSW) from some 290,000 homes and 6,500 commercial organisations and delivered a

comprehensive range of waste management services for households and commercial

customers, including mixed waste and segregated waste collection systems, civic amenity

site/recycling centre operations and 437 public recycling points. The delivery of these

services currently cost £52.8m per annum. At present we are continuing to tackle recycling

with the roll-out of recycling initiatives throughout the City in order to improve recycling

performance.

In 2008/09 Glasgow recycled and composted 20% of its MSW and landfilled the remaining

80%. At present, as these figures illustrate, our primary means of waste management is

landfill.

In addition, Glasgow City Council manages third party wastes: there is an agreement with

East Dunbartonshire Council to receive waste at Dawsholm; commercial waste is taken

directly to Cathkin Landfill Site.

2.2 Strategic Fit and Statutory Drivers

European legislation, and, more recently, national policy through the Zero Waste Plan, has

brought waste management to the fore of the political agenda. The resultant effect is

significant implications for budgets, policy and stakeholder expectations.

Glasgow has a statutory obligation to deliver effective and efficient waste management

services to the City. At present it delivers a comprehensive range of waste management

services including waste collection systems, civic amenity site/recycling centre operations,

public recycling points and landfill sites.

Glasgow has been set a number of statutory and policy targets for recycling, composting and

landfill diversion of MSW, which are summarised below.

Revised Waste Framework Directive


The Waste Framework Directive was recently reviewed and adopted by the European

Council. The requirements of this revised Waste Framework Directive will be reflected in the

Scottish Government’s revised National Waste Plan (now entitled Zero Waste Plan) and in

future legislation. This Strategy will need to ensure that it fits within the context of the

emerging requirements of this Waste Framework Directive.

The Hierarchy

The waste hierarchy provides a framework of how sustainability in waste management can

be achieved. The aim is to move up the waste hierarchy by moving away from a reliance on

landfill to increased recycling and composting, re-use, recovery and ultimately waste

reduction. It suggests that reducing waste will normally be the best environmental option for

waste management and so therefore should be considered before other treatment options.

This principle has been employed in the development of this Waste Strategy. However,

when assessing waste management proposals, the waste hierarchy should be used as a

guide rather than being applied rigidly. A certain amount of flexibility is needed to arrive at

the most balanced environmental, social and economic solution and, inevitably, is likely to

contain a mixed solution.

Regional Self-Sufficiency

This principle requires that, where practicable, waste should be treated or disposed of within

the region it is produced. Each region is expected to provide sufficient facilities and services

to manage the amount of waste it is expected to produce over the next 10 years. It is

recognised that the best solution for some waste may be to transport it to another region

where it can be dealt with more effectively. Not all regions have specialist recovery,

recycling or treatment facilities, therefore the proximity principal and economies of scale may

apply in such cases.


Dispose

Recover

Recycle

Reuse

Reduce

Figure 1 : Waste Hierarchy The Proximity Principle

Waste should generally be managed as close as possible to where it is produced in order to

limit the environmental impact of transportation and create a more responsible approach to

waste generation. This strategy has taken the proximity principle into account when

considering waste treatment options.

Landfill Allowances

Under the Scottish Government’s Landfill Allowance Scheme (“LAS”), Glasgow has been

allocated a set limit on the amount of Biodegradable Municipal Waste (BMW) it can send to

landfill each year. These limits are summarised in Table 1 below. As landfill allowance

targets only have not been set beyond 2009/10, an estimate has been made of Glasgow’s

figures for EU target years, based on Scotland’s landfill allowance at a national level and

Glasgow’s percentage share of allowances in 2009/10. For future years, landfill allowances

will need to be confirmed with the Scottish Government.

2009/10 2012/13 2019/20

151,648 101,009 (est) 71,229 (est)

Table 1: Glasgow’s Landfill Allowances in EU Target Years (Tonnes BMW)


In 2008/09 Glasgow landfilled 166,115 tonnes of BMW which was 6,422 tonnes in excess of

its statutory landfill allowance for that year. Therefore Glasgow needs to divert significant

tonnes of BMW and MSW from landfill. Where any Local Authority exceeds its landfill

allowances the Scottish Government has the potential to apply a penalty of up to £150 per

tonne. The Scottish Government has stated that it will not seek to apply such penalties

within this parliamentary period; however, the risk remains that such penalties could be

reinstated after the next election of the Scottish Parliament.

To incentivise the diversion of waste from landfill the UK Government (HM Treasury)

introduced the landfill tax regime. Landfill tax is currently set at £40 per tonne and will

increase by £8 per tonne per year to £72 per tonne from 1 April 2013.

Single Outcome Agreement

In June 2008 Glasgow City Council published its Single Outcome Agreement (SOA). This

document identifies areas for improvement and defines commitments and targets agreed by

Glasgow, its Community Planning Partners and the Scottish Government to deliver better

and more efficient services for the people of Glasgow.

Waste targets are defined within the SOA on a National and Local context.

The National Outcome is defined within the SOA under National Outcome 14: ‘We reduce

the local and global environmental impact of our consumption and production.’ The national

target was defined under National Indicator 39 : ‘Reduce to 1.32 million tonnes waste sent to

landfill by 2010’. In terms of Glasgow, this represents 79,400t of waste being diverted from

landfill by 2010, and is directly linked to the Local Outcome Indicator 9: Proportion of waste

to be recycled.

The Local Outcomes are defined under Local Outcome Indicator 9: ‘proportion of municipal

waste recycled.’ Recycling targets are set at:

• 23% by 2009/10

• 31% by 2010/11

• 40% by 2011/12

These targets have been defined as formal recycling targets that Glasgow is committed to

achieving as part of the ongoing waste strategy to divert waste from landfill and increase the

proportion of municipal waste recycled.


Action

Action WS1 – The Council will strive to deliver and achieve SOA recycling targets

Revised National Waste Plan

The Scottish Government published the Zero Waste Plan in August 2009 for consultation.

Implementing this Plan will move Scotland towards achieving the following:

• Recycling/Composting – 40% by 2010, 50% by 2013, 60% by 2020, 70% by 2025

• Cap on Energy from Waste (EFW) – 4% by 2010, 13% by 2013, 25% by 2020

• No more than 5% of waste being landfilled by 2025.

• Savings of around 1.5 million tonnes of CO2 equivalent in relation to municipal waste

alone. [Scotland's total CO2 equivalent emissions in 2006 were 59 million tonnes.]

• Zero growth in MSW from 2010

• Detailed and accurate data being available for all wastes regardless of source,

including construction and demolition and commercial and industrial waste.

• An effective and responsive land-use planning system for waste management.

• All businesses being aware of, and taking part in, work to improve their resource

efficiency and to prevent waste.

• The public sector supporting waste prevention, re-use and recycling through green

procurement.

The Government will monitor the implementation of this Plan and detail progress through the

publication of an Annual Report.

A policy position statement, on 24 January 2008 was issued by the Scottish Government.

The Policy Position Statement was subject to a Strategic Environmental Appraisal (“SEA”)

by the Scottish Government and was completed and published on 20 August 2009.

Following the SEA, the Scottish Government commenced consultation2 on the revised

National Waste Plan on 20 August 2009 for a 12 week period, ending 13 November 2009.

Thereafter, the Zero Waste Plan is scheduled to be published in March 2010.

2 The Scottish Government Zero Waste Consultation can be found at the following link: http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Topics/Environment/waste-and-pollution/Waste-1/wastestrategy


Glasgow City Council has prepared and issued a response to the Zero Waste Plan

consultation.

Action

Action WS2 – Align WASTE Strategy policy with Zero Waste Policy and strive to deliver and achieve National Zero Waste targets

2.3 Financial Drivers and the Implications of Non-Action

Glasgow’s current performance in recycling and diverting waste from landfill is some way

from achieving Government targets. Improvements have been made and will continue to do

so through the ongoing and future introduction of enhanced recycling operations. These are

delivered through the participation and engagement of the citizens of Glasgow to assist with

the development of these services and achievement of increased performance.

In the 2008/09 financial year the Council paid £11.5 million in landfill operational and

taxation costs. If Glasgow fails to act it is liable to face annual landfill costs of £21.8million

by 2013/14 (resulting from both an increase in landfill gate fees and an increase in landfill

tax) and could potentially incur additional annual landfill allowance penalties of £10.1million,

amounting to a total of £31.9million. This is a potential additional financial burden of

£20.4million per annum by 2013/14.

In his budget speech on 21 April 2009 the Chancellor announced a continued increase in the

standard rate of Landfill Tax by £8 per tonne on 1 April each year from 2011 to 2013. This

will increase landfill tax to £72 per tonne from 2013/14. Such costs have been included in

the expenditure forecasts stated above.

The UK Government’s objective is to reduce landfill in a sustainable way by encouraging

further investment into alternative waste management options. This gives an indication that

a continued reliance on landfill along with the potential Landfill Allowance penalties presents

a significant financial risk to Glasgow in future years.

As a result of the work that we intend to undertake as defined within this strategy, Glasgow

will be on course to achieve future statutory targets.


3 HOW ARE WE GOING TO TACKLE GLASGOW’S WASTE PROBLEM?

3.1 The Issues

The City has 580,000 residents and receives an influx of 120,000 commuters who visit the

city on a daily basis for business, retail or tourism. The City also receives 50,000 customers

who frequent the City’s nightclubs, bars and restaurants on a nightly basis over the

weekend.

Residents and visitors generate waste in excess of 360,000 per annum that the Council is

required to manage. The challenges presented by the levels of waste generated is

compounded by the nature of the housing stock within the city, which comprises over 70% of

housing stock being flatted, situated in either multi storey or tenemental properties. These

properties present difficulties in terms of accessibility and waste storage.

3.2 Strategy Development

Our approach has been to review all aspects of the service we deliver, and develop a Waste

taken Strategy that will deliver long term and integrated sustainable objectives and targets.

The Council has undertaken extensive work to review all aspects of the market throughout

the UK and Europe to identify if there are practices, methods and technologies that can

deliver for Glasgow at all levels from kerbside collection, to treatment and disposal.

The Council has also commissioned Glasgow Caledonian University Environment Centre

(CEC) to undertake a study to assess the City’s current recycling operations to assess

current operational practices, and identify service delivery improvements to ensure the best

use of current resources, increase waste awareness and recycling participation. The study

also reviewed “like” cities within the UK (Liverpool, Leeds, Birmingham, Manchester and

Sheffield) to establish if Glasgow can learn and develop from the experience and approach

by other cities.

Work has also been undertaken with Government bodies WRAP and ReMADE to develop

this strategy.

This strategy presents the findings of the work undertaken to date and outlines a framework

of initiatives that recognise waste as a resource, and captures the economic benefits of this

resource in a holistic manner.


3.3 The Vision and Objectives

Our vision over the next decade and beyond is to develop a waste management system that

will control waste generation, reduce environmental impacts of waste production, improve

resource efficiency, stimulate investment and maximise economic opportunities arising from

waste.

The Vision for Glasgow City Council is:

Vision for Glasgow City Council

“To create a vibrant, successful, sustainable environment that will enhance the

physical, economic and social success of the city and offer a high quality of

life and opportunities for all”

Source: Vision Statement from GCC Land Services 2020 Vision

The Waste Strategy contributes towards the achievement of this vision through the following

aspirations:

• Waste – Seeing waste as a resource that has a value rather than as refuse with a

negative value/cost to get rid of, and maximising the opportunities this affords

• Awareness – increasing awareness of initiatives and opportunities to reduce, re-use

and recycle waste

• Sustainability – “Development which meets the needs of the present without

compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs.”3

• Technology – embracing technology in our challenge to maximise recycling and

waste resource potential

• Environment – Protect, improve and enhance the environment.

The key objectives for the Waste Strategy are:

• to reduce Glasgow’s cost of waste disposal and its exposure to landfill tax

• to support delivery of Glasgow’s recycling targets as defined in its Single Outcome

Agreement

3 The report of the Bruntland Commission, Our Common Future, published by Oxford University Press in 1987


• to support delivery of Glasgow’s landfill diversion targets as set out in the Landfill

Allowance Scheme;

• to mitigate the risk of any future landfill allowance penalties

• to reduce the Council’s carbon footprint

To meet the above vision and objectives, Glasgow has developed a strategy that comprises

4 key elements:

• Collection

• Recycling

• Residual Waste Treatment

• Landfill

The four key elements of the strategy encompass:

• Collection: range of collection services provided to householders and businesses,

including street sweeping.

• Recycling: range of services currently offered and service enhancements proposed

to improve education awareness to householders and employees, increase

participation and improve performance

• Residual Waste Treatment: the use of waste treatment technology to treat and

segregate waste streams and to maximize re-use potential of this resource;

• Landfill: options for the provision of future landfill capacity for Glasgow.

Each element has been developed to address the short, medium and long term objectives

and targets in the context of a long term cohesive interrelated strategy that reviews existing

service delivery models, infrastructure and technology.

Action Action WS3 – Deliver the four key elements of the WASTE Strategy:

• Collection • Recycling • Residual Waste Treatment • Landfill


4 WHERE ARE WE TODAY?

4.1 Glasgow

Glasgow City Council, Land and Environmental Services provides a Waste Management

Service to 290,000 households and 6,500 commercial properties in the City. The service is

managed in 5 operational areas reflecting the Strategic Partnership Areas within the City

with resources currently deployed from the services four Waste Transfer Stations and four

satellite depots.

The City provides unique challenges in providing a comprehensive waste management

service with over 70% of its households being flatted, multi storey or tenemental properties.

The nature of Glasgow’s housing stock is shown in Table 2 below:

Housing Tenure (%)

Owner Occupied

Social Rented:

Private Rented

(47%)

(45%)

(8%)

Total 100%

Table 2 : Housing Stock

The service also deals with the litter generated by its 580,000 residents and 120,000

commuters on a daily basis and this is compounded by the impact of the 50,000 customers

who frequent the City’s nightclubs, bars and restaurants on a nightly basis over the

weekend.

The City is also host to a large number of major events throughout the year and home to

three major stadiums, which host regular football matches and concerts which add to the

problems of collecting waste and litter, especially in relation to the night shift collection

service.


4.2 Current Municipal Solid Waste Arisings and Future Projections

4.2.1 Current Municipal Solid Waste Arisings

In 2008/09 Glasgow City Council managed 346,917 tonnes of Municipal Solid Waste (MSW);

defined as household waste and any other waste under the control of local authorities or

agents acting on their behalf.

Table 3 below summarises how the waste arisings were collected and managed during this

period:

Waste Stream Recycled Composted Landfilled Total

Kerbside

Blue-bin (single) 8,004 - - 8,004

Blue-bin

(flatted/tenemental)

5,658 - - 5,658

Brown bin (organic) - 8,692 8,692

Residual - - 187,038 187,038

Bulky Collections 2,775 - 18,689 21,464

Civic Amenity Sites and

Recycling Centres

6,795 8,483 7,549 22,827

Public Recycling Points 7,663 - 2,074 9,737

Commercial 2,086 16,357 53,585 72,029

Street Sweepings

(including gully waste)

1,039 1,495 8,935 11,469

Total 34,020 35,027 277,870 346,917

Table 3 : Waste Arisings and Material Recovered During 2008/09

In addition Glasgow City Council receives third party wastes. East Dunbartonshire Council

has an agreement with GCC to bring MSW into Dawsholm Waste Transfer Station and for

their residents to use the Dawsholm Recycling Centre. In addition commercial waste and

some industrial wastes are brought into the Transfer Stations. This waste is managed and

transferred to Cathkin Landfill Site.

4.2.2 Future Municipal Solid Waste Growth Projections

Table 4 below identifies Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) arisings in Glasgow until 2020, based

on the waste growth rate using two scenarios:


• The Area Waste Plan: 2% waste growth per year up to 2010, 1% waste growth per

year from 2011 to 2020

• The Zero Waste Plan Consultation: a growth rate of 0% from 2010

Year

MSW Based On Area Waste Plan Growth

MSW Based on ZWP Aspirations

2008/2009 346,914 346,914

2009/2010 353,852 346,914

2010/2011 357,391 346,914

2011/2012 360,965 346,914

2012/2013 364,574 346,914

2013/2014 368,220 346,914

2014/2015 371,902 346,914

2015/2016 375,621 346,914

2016/2017 379,378 346,914

2017/2018 383,171 346,914

2018/2019 387,003 346,914

2019/2020 390,873 346,914

Table 4 - Glasgow MSW Projected to 2020

Action

Action WS4 – Aspire to comply with Zero Waste Plan for zero growth from 2010

4.2.3 Waste Composition

Waste analysis results are available from the Caledonian Environment Centre (CEC) study

carried out in March 2009 and from work undertaken by Wasteswork in April and September

2009 on behalf of the Scottish Government and the Waste Resources Action Programme

(WRAP).


The CEC study analysed waste from single properties and flats and the main findings from

this study are:

• Glasgow produces less waste/household/week than the national average

• The top three materials in residual waste are organic kitchen waste, card and card

packaging and glass

A final report from the Wasteswork study is yet to be completed. Results from the April

analysis indicate the organic waste fraction was the largest portion of the waste stream.

Textiles and WEEE (Waste Electical and Electronic Equipment) were also a large portion

of the waste stream. Table 5 below indicates the breakdown of waste from the analysis

undertaken in April 2009 from residual waste. Results of the September analysis are still

awaited.

Waste Category Wt% kg/hh/wk Paper Newspapers &

magazines 5.0 0.47 Other paper 4.7 0.45 Cardboard 5.1 0.48 Plastics Plastic film 3.7 0.35 Plastic bottles 3.7 0.35 Other dense plastic 3.8 0.36 Textiles 9.6 0.90 Wood 1.2 0.11 Furniture 0.0 0.00 Disposable nappies 6.6 0.62 Other Combustibles 8.0 0.75 Glass Packaging glass 7.1 0.67 Other glass 0.9 0.08 C&D waste 1.0 0.10 Other non-

combustibles 0.3 0.03 Metals Ferrous cans 2.1 0.19 Other ferrous metal 1.8 0.17 Non-ferrous cans 0.6 0.05 Other non-ferrous

metal 0.3 0.03 Food/kitchen waste 20.4 1.92 Garden waste 0.9 0.09 Liquids 1.0 0.10 HHW 0.0 0.00 WEEE 8.6 0.80 Fines 3.6 0.34 Total 100.0 9.41

Table 5 – Wasteswork Waste Analysis, April 2009


4.3 Collection Services

4.3.1 Domestic Waste

An uplift of Domestic Waste is provided to all households throughout the City with the

majority of households receiving a service once per week, however due to the capacity of

the containment facilities at certain tenemental properties and multi storey flats the number

of collections performed can be greater than this. For example, multi storeys receive a twice

weekly collection. The service performs in excess of 17.5 million uplifts per annum in

delivering this statutory function.

A wide variety of containment methods are provided within the City as detailed in Table 6:

Bin Code Type of Containment Units

1 Black Sack (Pri) 10,694

2 Wh.Bin 120/240L (Domestic) Kerbside/Lane 125,515

3 Wh.Bin 240L (Domestic Tenemental) 24,969

4 Wh.Bin 360L (Domestic) 495

5 Wh.Bin 660L (Domestic) 920

6 Wh.Bin 1100L (Domestic) 1,553

7 Wh.Bin 1280L (Domestic) 6,507

8 Domestic Chamberlain Bin 720L 23

9 Domestic Chamberlain Bin 940L 1,584

10 Galvanised Bin (Ten) 72,863

Table 6 – Containment Types

All residents receive one bin per household except where communal bins are provided in

certain backcourts or multi-storey flats, these bins have a capacity of 660 litre or greater.

Collection Types

Kerbside/Lane: This service is provided to all properties who can place their wheeled bins

at the kerbside for collection or at their back gate where lane access is available. The


service is currently provided Monday to Friday dayshift, apart from Christmas and New Year

when alternative arrangements are made.

Tenemental Wheeled Bins: These bins are provided where access to the property is not

through the communal close and is restricted to properties with lanes at the rear which can

accommodate a refuse collection vehicle or where air space gates have been installed,

allowing residents to present their bins at a suitable location for collection. The service is

currently provided Monday-Friday dayshift except Public Holiday weeks when alternative

arrangements are made.

Galvanised Tenemental Bins: Provided to all tenemental flats where access to the bins is

gained via the communal close. These bins are emptied into slave 240 litre wheeled bins to

transport the waste to the vehicle. It is not possible to supply wheeled bins to these

properties due to resource implications involved in the collect and return system that would

be required. Service currently provided Monday-Friday dayshift, except Public Holiday

weeks when alternative arrangements are made.

Communal Bins: These bins are provided at locations where easy access can be gained

for transportation to the vehicle for uplift, generally found in bin rooms at multi storey flats

however they are additionally allocated to certain tenemental properties and maisonettes.

The service is currently provided Monday-Friday dayshift for tenemental properties and

backshift for multi storey and maisonette properties, except Public Holiday weeks when

alternative arrangements are made.

Black Sacks: This service is provided to properties in estates where the refuse collection

vehicle can not be parked close enough to the property to allow residents to be allocated a

bin. The service is currently provided Monday-Friday dayshift except Public Holiday weeks

when alternative arrangements are made.

Assisted Collection: This service is provided to elderly or infirm customers where they are

unable to present their bin at the kerbside for collection. These customers are provided with

a sackholder and a supply of black sacks and the operatives collect the waste from an

agreed point adjacent to the customer’s property. This service is currently provided Monday

to Friday dayshift, apart from Xmas and New Year when alternative arrangements are made.

The service provision, by operational area, is shown in the table 7 below:


Strategic Partnership

Service Base No of Vehicles Employees Bin Codes Serviced

East Easter

Queenslie

Eastern

Depot

3 Kerbside

3 Tenemental

5 Tenemental

9

16

25

1,2,4

1,3,5,6,10

1,3,5,6,10

North Dawsholm

St Rollox

2 Kerbside

3 Tenemental

1 Multi Deck Access (BS)

2 Tenemental


6

14

3

10

3

1,2,4

1,3,5,6,10

6,7,8,9

1,3,5,6,10

6,7,8,9

South East Polmadie 3 Kerbside

5 Tenemental


9

30

3

1,2,4

1,3,5,6,10

6,7,8,9

South West Shieldhall 4 Kerbside

3 Tenemental

1 Multi Deck Access (BS

12

15

3

1,2,4

1,3,5,6,10

6,7,8,9

West Dawsholm 3 Kerbside

13 Tenemental

9

51

1,2,4

1,3,5,6,10

Table 7 – Collection Type Service Provision

4.3.2 Bulk Uplift Service

A bulk uplift service is provided to residents of the City for items that cannot be presented in

their normal refuse collection bins. This non statutory function is currently provided from our

four Waste Transfer Stations on a Monday to Friday basis. Restricted services apply during

public holiday weeks for the kerbside collection service and the entire operation is

suspended for two weeks over the Christmas and New Year period to allow resources to be

diverted to assist with the Domestic Refuse Collection service, which encounters significantly

increased volumes of waste at this time.

Types of Bulk Uplift Service

Kerbside (Tenemental Properties): Residents in flatted properties are given an allotted day

when any bulk items to be collected are to be presented at the kerbside for collection.

Notices are placed in the communal close of the property informing residents of the day and


the time that items require to be presented. Residents of GHA properties and certain other

Housing Associations, under separate contractual agreements, have their bulk items

removed from the backcourt to the kerbside by Land and Environmental Services.

Bulk Chambers: Multi-storey flats and certain maisonettes have allocated bulk chambers

within the property and a weekly uplift is provided directly from these locations.

Request Calls: Residents of properties outwith the Kerbside (Tenemental) and Bulk

Chambers Service can request an uplift by either contacting the Customer Care Centre or

completing an online application form via the Councils Internet Site. Depending on the

geographical location of the customer the following service will be provided:

• In certain geographical locations customers will be given a specific day for collection,

these geographical areas have a cap on the number of calls that can be accepted

and during periods of heavy demand the customer may wait up to 3 weeks for a

collection to be timetabled. Customers are prepared to accept this delay in the

knowledge that when they present their items for collection next to the entrance to

their property they will be uplifted on that day.

• All other customers out with the specified geographical areas will be asked to identify

the location where the items will be left for collection and informed that they will be

collected within 10 working days, as per the current Service Level Agreement.

Chargeable Items: Whilst the bulk uplift service is predominantly free of charge, some items

will be uplifted at a cost to the resident. Residents are charged on a time basis with the

minimum charge of £17 plus VAT being for a 15 minute visit. The following items are

chargeable:

• rubble, builders waste and heavy landscape material

• waste arising from work carried out by a contractor

• sheds, greenhouses and other out-buildings

• tree trunks

• soil

• cast iron baths

• central heating equipment, including boilers and radiators

• windows


Items that Cannot be Uplifted: There are certain items that the Service cannot uplift as

they are classified as hazardous waste, or due to their potential for damaging the collection

vehicle. These items are as follows:

• cast iron washing poles

• supermarket trolleys

• garage doors and garden rollers

• gas cylinders

• safes

• oil

• car batteries

• clinical and hazardous waste

• storage heaters due to asbestos content in some models.

Details on how to dispose of the above items are provided on the Glasgow City Council

website and facilities are offered at Civic Amenity Sites and Recycling Centres to deal

with the disposal of these items.

Workload: The service performs in the region of 350,000 uplifts per annum.

Service Provision: Bulk Service Provision within the 5 Strategic Partnership Areas is shown in Table 8:

Strategic Partnership No of Bulk Vehicles Service Base Employees

East 3 Easter Queenslie 6

North 2

2

Dawsholm

St Rollox

8

South East 3 Polmadie 6

South West 3 Shieldhall 6

West 2 Dawsholm 4

Table 8 – Strategic Partnership Areas Bulk Service Provision

4.3.3 Commercial Refuse Collection Service

A commercial refuse collection service is operated by Land and Environmental Services to

6,500 customers city wide, additionally separate contracts are currently in operation with

Glasgow University and Strathclyde University for the provision of an integrated waste

management service including recycling.


Commercial refuse collections are provided 7 days a week on a dayshift, backshift and

nightshift basis.

Types of Services Offered

• White Sack: Customers purchase a supply of white sacks which they present outside their shop at designated times for collection.

• Wheeled Bins: Customers are provided with a wheeled bin, ranging from 240 litres to 1280 litres in capacity, these bins can be purchased or leased from Land and Environmental Services. A charge is made for the uplift of these bins.

• Compactor Skips: For customers generating high volumes of waste, the service provides compactor skips which are situated in service yards.

The Service’s commercial liaison officers are able to provide advice to customers on the

most suitable type of containment and service suited to them and also to advise them on any

aspects of the Duty of Care the customer may be unsure of.

Additionally, skips and bins supplied can be branded with the customer’s logo. A full list of

Land and Environmental Services Book Of Charges is available on the GCC website.

Commercial Service Provision within the 5 Strategic Partnership Areas is shown in Table 9 below:

Strategic Partnership No of Commercial Vehicles

Service Base

East 2 Mon-Fri +1 Weds-Sat

2 Mon- Fri

Easter Queenslie

Eastern

North 1 Mon-Fri

1 Mon-Fri

Dawsholm

St Rollox

South East 2 Mon-Fri

1 Weekend

Polmadie

South West 2 Mon-Fri

1 Weekend

Shieldhall

West 1 Mon-Fri

2 Mon-Fri

4 Mon-Fri

Dawsholm

Western

Central

City Wide Nightshift 4 Mon- Sat

2 Sun

Polmadie

Table 9 – Commercial Refuse Service Provision


Skip Service Land and Environmental Services operates a commercial skip service to the City. The

service is provided on a 7 day basis with Saturday and Sunday operations being provided by

the use of overtime.

The service is operated from our Polmadie Complex with nearly 3000 commercial uplifts per

annum. The skip service also provides an internal service for the removal of skips from parks

and the transfer of materials between the Civic Amenity Sites/Recycling Centres and their

final destination. A rear end loader is predominantly involved in the uplift of skips utilised for

depositing street sweepings from depots.

The skip service can service a wide range of containment types from 8 cubic yard skips to

35 cubic yard compactor boxes.

The skip fleet consist of:

• 3 luggers

• 3 multi-lifts

• 1 rear end loader

Proposed Review

Land and Environmental Services are currently examining the provision of all refuse,

recycling and bulk operations with the intention of improving service efficiency, effectiveness

and economy as part of Phase 2 of the Service Reform programme.

The Council, under the Environmental Protection Act 1990, has the duty to arrange for the

uplift of waste and the provision of containers from Commercial and Industrial premises

however this does not preclude a partnership being formed with the private sector. It is

proposed to examine the potential benefits of alternative methods of service delivery, such

as outsourcing the Commercial Operation to the Private Sector.

We will examine the current GCC bulk and Commercial Collection contracts. At present all

waste collected via the Commercial Contract, and the vast majority of waste collected via the

bulk contract is disposed of at landfill; it is likely that a contract could be entered into with the

Private Sector to recover the considerable recyclable element from the commercial waste

stream.


Action

Action WS5

Review the current bulk and commercial collection contracts to recover the recyclable element from the commercial and bulk waste stream

4.4 Street Sweeping Service

Land and Environmental Services operates a street cleansing service utilising a variety of

shift patterns to provide a 24 hour service to the City.

This statutory service is currently provided from or 4 Waste Transfer stations and 4 satellite

depots and is currently responsible for the following:

• 358,213 km of street sweepings

• 100 km2 of public spaces

• 3 million litterbins emptied per annum

• 11,469 tonnes of street litter collected and disposed of

The service is provided using a mixture of mechanical and manual de-littering techniques

which are determined by specific factors, especially difficulty of access due to parked cars

which limits the ability to provide a comprehensive mechanical sweeping service at certain

locations.

The service also has commercial contracts with both Hampden Park Ltd and Celtic F.C. Ltd

to provide a street cleansing service after football matches and concerts.

The Service is provided 365 days per annum with special shifts provided on Christmas Day

to clean up after the Glasgow Barra’s Christmas Eve Market and on New Year’s Day to

clean up George Square and surrounding streets after the Hogmanay event.

Street Sweeping Service Provision within the 5 Strategic Partnership Areas is shown in Table 10 below:


Strategic Partnership Shifts Service Base

East 4 on 4 off (7 day

coverage)

Easter Queenslie

Eastern

North 4 on 4 off (7 day

coverage)

Dawsholm

St Rollox

South East 4 on 4 off (7 day

coverage)

Polmadie

South West 4 on 4 off (7 day

coverage)

Shieldhall

West 4 on 4 off (7 day

coverage)

Dawsholm

Western

City Centre Monday-Friday (dayshift)

Monday-Friday (backshift)

Friday-Monday (dayshift)

Central Depot

Night Shift

City Centre plus Arterial

routes City wide.

Sunday-Saturday Polmadie

Table 10 – Street Sweeping Service Provision

4.5 Fly Tipping

Land and Environmental Services is responsible for the uplift of fly-tipped materials. The

service is provided at locations identified by the Council, Clean Glasgow, local Operational

Working Groups and by customers calling the Customer Service Centre or by using the GCC

online reporting facility. The sites are generally cleared by the Rapid Response Teams

utilising caged vehicles, however for greater volumes of fly-tipped materials, refuse collection

vehicles or 35 cubic yard containers loaded by a mechanical shovel are utilised.

The Rapid Response Teams are based at the four operational Complexes with 3 units of a

driver and two operatives allocated to each of the 5 Strategic Partnership Areas.

In financial year 2008-2009, the total number of fly tipping calls responded to city-wide was

7,093.

The Service is working with our colleagues in Environmental Health and Trading Standards

and our partners in the Clean Glasgow Campaign to eliminate this activity through a rigorous

enforcement campaign.


4.6 Recycling Collection

Land and Environmental Services operations provide a household collection service for both

mixed dry recyclables (blue bin) and garden organic waste (brown bin). Operations also

provide a glass collection service to the commercial sector and are responsible for the uplift

of materials from 437 public recycling points situated throughout the City.

Mixed Dry Recyclables

There are two separate collection systems operating for mixed dry recyclables these being

kerbside, tenemental, multi storey and public recycling points. Details are as follows:

• Kerbside - 110,823 blue bins collected every four weeks

• Tenemental - 40,008 blue bins serving 140,028 households uplifted fortnightly,

utilising a bin exchange system from the backcourt

• Multi Storey - 66 locations utilising 1280 litre wheeled bins collected weekly

• Public Recycling Points - 437 sites with 437 1280 litre wheeled bins collected at least

weekly, depending on site usage

Organic Garden Waste

104,253 brown bins are collected fortnightly with the service operating from March to

November, with an additional collection in January for Christmas trees presented for

recycling.

Glass Collection

This service is provided to 267 commercial customers City wide, additionally, the vehicle

services 197 bins located at the public recycling points.

Recycling Collection Service Provision

The service is provided from the four Waste Transfer stations with the blue bin vehicles

tipping at Polmadie, the location of the Material’s Reclamation Facility. Due to the cyclical

nature of the recycling calendar, vehicles are shared between the Strategic Partnership

Areas. All recycling vehicles are manned by a driver and 2 crew members apart from the

city-wide recycling vehicles which are manned by a driver and 1 crew member.

Recycling Collection Service Provision within the 5 Strategic Partnership Areas is shown in

Table 11 below:


Service Base

Blue Bin Brown Bin City Wide Glass

City Wide Mixed Dry Recyclables

Dawsholm 1 Kerbside

1 Tenemental

2 Kerbside

Easter

Queenslie

1 Kerbside

1 Tenemental

2 Kerbside

Polmadie 1 Kerbside Blue

2 Tenemental Blue

1 Kerbside

1 Kerbside

backshift

1 1 Public recycling

point

Shieldhall 1 Kerbside Blue

1 Tenemental Blue

2 Kerbside

St Rollox 1 Kerbside

backshift

Table 11 – Recycling Collection Service Provision

4.7 Soil Tanker

Land and Environmental Services provides a night soil collection service to caravan sites

throughout the City. This statutory service, based at Shieldhall Transfer Station provides a

service to caravans which do not have access to mains sewerage facilities, the soil tanker is

also required to attend travelling fairgrounds. The waste collected by this vehicle is

deposited at Shieldhall Sewerage Works. The vehicle currently services 36 locations on a

weekly schedule.

4.8 Fridge Uplift Service

Following the introduction of the Ozone Depletion Regulations 2003, Land and

Environmental services has provided a fridge uplift service on request utilising four tail-lift

vehicles based at each of the four Waste Transfer Stations. These vehicles perform in

excess of 20,000 uplifts per annum with all fridges being taken to the Easter Queenslie

Complex for storage prior to uplift by our reprocessing partner.


4.9 Gully Waste

The Service is responsible for the clearing of all gullies within the City, and the waste

generated by this service is transferred to our Gartcraig Roads Depot prior to transfer to our

reprocessing partner.

4.10 River Clean-Up Service

The Service is responsible for providing a river cleansing service utilising our 3 specialist

craft, and operates in conjunction with the River Bank squad who are responsible for the

cleansing and maintenance of the river banks. This service is responsible for the removal of

waste from the River Clyde, and to assist in promoting safe use of the River Clyde by other

vessels and the Seaplane service.

4.11 Proposed Alterations to Collection Services Land and Environmental Services is currently examining the provision of all refuse, recycling

and bulk operations with the intention of improving service efficiency, effectiveness and

economy as part of the Phase 2 Service Reform programme. The main thrust of the

proposals will be making more effective use of our vehicles and plant. The targeted date for

the introduction of these proposals is February 2010.

5 RECYCLING

5.1 Introduction

Land & Environmental Services currently delivers a comprehensive range of waste

management services including recycling collection systems, civic amenity sites and public

recycling points. The City continues to tackle recycling with the roll out of various initiatives

to improve Glasgow City Council’s recycling performance.

Since 2003/04, there has been a steady growth in the amount of material that the City has

recycled. This growth was achieved following financial assistance provided by the then

Scottish Executive’s Strategic Waste Fund, delivering the following recycling rates as shown

in Table 12 below:

Year Glasgow’s Recycling Rate

2003 / 04 6.3% 2004 / 05 9.5% 2005 / 06 15.4% 2006 / 07 16.8% 2007 / 08 18.1% 2008 / 09 19.9%

Table 12 – Recycling Performance

0.00%

2.00%

4.00%

6.00%

8.00%

10.00%

12.00%

14.00%

16.00%

18.00%

20.00%

2003 / 04 2004 / 05 2005 / 06 2006 / 07 2007 / 08 2008 / 09Year

Recycling Performance

Series1

Figure 2 – Recycling Performance Growth


5.2 Performance Appraisal And Future Recycling Options

In order to further enhance and improve Glasgow City Council’s recycling performance Land

and Environmental Services commissioned Caledonian Environment Centre (CEC) to

undertake a recycling optimisation study in the city. This comprised an appraised review of

existing recycling services and modelled a new Council strategy for achieving recycling and

composting rates of 31% or better. CEC delivered this work in January 2009 and completed

it in the following three phases:

- review of current kerbside dry recyclate collection service

- residual waste compositional analysis

- recycling performance study, involving whole service modelling to identify potential

improvements in existing recycling services in terms of costs, tonnes and Green

House Gas (GHG) emissions.

In May 2009, CEC organised the Big Cities Recycling Seminar in Glasgow. This brought

together representatives from Birmingham, Liverpool, Leeds, Sheffield, Salford, Edinburgh to

discuss the challenges facing cities in developing recycling infrastructure, to share ideas and

identify barriers and opportunities.

Meetings were arranged with the Waste Resources Action Programme (WRAP), a not-for-

profit company established in 2000 backed by government funding from England, Scotland,

Wales and Northern Ireland who work with partners to prevent waste, promote recycling and

develop markets for valuable products. Opportunities were identified to improve the city’s

recycling levels. A number of actions were agreed:

- on behalf of Land and Environmental Services, WRAP commissioned the consultant

Entec to carry out a performance review of Glasgow’s Materials Reclamation Facility

(MRF). The study considered existing operations and how they could be improved,

reviewed staffing levels, considered the additions of other materials to the collection

streams and identified additional investment required to implement these

improvements

- WRAP has commissioned CEC to consider processing options for the organic green

waste that the city currently collects.


- WRAP is designing a number of training programmes to help staff develop

awareness of the importance of recycling and its role in the Council’s service

delivery. These programmes will target collection staff, supervisors and managers.

The results of the completed reports have been referred to and incorporated into their

relevant sections.

5.3 Comparisons with Other Local Authorities

Annex A provides details of Glasgow’s recycling rate compared with other large UK cities in

England. Annex D provides details of Glasgow’s recycling rate compared with other Scottish

local authorities for 2008-09A degree of caution has to be used when comparing data with

other local authorities as there are differences in:

• population

• housing stock, types of housing

• social demographics

• collection systems: frequency of collection, number of materials collected, alternate

weekly collection, bin sizes

• Number of civic amenity sites, recycling centres, public recycling points

These factors are likely to influence the recycling rate within a local authority.

The report to the Scottish Government, ‘An Analysis of Scottish Recycling Schemes

2007/08’ in June 2009 by Remade Scotland analyses the performance of the various

kerbside recycling collection schemes. The report provides information on dry recyclate

collection, garden and food waste collection and material capture from household waste civic

amenity sites, recycling centres and public recycling points.

In 2007-08, waste generated per Scottish household ranged from 1.16

tonnes/household/year to 1.69 tonnes/household/year with an average of 1.45

tonnes/household/year. Glasgow householders generated an average of 1.2

tonnes/household/year. The report also highlights that flats typically have lower head

numbers per household and also produce less residual waste, therefore generating less

recyclate materials too. As noted earlier, approximately 70% of the housing stock within the

city are either flats or tenements.


Taking into account all the schemes offered by Scottish local authorities, the average yield

for all dry recyclate kerbside schemes is 2.31 kilograms/household/week (kg/hh/wk), with

Glasgow averaging 1.45kg/hh/wk. The average yield from authorities that are classified as

urban was 2.46kg/hh/wk.

With regard to garden waste, Glasgow currently collects 2.74kg/hh/wk, with 4.06kg/hh/wk

being collected by the best performing local authority and 0.66kg/hh/wk by the poorest

performing authority. The average yield from authorities that are classified as urban was

2.56kg/hh/wk.

In Glasgow, waste collected at the civic amenity sites and recycling centres, per head of

population, is approximately 45kg, whereas the best performing local authority collects

approximately 240kg. For public recycling points, Glasgow collects approximately 16.5kg

per head of population, whilst the best and worst performing local authorities collect 43kg

and 1kg respectively.

Waste analysis undertaken in 2001 by the Caledonian Environment Centre noted that 16%

of the household waste stream was paper. In their 2009 study this had reduced to 6%,

highlighting that the recycling collection systems put in place by the Council are working.

5.4 Waste Prevention, Waste Awareness and Resource Efficiency

The National Waste Prevention Action Plan was published in February 2007 and this will be

superseded by a programme within the Zero Waste Plan which was consulted on from

August – November 2009, and will be published in 2010. Waste prevention is a key element

in ensuring that, both now and in the future, Glasgow manages its waste in a resourceful

manner.

5.4.1 Raising Waste Awareness

The Council works with several organisations, both internally and externally, to promote and

raise awareness on recycling and waste minimisation. The Scottish Government, within the

Zero Waste Plan consultation, is undertaking a review of the delivery programmes it directly

funds to ensure that the programmes are demonstrating value for money and effectiveness.


The review may have implications for future engagement with Waste Aware Scotland (WAS)

and Waste and Resources Action Programme (WRAP).

5.4.2 Role of Community Organisations

Glasgow recognises the important role community organisations play in developing and

delivering recycling projects and raising awareness of the benefits of recycling amongst the

community. Glasgow is a member of the Community Recycling Network Scotland (CRNS)

and was a founder member of the Glasgow Recycling Forum. Through these routes

Glasgow has and continues to work with community organisations to deliver recycling

projects. These partnerships are referred to in various sections of the strategy:

• Glasgow Furniture Initiative (GFI): The council has worked with GFI as brought the

various re-use organisations together to encourage and promote re-use through the

refurbishment of furniture, white goods and other household items. Through the

Customer Care Centre, white goods that can be re-used are referred to GFI for

collection. GFI collect re-usable furniture form the Council’s Recycling Centres for re-

use.

• Re-Paint Scotland: The Council is working with Re-Paint Scotland to examine the

opportunity to establish a ‘paint re-use’ facility. Householders can bring unwanted

paint to one of the recycling centres, where it is assessed for potential re-use through

Re-Paint Scotland by community organisations.

• Textile Recycling: The Council works with a number of different organisations who

site and service recycling banks – Oxfam, Salvation Army Etc.

• Dumbarton Road Corridor Environmental Trust (DRCET): As part of the Food Waste

Collection Trials supported by WRAP the Council has worked with DRCET who have

trialled separate food waste collections from flats. This has now developed into a

scheme that seeks to treat its own waste on site and produce a compost.

• Glasgow Recycles Project: The Council is a partner in the Glasgow Recycles Project

with Valpak, Danone, and The Wise Group. As part of this project the Wise Group

created opportunities for long term unemployed to promote recycling to businesses,

which has a positive social impact.

• Glasgow North: In running the Materials Reclamation Facility (MRF) the Council has

provided placement opportunities through Glasgow North to long term unemployed.

This has provided opportunities for placements to gain work experience and gain full

time posts with the Council.


The Council recognises the importance of these organisations and will continue to seek to

work with them to develop recycling opportunities.

5.4.3 Community Action Team Recycling Education

In 2009 a Land & Environmental Services Community Action team was established. One of

their main responsibilities is to increase waste awareness and promote recycling in the city.

Waste Aware Scotland provided training for the team on an introduction to waste

management and the team visited the Council MRF to increase knowledge of the waste

fraction collected in the blue bin household collections and from the public recycling points.

In addition to recycling, the team are also responsible for promoting Road Safety

Awareness, Health and Wellbeing, History & Heritage.

The team has attended various events throughout 2009 including the Glasgow Show, Pollok

Park Family Fun Day, West End Festival, The Mela, Merchant City Festival and numerous

other events across the city. From August 2009, the CAT team has also been involved in

the first phase of the initiative to improve recycling within schools. 45 schools are

participating in a recycling pilot which offers the school an improved collection service. This

has been complemented by the Community Action Team visiting the schools to deliver the

message of recycling to young people and staff through a series of interactive recycling

workshops, presentations to school assemblies and to individual classrooms. This has been

well received by both the young people and the teachers, who are keen to participate and

help their schools work towards Eco Schools status.

Further phases will be programmed to target all schools and neighbourhoods with the

poorest recycling returns in Glasgow. The Community Action Team will also program visits

to Community Councils to make them aware of the Community Action Team and their role in

Recycling, Health and Environmental Awareness, Road Safety & School Travel Plans. This

awareness program has already been delivered to some Community Councils.

Waste Aware Scotland (Scottish Waste Awareness Group) Waste Aware Scotland (WAS) was established in 2000 and is a programme within Keep

Scotland Beautiful which has a remit of changing public attitudes and behaviour towards the

Reduce, Re-Use, Recycle strategy. WAS develops campaigning strategies to promote


waste reduction, re-use and recycling strategies at both local and national levels. The

campaigns are designed to align to current recycling infrastructure, such as kerbside

recycling services, so that the public have the means to get involved.

WAS has worked in liaison within the Council in producing promotional materials for:

• household recycling collection schemes e.g. Glasgow Backcourt Recycling Guide,

blue and brown bin recycling calendar

• Schools blue bin recycling service

• Production of signage at civic amenity sites, recycling centres and public recycling

points

In 2009 WAS developed promotional material to highlight what can be placed in a brown bin

and blue bin. This promotional material was provided to the Community Action Team (see

section below) to distribute at events they attended. In conjunction with the Community

Recycling Network Scotland, WAS also produced leaflets for the furniture re-use trial which

is currently being piloted in Glasgow; WAS has also produced leaflets on behalf of Valpak

(the producer compliance scheme collecting Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment from

the civic amenity sites and recycling centres) to highlight the range of WEEE that the public

can take to the civic amenity sites and recycling centres.

To coincide with the new shift patterns that will be introduced to the waste and recycling

collection crews in February 2010, further promotional campaigns will be considered.

Waste Resources Action Programme (WRAP)

WRAP works with local authorities, businesses and households to prevent waste, increase

recycling and develop markets for recycled and sustainable products. Glasgow has worked

with WRAP on numerous projects and recently has:

• Undertaken a review of the Materials Reclamation Facility (MRF) to ascertain where

improvements could be made to improve productivity and throughput.

• Participated in a project to assist WRAP in determining whether MRF plants could be

amended to accept mixed plastics (e.g. plastic film, food cartons, yoghurt tubs) to

increase the recycling of this waste material.

• Engaged WRAP in providing training for area managers and their assistants to equip

these employees with the necessary knowledge to:


· Deliver and promote cost effective recycling

· Monitor and evaluate schemes to ensure continuous improvement performance

5.4.4 Re-Use

Within the Zero Waste Plan consultation details are provided on the re-use framework that

will be established to ‘encourage the re-use of products which have become waste, as well

as products which have not become waste’. We intend to maximise the re-use of product

streams, such as domestic and office furniture, Waste Electronic & Electrical Equipment

(WEEE), textiles, books, bicycles, carpets, paints and building materials.

Within Glasgow, the Council has worked in partnership with the furniture re-use sector by

allowing them access to the city’s civic amenity sites and recycling centres in order to

recover items of furniture that are able to be salvaged.

In addition, when a householder contacts the Council to request a bulky uplift to dispose of

cookers, fridges or washing machines, the call centre makes the enquirer aware of the

community recycler Glasgow Furniture Initiative (GFI), who will collect the items to refurbish

and sell via their retail outlet.

In August 2009 Waste Aware Scotland, in conjunction with two community groups, Spruce

Carpets and the Glasgow Furniture Initiative, launched a campaign to promote furniture and

household goods re-use within Glasgow. The community organisations offer referral

systems for people on low incomes via housing and social welfare agencies and can provide

individual household goods or ‘whole house packages’ to those in need. This campaign has

been promoted in Glasgow by the Community Action Team. There are several other re-use

organisations within the city and the Council is keen to support these organisations.

The Council is aware that re-use initiatives need to be developed further and discussions

have also taken place with Re-Paint Scotland, paint re-processor based within the city. Re-

Paint collects unwanted reusable paint which is then processed, re-packaged and sold via

their factory shop; alternatively the paint is donated to charitable organisations or

disadvantaged and disaffected families and individuals. It is proposed to establish an area

within the civic amenity sites and recycling centres for the collection of water based paints,


separate from the current collection of hazardous paints, and it is estimated that in 2010-11

approximately 60 tonnes of paint will be diverted from landfill by establishing this initiative.

5.4.5 Home Composting

In liaison with the Waste Resources Action Programme (WRAP) and Waste Aware Scotland,

householders are able to purchase various types of home composting bins at subsidised

prices. Bins are available from as little as £8 and quantities of bins sold in the last 3 years

are detailed in Table 13, with over 10,600 being sold in total since the scheme began.

Year Compost Bins Sold

2007-08 2,870

2008-09 1,883

2009-10 (projection) 1000

Table 13 – Compost Bin Sales

It is estimated that the average Scottish household discards £430 worth of food waste each

year. A WRAP home composting advisor has attended public events within the city, when

possible, which has included the Glasgow Show and Pollok Park Family Fun Day to promote

home composting, and also promoting the ‘Love Food, Hate Waste’ campaign which is co-

ordinated by Waste Aware Scotland. We will raise the profile of home composting and the

‘Love Food/Hate Waste’ initiatives by promoting the campaigns at the regular farmers

markets within the city.

5.5 Recycling Markets

The establishment of recycling markets is an important element in delivering a successful

recycling strategy. Without a readily available and sustainable market an authority can be

encumbered with having to operate an expensive collection and disposal system.

The Council works with industry partners to identify markets for each material. Recycling

consists of several partners:

• the manufacturer

• the distributor


• the consumer

• the collector,

• the processor

• the end market

All these partners are required to make recycling successful but the key element is to have

the market in the first instance. Within the Glasgow waste stream a breakdown of the waste

composition detailing the percentage of the recycled materials is shown in Table 14. This is

a snapshot of the waste composition at the time.

Recyclate Stream Weight % Paper 5 Cans 2.7

Textiles 9.6 Glass 7.1 Food 9.6 Card 5.1

Plastic Bottles 3.7

Table 14 – Material Streams Recovered From the Glasgow Waste Stream

5.5.1 Paper

Most types of paper contain recovered fibres and can be recycled. The fibres inside paper

products can be reused several times to produce new high-quality products such as

newspapers, magazines, office paper and cardboard boxes. Paper products are designed

for recyclability so that they can be increasingly recovered and reused in new paper

products.

Paper is currently collected via the household collection systems and via the public recycling

points throughout the city and is the largest fraction of recyclate collected via our collection

systems. Table 15 highlights the tonnages collected since 2007-08:

Year Paper Tonnage

2007-08 10,911 2008-09 14,600

2009-10 (projected) 11,978

Table 15 – Paper Collected


Paper collected via the co-mingled collection systems is separated at the Materials

Reclamation Facility at Polmadie prior to onward transportation to Shotton Paper Mill for

reprocessing. The Council has a ten year contract with UPM Kymmene, which expires in

2013. A high quality standard of paper is sent to Shotton Paper Mill, which has been

recognised by UPM Kymmene. The Council currently receives an income of £35 per tonne

of paper sent to the plant, increasing to £40 per tonne after 8,000t.

5.5.2 Plastic Bottles

There are a number of different types of plastics polymers in the household waste stream.

Two key polymers are High Density Polyethylene (HDPE), blow-moulded plastic bottles

which are used for detergents, shampoo and other liquid products. Milk bottles are the single

biggest HDPE package. Most milk and water bottles use a natural-coloured HDPE resin. The

polymer Polyethylene terephthalate (PET) is used for fizzy drinks and water bottles.

Plastics bottles are collected via the co-mingled household collections and public recycling

points which are then brought into Glasgow City Council’s MRF for segregation before being

sent to re-processors. Table 16 highlights the tonnages collected since 2007-08:

Year Plastic Bottles Tonnage

2007-08 366

2008-09 552

2009-10 (projected) 810

Table 16 – Plastic Bottles Collected

5.5.3 Textiles

Textile waste is made up of a mix of natural and synthetic fibres. Collected material is resold

through charity shops. The sorting and grading of textiles for various uses is labour intensive

and as a result textiles are frequently exported, as labour costs are lower outwith the UK.

Table 17 highlights the tonnages collected since 2007-08:

Year Textile Banks Tonnage Retail Outlets Tonnage 2007-08 607 2,034 2008-09 649 1,840

2009-10 (projected) 661 1933

Table 17 – Textiles Collected


5.5.4 Glass

Glass is a significant proportion of the household waste stream. The Council has targeted

the collection of glass through a network of glass banks at the city’s recycling points and has

previously trialled a kerbside collection system.

Glass is currently collected through the public recycling points and via commercial contracts

with pubs, restaurants and other customers. Table 18 highlights the tonnages collected since

2007-08:

Year Glass Tonnage 2007-08 4,979 2008-09 4,545

2009-10 (projected) 4,504


5.5.5 Metals

Both ferrous (steel) and non-ferrous (aluminium) metals are used in metal packaging. All

steel packaging is 100% recyclable and contains up to 25% recycled steel. Food and drinks

containers account for approximately 60% of recyclable steel packaging from the household.

Aluminium cans are recycled into new aluminium cans whereas recycled beverage cans

may be used as new cans within 6-8 weeks. A growing percentage of cans are made from

aluminium, because of its lightweight qualities, thus ensuring a healthy market for aluminium

can recycling.

Food and drinks cans are collected via the co-mingled household collection system and via

the public recycling points. Table 19 highlights the tonnages collected since 2007-08:

Year Aluminium Tonnage

Steel Tonnage Mixed Metal

Tonnage*

2007-08 106 292 124

2008-09 76 300 340

2009-10 (projected) 122 317 0*

Table 19 – Metals Collected

*Further separation is undertaken by our secondary processing partners splitting the mixed cans into aluminium and steel.

Once collected the cans are separated and baled at the Materials Reprocessing Facility prior

to onward transportation to re-processors. As with the other recyclate that is separated at


the MRF, quality is a key issue for the re-processors and Glasgow was recently recognised

by Novelis Recycling (who accept the aluminium cans) in May 2009 with an award to mark

the consistently high quality of used aluminium drink cans supplied for recycling.

5.5.6 Food

Glasgow City Council is currently participating in food waste collection trials with six other

Scottish local authorities. The trials are being undertaken by the Scottish Government to:

• Assess the effectiveness of food waste collections in terms of diverted tonnage and

financial viability

• Compare and evaluate food waste collection, and combined food & garden waste

collections

Complement trials, funded by WRAP, which took place in England and Northern Ireland Glasgow Food Waste Trial The collection of food waste and community composting pilot at Kingsway Court in

Scotstoun started in September 2008 and continues to be carried out by Dumbarton Road

Corridor Environment Trust (DRCET) with support from the Community Recycling Network

for Scotland (CRNS). The principal aim of the collection element is to deliver a weekly

collection service for source segregated kitchen residues to six high-rise blocks of flats. The

composting element of the project aims to demonstrate delivery of on-site processing and

beneficial reuse of the collected organic residues. The CRNS regards this project as a highly

important trial which, in the future, once a successful model has been established, can be

replicated in similar multi-storey housing across the country.

After some initial teething problems the trial now has approximately 62% of households

participating in the project and attempts are ongoing to increase household participation. At

the end of June 2009, over 13 tonnes of food waste had been collected representing an

average of 2.5kg/hh/wk. Since the installation of an in-vessel composting facility on site,

CRNS plan to initiate a twice weekly collection of food waste.

5.5.7 Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE)

Waste Electrical Electronic Equipment (WEEE) consists of:


• Large appliances and white goods – cookers, microwaves and washing machines

• Fridges & freezers

• Televisions & monitors

• Light Bulbs – fluorescent tubes and energy saving light bulbs

• Small household appliances: digital clocks, watches, hairdryers, shavers, irons,

toasters and vacuum cleaners

• Audio-visual equipment: cameras, radios, videos & DVD players

• Toys, leisure & sports equipment

• IT & electronic equipment

WEEE can be deposited at the household waste civic amenity sites and recycling centres by

the public and is collected by the producer compliance scheme Valpak under contract with

the Council. Table 20 highlights the tonnages collected since 2007-08:

Year WEEE Tonnage

2007-08 1,140

2008-09 1,494

2009-10 (projected)_ 1,444

Table 20 – WEEE Collected

5.5.8 Furniture

Within Glasgow, the Council has worked in partnership with the furniture re-use sector by

allowing them access to the city’s recycling centres in order to recover items of furniture that

are able to be salvaged.

In addition, when a householder contacts the Council to request a bulky uplift to dispose of

cookers, fridges or washing machines, the call centre makes the enquirer aware of the

community recycler Glasgow Furniture Initiative (GFI), who will collect the items to refurbish

and sell via their retail outlet.


A tender for the collection of household furniture items is being processed at present and it is

anticipated to award the contract in January 2010. Table 21 highlights the tonnages

collected since 2007-08:

Year Furniture Tonnage

2007-08 599

2008-09 1486

2009-10 (projected)_ 1316

Table 21 – Furniture Collected

5.5.9 Cardboard

Cardboard is not currently collected within the household co-mingled collection bins or at the

public recycling points. Collection facilities are available at Easter Queenslie, Shieldhall and

Dawsholm recycling centres; cardboard is also collected via some commercial waste

contracts.

Cardboard has not been collected in the co-mingled collection bins as the Materials

Reclamation Facility at Polmadie does not have the resources (staff and equipment) to

separate this waste material. In addition, cardboard mixed in with paper can affect the

quality of the paper collected. Shotton Mill, where the paper is re-processed, can accept

white card to an agreed amount as outlined in their material specification but not card with

brown fibres and, as previously noted, the MRF already produces a high quality source of

recovered paper to be re-processed at the mill.

A trial for the collection of cardboard from commercial premises in the city centre was

undertaken previously, however, the tonnages captured were low and when assessed

against the resources allocated to collect the material a decision was made to cease

providing this service.

As highlighted in the waste analysis trials, cardboard is one of the larger fractions that is not

currently collected from the household waste stream. The Caledonian Environment Centre

Recycling Optimisation Study emphasized that the collection of this waste stream could add

a further 4,200 tonnes of recyclate that could be diverted into the blue bin service from single

households and that a further 2,980 tonnes could be diverted into the blue bins from the


flats/tenements. The Council is proposing the collection of cardboard as an additional

material in the collection stream.

5.6 Domestic Recycling Collection Systems

5.6.1 Domestic Recycling Systems

The Council operates a range of collection systems:

• kerbside door-to-door systems

• four civic amenity/recycling centres

• public recycling points

The infrastructure has been developed to complement existing collection systems and

reflects the constraints of the city’s housing stock and the habits of householders.

5.6.2 Blue Bin Co-mingled Kerbside System

5.6.2.1 Singles – Blue Bin

Separate kerbside collections were introduced into the City in 1998, utilising 55 litre green

boxes, collecting paper on a fortnightly basis. Funded by the Strategic Waste Fund, this

service was converted to blue wheeled bins serviced on a four weekly cycle. The change to

blue wheeled bins allowed additional materials to be collected, and this change also allowed

the number of properties serviced to be extended.

Householders are now provided with a 240 litre blue wheeled bin for the separate collection

of paper (mixed), cans (ferrous and non-ferrous) and plastic bottles (PET and HDPE).

Initially, householders were provided with a blue 140 litre wheeled bin. With the switch to 240

litre bins, householders are offered the option to change to the larger bin.

The blue bins are emptied on a four weekly cycle, as advised in calendars which are issued

to householders.


These Blue Bins are serviced using standard Refuse Collection Vehicles (RCVs) from the

four transfer stations. Four RCVs operate on this service and are crewed by a driver and two

loaders.

The collected material is brought to the Polmadie Materials Reclamation Facility where it is

sorted and then sent to respective materials re-processors.

The CEC Kerbside Recycling Scheme Evaluation Study undertook a review of the average

yields of the blue bin singles routes across the city between February and November 2008,

the results of which are shown in Table 22.

The average yield from households in the study is 1.93 kg/hh/wk, ranging from a low of 1.3

kg/hh/wk to a high of 3.21 kg/hh/wk.

Kg/hh/wk Rank

Week Day DH POL EQ SH DH POL EQ SH1 Mon 1.83 2.00 1.32 1.71 51 34 80 58

Tues 2.68 2.05 1.69 1.81 2 30 62 53

Wed 1.68 1.61 1.95 1.51 63 68 36 72

Thurs 2.25 1.89 2.33 1.85 15 43 13 46

Fri 1.52 2.09 1.66 2.20 71 26 67 19

2 Mon 1.90 1.75 1.90 1.92 40 55 39 37

Tues 1.36 1.70 1.83 2.00 79 60 50 33

Wed 2.19 1.36 1.85 2.07 20 78 48 27

Thurs 2.07 2.40 1.73 1.89 28 10 57 42

Fri 2.16 2.12 1.57 2.32 21 25 69 14

3 Mon 2.15 1.40 1.66 1.85 22 77 65 47

Tues 2.13 1.70 1.83 1.70 24 61 49 59

Wed 2.45 1.66 2.66 1.89 7 66 3 41

Thurs 1.51 1.74 1.83 2.02 73 56 52 32

Fri 1.86 1.76 1.41 2.24 44 54 76 16

4 Mon 1.47 1.90 2.38 2.21 74 38 11 17

Tues 2.44 2.02 1.55 2.06 8 31 70 29

Wed 1.97 2.38 3.21 1.86 35 12 1 45

Thurs 2.15 2.58 2.20 2.40 23 5 18 9

Fri 1.44 2.65 1.67 2.54 75 4 64 6

1.97 1.90 1.89 1.97 39 42 47 35Average 1.93

Source: CEC kerbside recycling evaluation

Table 22 - Average Kerbside Recycling Yield for Single Properties Feb-Nov 2008


The kerbside benchmark study undertaken by ReMade Scotland in 2008 throughout

Scotland, showed the average yield for kerbside dry recyclate collections was 2.31 kg/hh/wk,

with urban authorities averaging 2.46 kg/hh/wk. These figures reflect the mix of materials

collected, collection frequency, housing stock and social factors. If Glasgow is able to

increase its average kerbside yield, it will lead to an increase in the quantities of materials

collected for recycling. For example, if there were a 10% increase in Glasgow yield, this

gives a potential increase in recyclables of 900 tonnes. Table 22 shows the average yields

by area during the sample period.

Current and Future Service Delivery Costs Table 23 details the current costs of providing this service, tonnes recycled and associated

cost/tonne. The Baseline Plus Scenario (Beyond 31% Recycling) details the performance

increase and associated cost of delivering this enhanced service:

Baseline Baseline Baseline Plus Scenario 2008/09 2009/10 2011/12 (Beyond 31%

recycling)

Scheme Cost (£k)

Tonnage (tonnes)

Cost per

Tonne (£k)

Cost (£k)

Tonnage (tonnes)

Cost per

Tonne (£k)

Cost (£k)

Tonnage (tonnes)

Cost per

Tonne (£k)

Kerbside Blue Bin (Single Properties) £550 8,004 £69 £550 9,739 £56 £838 12,223 £69

Table 23 – Kerbside Blue Bin Singles Costs Actions

Glasgow will implement the following action points to improve yield from the blue bin co-

mingled recycling collection system:

Actions WS6

• Review and develop promotional campaigns, utilising vehicle livery, radio and newspapers advertisements

• Target lower participating areas through door knocking campaigns, and use of ‘spotters’ to put bins out on collection days

• Undertake awareness training, in conjunction with WRAP, for the vehicle crews to emphasise the importance of recycling

• Promote the switch from 140 litre to 240 litre wheeled bins

• Ensure all new single properties are provided with blue recycling bins

• Add cardboard to the co-mingled collection, subject to funding


5.6.2.2 Tenemental – Blue Bin Co-mingled Recycling Service

Due to the high proportion of flatted properties within the city it is important that the City

develops, and continues to maintain, a viable solution to allow householders to participate in

recycling. To this end the Council trialled various systems – survival bags, separate blue and

yellow bins – and participated in the Scottish Government led trials to assess the

effectiveness of different recycling collection systems.

Following the outcome of these trials, the Council adopted the provision of two 240 litre blue

wheeled bins, with a lockable lid and a brush hole opening, for the separate collection of

paper (mixed), cans (ferrous and non-ferrous) and plastics bottles (PET and HDPE). These

bins are sited in the backcourt area, adjacent to the refuse bin area.

At present, householders are provided with a re-usable blue bag to store and transfer the

recyclables to the recycling bin in the back court. In addition, they received a brochure

informing them of the service and posters are put in the communal close advising

householders of the material which can be recycled.

The tenemental blue bins are emptied on a fortnightly basis by a fleet of 9 standard Refuse

Collection Vehicles (RCV’s) operating out of the four transfer stations. An additional RCV

services tenements one week and brown bins the following week. These vehicles are

crewed by a driver and two loaders.

The collected material is taken to the Polmadie Material’s Reclamation Facility where it is

sorted and sent to material re-processors.

The CEC Kerbside Recycling Evaluation Study undertook a review of the average yield of

the tenemental routes.

The average yield for all households surveyed between August 2008 and December 2008

was 1.10 kg/hh/wk, ranging from 0.44kg/hh/wk to 2.22kg/hh/wk. If Glasgow is able to

increase its average yield from tenemental bins, it will lead to an increase in the quantities of

materials collected for recycling.





Baseline Baseline Baseline Plus Scenario 2008/09 2009/10 2011/12 (Beyond 31% recycling)

Scheme Cost (£k)

Tonnage (tonnes)

Cost per

Tonne (£k)

Cost (£k)

Tonnage (tonnes)

Cost per

Tonne (£k)

Cost (£k)

Tonnage (tonnes)

Cost per

Tonne (£k)

Kerbside Blue Bin (Flatted Properties) £1,311 5,658 £232 £1,311 6,947 £189 £1,630 8,639 £189

Table 24 – Co-Mingled Tenemental Costs

Actions

Glasgow will implement the following action points to improve yield from the tenemental co-

mingled recycling collection system:

Action WS7

• Review and develop promotional campaigns, utilising vehicle livery, radio and newspaper advertisements



• Ensure all new flatted properties are provided with blue recycling bins

5.6.3 Brown Bin Organic Garden Waste

The recovery of organic garden wastes from households with gardens is important in

contributing to moving towards the diversion targets as set out in the Landfill Directive. The

initial trial for brown bin organic garden waste began in Carmunnock in April 2000, with 400

properties provided with a bin for organic waste collection. The trial was a success, with a

positive reaction from participating householders, both in terms of the quality and quantity of

material collected. Following the success of the trial in August 2000, an additional 1200

properties in Newlands were provided with brown bins. Following this successful start, the

brown bin collection service has steadily expanded and now services 88,000 properties.


At present, householders are provided with a separate 240 litre brown wheeled bin for the

separate collection of organic garden wastes - grass cuttings, branches, leaves and shrubs.

Brown bins are emptied fortnightly by a fleet of 9 RCVs crewed by a driver and two loaders.

Collections take place from March to November, with a Christmas tree collection in January,

as advised in calendars which are issued to householders.

From the initial trial, the organic garden material was taken into the City's Alexandra Park,

where it was chipped and put into areas to be composted. This material was used within the

park for infill for new trees, or as mulch. However, given the large quantities of material

collected, this operation was moved to an area at Summerston Landfill and, following closure

of the site, the processing of this material was tendered and is now sent to two private sector

partners, Wm Traceys at Lugton or Scottish Water at Cumbernauld, for re-processing (see

Section 5.8.2). The material is shredded and windrowed to produce the British Standard

Institution PAS 100 approved compost

The CEC Kerbside Recycling Evaluation Study undertook a review of the average yield of

the brown bin routes.

The CEC study identified an average yield per household of 1.9kg/hh/wk over the

whole year or 2.53kg/hh/wk over the collection period. The ReMade kerbside

benchmark study showed the average for all Councils was 2.48kg/hh/wk and for

urban authorities was 2.56kg/hh/wk. If Glasgow is able to increase its average yield from

brown bins, it will lead to an increase in the quantities of materials collected for composting.





Scheme Cost (£k)

Tonnage (tonnes)

Cost per

Tonne (£k)

Cost (£k)

Tonnage (tonnes)

Cost per

Tonne (£k)

Cost (£k)

Tonnage (tonnes)

Cost per

Tonne (£k)

Kerbside Brown Bin (Single Properties) £1,110 8,692 £128 £1,431 12,015 £119 £1,431 12,015 £119

Table 25 – Organic Garden Waste Costs


Actions

Glasgow will implement the following action points to improve yield from the brown bin

collection system:

Action WS8

• Review and develop promotional campaigns, utilising vehicle livery, radio and newspaper advertisements



• Ensure all new single properties are provided with brown recycling bins

• Add brown bins to suitable flatted properties

5.6.4 Kerbside Glass Collection

5.6.4.1 Singles

The Council is currently developing plans to introduce a kerbside glass collection. The CEC

study undertook a survey of householders and one of the key outcomes was that

householders suggested an increase in the number of materials that could be recycled, in

particular highlighting glass.

Previously, the Council trialled the use of 55litre boxes for the separate collection of glass

however due to poor participation and low tonnage collected, the trial was suspended.

Discussions have taken place with WRAP, North and South Lanarkshire on options for

collecting glass.

It is proposed to purchase140litre purple wheeled bins to deliver this service. These bins will

be emptied on a four weekly cycle, tied into the householders blue bin collection cycle.

Leaflets will be delivered to householders informing them of this new recycling service,

advising them of what can go in the new bin, and that the collection frequency will be linked


to the blue bin service. Householders will be provided with an option to opt out of this

service.

This first phase will target householders in parts of the Newlands/Auldburn and

Drumchapel/Anniesland areas of the city.





recycling)

Scheme Cost (£k)

Tonnage (tonnes)

Cost per

Tonne (£k)

Cost (£k)

Tonnage (tonnes)

Cost per

Tonne (£k)

Cost (£k)

Tonnage (tonnes)

Cost per

Tonne (£k)

Kerbside Glass (Single Properties) ‐ ‐ ‐ £15 100 £150 £750 6,300 £119

Table 26 – Kerbside Glass –Single Properties Costs

Actions

Glasgow will implement the following action points to improve tonnage collected from the

kerbside glass recycling collection system:

Action WS9

• Monitor the introduction of the glass service and plan future delivery to other appropriate single properties

• Monitor the impact on public collection points

5.6.4.2 Flatted Properties

The CEC study included the option to deliver a glass service to flatted properties in which

additional bins with lockable lids would be sited in the backcourt adjacent to existing bins.


Collections would be undertaken using RCV’s with a crew of one driver and two loaders and

bins would be serviced on a fortnightly basis. The collected glass would be taken to

Shieldhall Transfer Station for storage and transferred to the market for re-reprocessing.





Scheme Cost (£k)

Tonnage (tonnes)

Cost per

Tonne (£k)

Cost (£k)

Tonnage (tonnes)

Cost per

Tonne (£k)

Cost (£k)

Tonnage (tonnes)

Cost per

Tonne (£k)

Kerbside Glass (Flatted Properties) ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ £1,304 5,700 £229

Table 27 – Kerbside Glass (Flatted Properties) Costs

Actions

Glasgow will implement the following action points to improve the kerbside glass (flatted)

recycling system:

Action WS10

Develop a programme to introduce glass collections to flatted properties

5.6.4.3 Separate Food Waste Collections

To achieve the Single Outcome Agreement 31% recycling target, the CEC report has

confirmed that separate food waste collections should be undertaken from both single and

flatted properties. The Council is participating in the Wrap/ReMade-led food waste collection


trials which are underway at present, the results of which and are due to be reported on

soon. The outcomes of these trials will help inform on the collection system.

Indicative costs are based on the provision of additional bins, caddies, liners, collection costs

and gate fees.

Current and Future Service Delivery Costs Tables 28 and 29 detail the current costs of providing this service, tonnes recycled and

associated cost/tonne. The Baseline Plus Scenario (Beyond 31% Recycling) details the

performance increase and associated cost of delivering this enhanced service:


Scheme Cost (£k)

Tonnage (tonnes)

Cost per

Tonne (£k)

Cost (£k)

Tonnage (tonnes)

Cost per

Tonne (£k)

Cost (£k)

Tonnage (tonnes)

Cost per

Tonne (£k)

Kerbside Food Waste (Single Properties) ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ £1,921 7,498 £256

Table 28 – Kerbside Food Waste (Single Properties) Costs


recycling)

Scheme Cost (£k)

Tonnage (tonnes)

Cost per

Tonne (£k)

Cost (£k)

Tonnage (tonnes)

Cost per

Tonne (£k)

Cost (£k)

Tonnage (tonnes)

Cost per

Tonne (£k)

Kerbside Food Waste (Flatted Properties) ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ £955 2,772 £344

Table 29 – Kerbside Food Waste (Flatted Properties) Costs

Actions


Glasgow will implement the following action points to improve the food waste collection

system:

Action WS 11

• Plan and programme the introduction of separate food waste collections.

5.6.5 Public Recycling Points

5.6.5.1 Introduction

Current locations of all public recycling points are listed in Annex B.

The Council operates a network of public recycling points across the city. The Council co-

ordinates the establishment of these sites and is always seeking to add new sites to this

network.

Public recycling points are located on Council sites, supermarket sites, car park sites and ,

pavements. Dependent on the site, there are recycling banks and bins for the recovery of

newspapers and magazines, cans, glass bottles, textiles and books.

Sites require sufficient space for the banks and bins to be sited, public accessibility, easy to

use as part of everyday activities and able to be serviced by the collection vehicles.

The Council identifies appropriate sites, liaising with site owners and recycling providers.

The banks and bins are provided by, and serviced by, the Council, community businesses,

charities and private sector companies.

There are different styles of banks which reflect the material collected and the different

operators requirements. The Council utilises 1280 litre wheeled bins: green for glass and

blue for co-mingled recyclables. Our current glass contractor utilises modular banks.

In April 2009 a new style of recycling bank, a node, was installed at 25 locations across the

city to act as public recycling points. They have been a success so far and further nodes

have been ordered. These nodes have been less susceptible to vandalism and problems of

fly tipping. At another site the Council is trialling Recycling Housing, which will house the

1280 litre wheeled bin. This style of bank will be monitored to assess its effectiveness and

may be installed at other sites.


The Glasgow Recycling Project is utilising recycling housing in the city centre. The provision

of split recycling/litter bins is to be introduced in the city centre in the near future.

At October 2009, there were a total of 437 public recycling points (co-mingled, mixed glass &

textiles). Table 30 provides details of the numbers of bins and banks sited at the public

recycling points:

Type of Container Glass (Mixed Glass) Co-Mingled Textiles

Node Banks 24 24 N/A

1280 litre bins 150 370 N/A

Rescape Banks N/A 14 N/A

Viridor Modular 9 N/A N/A

Viridor 1280ltr bins 12 N/A N/A

Textile banks 58

Table 30 – Bins and Banks Sited at Public Recycling Points

The network of recycling points has developed as shown in Table 31:

Year No Of Public Recycling

Points Tonnes Collected

2007 / 08 353 8428

2008 / 09 413 7663

2009/10 (projected) 457 7663

Table 31 – Growth in Public Recycling Points

5.6.5.2 Public Recycling Collection Point Costs





recycling)


Scheme Cost (£k)

Tonnage (tonnes)

Cost per

Tonne (£k)

Cost (£k)

Tonnage (tonnes)

Cost per

Tonne (£k)

Cost (£k)

Tonnage (tonnes)

Cost per

Tonne (£k)

Public Recycling Collection Points £162 7,663 £21 £162 7,663 £21 £208 15,019 £14

Table 32 – Public Recycling Collection Point Costs

5.6.5.3 Public Recycling Point Site Issues

On-going issues include site maintenance, fly tipping, vandalism and planning. Sites are

regularly swept to maintain the site. As noted above, the use of different types of bins are

helping to reduce vandalism and fly-tipping.

With regard to planning, dialogue is undertaken with Development and Regeneration

Services Planning Section in relation to the selection of sites and the placement of public

recycling points, to ensure the bins and banks are located at suitable sites, e.g. in the

Merchant City current policy initiatives have been implemented to remove and reduce clutter,

including commercial waste bins from footways within the Merchant City. As a consequence,

at present there are no public recycling points in this area of the City.

Actions

Glasgow will implement the following action points to improve yield from the public recycling

collection point system:

Action WS12

• Continue to identify new sites and develop the recycling points network • Monitor the sites to ensure cleanliness • Monitor the introduction of the recycling/litter bins

5.6.6 Textiles

Glasgow City Council has worked with a number of charitable and commercial organisations

in the development of the textile recycling network. There are currently 58 recycling

collection points with textile recycling banks sited. The costs of collection and servicing of the

recycling banks are met by the partner.


Partners include:

• Charities: Oxfam, Salvation Army, British Heart Foundation and Islamic Relief

• Companies: Nathan’s Waste Savers, Hadmat and Rec-A-Tex

Nathan’s Waste Savers provide and service banks in partnership with numerous charities.

Their banks are branded with local charities’ logos (Cash For Kids, CHAS, Diabetes

Association, Tickled Pink,Yorkhill Appeal)

These organisations provide collection statistics for the textile banks at recycling sites and

from the activities at their retail outlets as shown in Table 33:

Year Textile Banks (Tonnes) Retail Outlets (Tonnes)

2007-08 607 2,034

2008-09 601 1,840

2009-10 (to August ’09) 269 788

Table 33 – Textile Collection Statistics

Materials Accepted in the Textile Banks:

• Used clothes and shoes

• Bedding

• Some banks also accept toys, DVD’s, videos, books and general bric-a-brac

How the Service Operates:

All banks are provided, serviced and maintained by the operator at no cost to the City

Council. Dependant on the bank provider, the textiles are collected, sorted and graded

before being sent to charity shops for re-sale or are baled and sent abroad to developing

countries for resale. Damaged or torn textiles are sent to be cut into wiping cloths or fillers.


Oxfam and the Salvation Army also stockpile clothes which can be sent abroad and used, if

needed, in areas where natural disasters have occurred.

Promotion of the Banks:

The Council provides locations for some of the banks, i.e. the four Council waste disposal

complexes, Council car parks and on-street locations. Other banks are provided on private

property, primarily supermarket sites. LES promote the sites on some of our promotional

leaflets and also through the Councils web page, found at the following web address:

www.glasgow.gov.uk/en/Residents/Environment/Refuse_Recycling/Recycling/Recycling/Poi

nts

Revenue From Textiles / Recycling Information

The Council receives no revenue from the sale of the textiles collected from the banks. All

revenue is retained by the charity. Nathan’s Waste Savers provide an agreed percentage of

revenue back to charities from their own branded banks.

Other Textile Schemes

Rag Bag Scheme:

Nathan’s Waste Savers provide a collection to 37 Glasgow Schools under their National

Textile Initiative - Rag Bag Scheme. As part of this initiative, Nathan’s Waste Savers visit

schools to raise awareness about textile recycling. Bags are provided for textiles and

collections are made in agreement with the schools involved. Revenue from these textile

collections is provided to the school directly for their own use. Further discussions have

taken place with Nathan’s Waste Savers and GCC Education Services to provide additional

recycling containers within all 300 schools for in Glasgow.

Actions

The Council continues to receive requests from charitable organisations to locate textile

recycling banks and we will continue to work with existing partners, and new, to promote

recycling activities. When a new site is identified this will be offered to existing partners, and

when a new partner approaches the Council they will be supported where practicable.

Glasgow will implement the following action points to improve yield from the textiles

collection system:


Action WS13

Glasgow City Council will continue to work with existing partners, and new, to develop Council policy and promote textile recycling activities

5.6.7 Glass

Glass recycling banks have developed in a series of partnerships with the glass industry, the

community sector and the private sector. Initially sites were provided with 14 cu yard closed

skips, with the glass taken to United Glass, Alloa, to be re-processed into new glass

containers. In the 1990s a partnership was set up with United Glass and The Wise Group

which introduced the modular banks for three colour separation. There was a reluctance on

part of the partners to extend the number of sites served. To extend the service, the Council

sited 1280 litre wheeled bins for mixed glass collections which were serviced by the City’s

commercial glass vehicle. United Glass withdrew from this partnership with the Wise Group

and the service was taken over by AllGlass, a division of Wm Tracey.

The service is now operated by Viridor (Glass Recycling) at 9 public recycling points. In May

2009, the Council extended its partnership with Viridor via a trial servicing 12 of the city’s

glass recycling points. This trial ran for 6 months with an option to extend for a further 6

months. This option was taken up in October 2009 and further sites were added to the

collection routes.

The Council is currently developing plans to introduce a kerbside glass collection. 25,000

households within Knightswood and Newlands have been indentified to receive this service

initially, which will involve a monthly collection of glass, in line with the current co-mingled

collection. The intention is to distribute 140 litre bins in December 2009 and initiate the

service thereafter.

Table 34 shows the tonnages collected through the public recycling points and via

commercial contracts with pubs, restaurants and other customers from 2007/08:

Year Tonnes Collected

2007-08 4,979

2008-09 4,545

2009-10 (to September 2009) 2254



5.6.8 Dry Co-Mingled Material

The Council operates 1280 litre blue wheeled bins for the separate collection of paper, cans

and plastics bottles at public recycling points. These bins are serviced by single, tenemental

and back shift vehicles as appropriate, and the collected materials are brought into the MRF

for sorting.

5.6.9 Glasgow Recycles Project

Glasgow Recycles is an innovative environmental and social initiative which was officially

launched in Glasgow City Centre on 22 April 2008. It is the first project in the UK to offer a

mixed recycling solution in the city with the added benefit of creating employment for at least

3 unemployed residents of Glasgow.

The project’s main aim is to tackle ‘away from home’ waste and to increase Glasgow’s

recycling rates through facilitating recycling within the City Centre as well as delivering

various education and awareness raising campaigns. Fifteen sites are located throughout

the city and the project has been nominated for several environmental awards.

This waste stream is being assessed further and additional on-street bins that are split

compartment, with one side for litter and one for cans/plastic bottles/newspapers/magazines,

are being considered with a view to distribution within the city centre.

5.6.10 Civic Amenity Sites and Recycling Centres

The Council operates two civic amenity and two recycling centres across the city:

• Polmadie Civic Amenity Site, 425 Polmadie Road, Glasgow, G42 0PJ

• Shieldhall Civic Amenity Site, 200 Bogmoor Road, Glasgow, G51 4SN

• Easter Queenslie Recycling Centre, 90 Easter Queenslie Road, Glasgow, G33 4UL


• Dawsholm Recycling Centre, 75 Dawsholm Road, Glasgow, G20 0TB

These sites have containers for the disposal of bulky household wastes, banks for recycling

and facilities for the safe disposal of hazardous household waste, engine oil and car

batteries. Two of the civic amenity sites have recently been upgraded into recycling centres,

namely Easter Queenslie and Dawsholm. Shieldhall and Polmadie are programmed to be

upgraded at the beginning of 2010.

The refurbishment and upgrade delivered the following improvements for householders:

• user friendly site access

• improved layout and systems to maximise opportunities to recycle

• appropriate number of personnel to operate and supervise the site and provide

advice and assistance to users

• upgrade of areas to segregate materials

• awareness of healthy and safety issues

• evaluation of likely diversion rates

These facilities allow members of the public to recycle a range of materials. A full list of what

can be recycled at each facility is detailed in Annex C.

Glasgow City Council has an arrangement with East Dunbartonshire Council that allows their

residents to use the Dawsholm facility. The Council receives payment, on a cost per tonne

basis, from East Dunbartonshire Council for this service provision.

The City operates two civic amenity sites and two recycling centres, with associated

catchment areas. As illustrated within Figure 3, the shaded areas highlight the gaps in the

provision of these facilities; identified zones are shaded. Feedback received during the

recent Big Cities conference indicated that cities of similar scale had greater recycling centre

provision than Glasgow. A review of the zones will be undertaken and suitable sites

identified for possible future recycling centre provision.


Figure 3 – Civic Amenity Site/Recycling Centre Service Provision Gaps




Baseline Baseline Baseline Plus Scenario

2008/09 2009/10 2011/12 (Beyond 31% recycling)

Scheme Cost (£k) Tonnage (tonnes)

Cost per Tonne (£k) Cost (£k)

Tonnage (tonnes)


Tonnage (tonnes)

Cost per Tonne (£k)

Recycling Centres & Civic Amenity Sites £801 15,278 £52 £801 15,278 £52 £901 16,443 £55

Table 35 – Recyclate Centres and Civic Amenity Sites Tonnage Collected and Service

Delivery Costs

WEEE The Council has a contract with Valpak, a Producer Compliance Scheme (PCS), for the

collection and recycling of WEEE from the civic amenity sites and recycling centres. Valpak,

has provided containers and arranges collection through a series of sub-contractors.


Batteries With the introduction of the Batteries Directive trials are on-going to assess the provision of

household battery points at the civic amenity sites and recycling centres.

Furniture Glasgow has set aside areas at Dawsholm and Easter Queenslie upgraded recycling

centres for households to recycle unwanted items of furniture. At present suitable items are

collected by Glasgow Furniture Initiative, to be refurbished and resold or donated to less well

off.

The extension of this service is being tendered at present with a contract award due in

January 2010.

Paints Glasgow has had discussions with CRNS about opportunities to develop a Re-Paint Service.

Useable paint will be set aside, for re-use.

Actions

Glasgow will implement the following action points to improve yield and develop the

recycling service at the civic amenity sites and recycling centres:

Action WS14

• Review potential for introduction of additional recycling centres in South Side and City Centre West

• Establish procedures on the amount of material that is reasonable to be delivered without charge being incurred by householders

• Confirm and promote procedures for householders to access the site using vans

• Consider making reciprocal arrangements with other Local Authorities for their residents to utilise the civic amenity sites and recycling centres

• Explore the opportunities to extend the types of materials that can be accepted and recycled


5.7 Schools

300 schools currently receive a recycling service from the Council. In August 2009 a new

trial was launched to provide an improved recycling service to 45 schools across the city.

This has been received enthusiastically by the schools involved and has seen an increase in

the tonnages of recyclate collected. Land & Environmental Services Community Action

Team has been visiting the schools participating in the trial to increase awareness and in

early 2010 it is proposed to widen the scope to the remaining educational establishments.

Details of the tonnages collected from schools is highlighted in table 36:

Year Tonnes Collected

2007/08 86 tonnes generated from 263 schools

2008/09 118 tonnes generated from 311 schools

2009/10 (to October 2009) 102 tonnes generated from 311 schools

Table 36 – Schools Recyclate Collected

5.8 Commercial Recycling

The Council does not offer a widespread commercial recycling service. Dry recyclate is

collected from Council buildings, as highlighted in section 5.9 below, and a paper collection

service is provided to a number of offices within the city centre. This is a limited service, to

approximately 80 customers, due to capacity and resource issues with recycling collection

vehicles. Within the larger commercial waste contracts that the Council has tendered for

and won, including Glasgow University and the Scottish Exhibition and Conference Centre,

recycling provisions are made within these contracts.

5.8.1 Glass

A glass collection service is provided to pubs, clubs and restaurants as part of the

commercial waste collection service and there are 267 customers who receive this service.

Details of the tonnages collected is highlighted in table 37:

Year Tonnes Collected 2007-08 1992 2008-09 1818

2009-10 (projected) 1802

Table 37 – Commercial Glass Collected





Scheme Cost (£k)Tonnage (tonnes)


Tonnage (tonnes)


Tonnage (tonnes)

Cost per Tonne (£k)

Glass Collection £91 4,545 £20 £91 4,504 £20 £99 4,504 £22

Baseline Baseline Baseline Plus Scenario2008/09 2009/10 2011/12 (Beyond 31% recycling)

Table 38 – Glass Collection Costs

The Council will examine the current commercial collection contracts. At present all waste

collected via the Commercial Contract is disposed of at the landfill site, and it is likely that a

contract could be entered with the private sector to recover the considerable recyclable

element from the commercial waste stream.

5.9 Council Buildings

In 2005 the then Scottish Executive provided funding for a Waste Review, Prevention and

Minimisation Programme in each of the 32 Scottish Local Authorities.

Glasgow City Council retained the Services of Remade Scotland to carry out the programme

and a project audit officer was seconded to Glasgow City Council to conduct the review,

waste prevention and waste minimisation programme.

A report was produced in January 2006 and some of the results are noted in Table 39:

Annual

Tonnage Tonnage Landfilled

Recycled Tonnage

Recycling %

Land Services

39,581

11,287

28,294 71.5%

Building Services

20,505

16,519

3,986 19.4%

Development & Regeneration Services, Chief Executive Services

and Environmental Protection Services

2,153

1,942

211 9.8%

Education

11,111

11,073

37 0.3%

Social Work

4,540

4,531

9 0.2%

Culture & Leisure

2,423

2,345

77 3.2% Direct & Care Services (Blair Court

only)

102

92

11 10.6%

Council Total 80,415 47,790 32,625 40.6% Table 39 – Council Premises Recyclate Collected


A degree of caution should be used when interpreting the data in the table above as it is now

over 3 years old, there has been a re-organisation of Council departments since the study

was undertaken and some estimates and assumptions were used in calculating the totals.

The large tonnage and higher recycling percentage accounted for under Land and

Environmental Services and City Building is due to road planings and construction and

demolition waste respectively. A future audit is proposed to ascertain a better representation

of waste generated within Council buildings.

Within current Council premises there is a varying degree of recycling however measures

are being introduced to increase the amount of recyclate collected within office buildings.

Currently paper, cans and plastic bottles are collected from offices with some other waste

streams being collected however there is a lack of uniformity, e.g. printer cartridges.

Beginning with Land & Environmental Services buildings at 231 George Street and

Richmond Exchange at 20 Cadogan Street, additional recycling bins will be introduced to

complement the bins already in place, in conjunction with an educational and promotional

campaign to increase awareness amongst staff.

5.10 Processing Systems

5.10.1 Polmadie Materials Reclamation Facility

Glasgow City Council operates its own Materials Reclamation Facility (MRF) at Polmadie.

This facility processes the co-mingled recyclables collected through the blue bin recycling

services provided to single and tenemental properties and the blue 1280 litre bins sited at

public collection points.

Construction on the MRF began in 1998 with commissioning in 1999. The MRF was opened

on the 15th November 1999 (by Councillor Watson, then Convenor of Land Services for

Glasgow City Council).

The Materials Reclamation Facility is located at the Council’s complex at Polmadie Road

and is capable of handling 25,000 tonnes of recyclable materials per annum.

In 2005 the Council was awarded funding through the Scottish Executive’s Strategic Waste

Fund, to upgrade the Material Reclamation Facility.


Materials Recovered The facility is capable of recovering the following recyclable material:

• Newspapers & magazines

• Office paper

• Plastic bottles

• Steel & aluminium cans

Outline of MRF Operation

The materials targeted by the Council are collected in mixed form and typically contain some

non-requested items and contaminants.

Using both manual and mechanical sorting systems the contaminants are removed and the

materials are sorted. Once sorted the materials are baled or stored in bulk prior to delivery

to re-processors who will carry out further work on the material to make it fit for conversion

into new products containing the ‘recycled’ material.

Incoming Materials Reception Area – Upper Floor

The collected materials are delivered to the upper floor from the following services:

• Blue Bin ‘Kerbside’ Recycling Service

• Tenement Backcourt Recycling Service

• Office Paper from Commercial Customers

• ‘On Street’ Recycling Points

• Blue Bin School Recycling Service

Using a shovel vehicle, materials are transferred from the tipping area via chutes to different

sections of the sorting lines.


Householders are requested to observe certain quality requirements to improve the

efficiency of the sorting operation and acceptability of the materials following sorting. For

example, caps should can be removed from plastic bottles, cans should be provided in loose

condition and not inserted into each other, and materials generally should be loose rather

than placed in plastic bags which then removes the requirement for operators to open the

bags on the sort lines.

Sorting Arrangements – Mid Floor Materials are shovelled through a gap in the upper floor, the hopper, onto the middle floor

where.a Metering Drum spreads the material evenly over the conveyor belt, enabling the

operators in the sorting cabin to remove any non-recyclable material. The waste material is

then fed via conveyors to the transfer station area of the building where this unwanted

material is disposed of at landfill.

The recyclates are then fed by conveyor belt into the V Screen, a series of rotating discs

where flat 2 dimensional shapes (paper) are separated from 3 dimensional shapes (plastic

bottles and cans).

Paper is passed by conveyor into a smaller sort cabin where operators remove any non

paper material. The paper is then stored in the paper bay before being transported direct to

our partners for re-processing.

Cans and plastic bottles are taken by conveyor belt to the Fibre Sort which analyses all

passing items using near-infra-red technology. The master computer fires a compressed air

jet to eject paper items.

Plastic bottles and metal cans pass below an overband magnetic separator. The overband

magnet automatically removes all the steel cans which are transferred to the ground floor of

the building to be baled. The remaining materials then pass over a vibrating table where the

materials are spread out evenly in a single layer prior to entering an ‘eddy’ current unit which

removes all the aluminium cans. As in the case of steel, the cans are transferred to the

ground floor to be baled.

The remaining plastic bottles pass through the container sort cabin where operators

manually separate the bottles into different polymer types required to allow the bottle

materials to be recycled. The bottles are then transferred to the ground floor to be baled.


Ground Floor – Baling & Bulking Arrangements Plastic bottles, steel and aluminium cans are baled on the ground floor below the sorting

lines. Materials which have been sorted and baled are delivered to the re-processors when

sufficient quantities are reached.

Markets exist for all materials currently handled at the MRF.

Waste Products from MRF Some materials are present within the waste delivered to the MRF that are not segregated

and separated for recycling e.g. cardboard, plastics (other than plastic bottles) and general

waste. This material is removed from the recyclate waste stream and placed on waste

conveyers within the plant and deposited in compacter skips. Some paper, cans and plastic

bottles that have not been captured by manual or mechanical sorting within the MRF

process also end up in the skip and the material is then taken to a private sector MRF where

further segregation is undertaken to try and remove as much recyclable materials as

possible prior to landfilling the residual fraction.

Social Aspect of the MRF From a social perspective, one of the objectives of the MRF, in addition to increasing

recycling rates and providing a quality recyclate to re-processing partners, was to increase

access to lifelong learning by providing employment opportunities via the Glasgow North

Training Scheme, which provides long-term unemployed individuals an opportunity to get

back to work. Since 2003, 57 individuals from Glasgow North Training Scheme have been

provided with a placement in the MRF and 34 have retained full time employment with

Glasgow City Council thereafter. A social audit is currently being undertaken by Valpak to

identify and demonstrate the community benefits provided by the operational model in use.

The plant also provides for staff development and three members of staff have achieved

Waste Management Industry Training Achievement Board (WAMITAB) accreditation and

various Health and Safety training has also been undertaken.

Other local authorities have visited the Glasgow MRF to gain an understanding of the level

of treatment available for processing recyclate collected from households before deciding on

their own processing method. Renfrewshire, South Lanarkshire and Falkirk local authorities


have also used the MRF to bring in their recyclate. Additional visitors include; local

Councillors, Scottish Government officials, university students, community groups and

overseas visitors from Poland, Spain, South Africa and the Czech Republic with a view to

assessing MRF installation in their respective countries.

Additionally, the plant has acted as an educational tool through liaison with GCC Educational

Services. Schools have visited the plant as they work toward Eco-School Status as well as

promoting citizenship through rights and responsibilities. Approximately 40 schools have

visited the plant over the last 4 years; recycling staff have also visited schools to deliver the

recycling message to each new generation of young people.

Upgrading the MRF and Improving MRF Performance As noted earlier in this section, Glasgow City Council’s MRF has been recognised by re-

processors for providing a quality product to be recycled. The revised Waste Framework

Directive makes specific note that collections of recyclate should meet ‘quality standards for

the relevant recycling sectors’.

With this in mind and to meet increasing demands on the plant, upgrades are required. In

August 2009 the companies involved in the original design and manufacture (PPS Recovery

Systems Ltd, Ken Mills Engineering and CP Manufacturing) of the plant were on site to

evaluate potential changes to the plant configuration to accept additional materials, improve

productivity, throughput and efficiency. Representatives from these companies commended

the staff within the MRF on the good levels of maintenance that has been undertaken in the

plant compared to other MRF’s that they have constructed. In addition, the Waste

Resources Action Programme (WRAP) has commissioned a study (undertaken by

consultants Entec) to assess where improvements can be made to the plant.

The Entec study makes the following recommendations:

• Increase staffing levels for the plant and review operating hours and shift patterns

• Weatherproof/repair of the reception area to reduce rain damage to collected

materials

• Replacement of overband magnet to increase removal of steel cans

• Installation of optical sorters to increase the separation of plastics within the plant


• Investment in cardboard recovery equipment

Actions

Glasgow will implement the following action points to improve the MRF:

Action WS15 • Prepare and progress tender to appoint technical consultant to design,

cost and project manage the upgrade of the MRF to take cardboard and other improvements to materials flow.

• Prepare tender to upgrade the MRF

• Report on the Social Audit of utilising long term unemployed individuals

5.10.2 Organic Green Waste Processing

Green waste is collected via the brown bin household collection system, from the four

household waste recycling centres and from within the Council’s own parks and gardens.

After collection the green waste is either taken to William Tracey’s composting facility at

Lugton, Ayrshire or to the Scottish Water composting site at Deerdykes, near Cumbernauld.

Both of these facilities compost the green waste via a Windrow treatment system. After

delivery to the site the waste is shredded into finer particle sizes to speed up the composting

process where it is then constructed into elongated piles, typically 1.5-3m in height, which

are called windrows. The windrows are monitored throughout the composting process to

ensure that the optimum temperature, oxygen concentration and moisture content are

maintained. The windrows are turned periodically to introduce fresh air, and watered to

maintain the ideal conditions for composting. After 3-4 months the waste turns into compost.

It is then screened for contaminants which are then removed e.g. bits of plastic. It is then

graded into different sizes in preparation for the end market.

This material is produced to the British Standard Institution PAS 100 approved compost

product which can be used as straight compost or blended with screened topsoil to produce

an enhanced growth medium.

WRAP has commissioned CEC to provide support to LES in respect of the Council’s garden

waste collection and treatment service. This study will assess the Council’s current garden

waste service and composting arrangements including any current contractual arrangements


and will examine the feasibility of undertakuing the arrangements in-house. The

methodology of the study is in four stages:

• Stage 1: review of the present status of GCC’s garden waste collection and

processing

• Stage 2: assess the assets, facilities and land available to the Council that would

enable the Council to undertake in-house treatment

• Stage 3: undertake a financial and economic assessment of the costs and benefits of

providing an in-house treatment option

• Stage 4: assess the internal and external markets for processed compost materials

The results of this study will then be reported to LES for consideration.

Actions The following actions have been identified to develop the service Glasgow currently provides: Action WS16

• Review contractual arrangements and prepare tender

• Review results of CEC study, evaluate and consider proposals for alternative processing opportunities for green waste

5.10.3 Hot Rot

Glasgow Fruit Market produces a significant waste stream of fruit, vegetables, packaging

waste (cardboard, paper) and wood waste from broken pallets. This material was landfilled

prior to August 2005; in August 2005 an onsite treatment facility was installed which treated

the waste streams in a Hot Rot in-vessel composting unit. Two 1811 Hot Rot units are fitted

at the Blochairn site and have the capacity to process approximately 2,000 tonne/year.

High moisture content fruit and vegetable waste is loaded into industrial wheeled bins and

lifted via a bin lifter on to a conveyer style picking table. All inorganic contamination is

removed prior to the automated loading into a shredder mixer where it is bulked with waste

wood, card and paper. The mix is then fed into the Hot Rot unit where the material is

retained in the two vessels for 16 days, it is then agitated and monitored to ensure an ideal


composting environment. Post composting, the material is fed through a finger screen and

further matured for up to a month in an open fronted shed. The material produced was

provided to a local construction company to be used as a soil improver but it has now

achieved British Institute Standard PAS 100 for compost and the material is bagged as a

growing media and sold to the general public.

5.10.4 Road Planings

Road planings from Glasgow City Council activities are sent to a private sector firm where

the material is crushed and screened to produce a variety of recycled products. Dependant

on specifications required, the material can be developed into a Type 1 or Type 2 product or

can be used to produce a top blend, which is a mixture of recycled and virgin material. This

material is then used in the construction of new roads, footpaths, car parks etc., and the

Council receive a share in the profits from the sale of this material.

5.10.5 Gully Wastes

Gully waste that has been cleared from drains throughout the city is taken to Gartcraig

Roads Depot where the liquid fraction is drained off and discharged to the sewer. The solid

fraction is then transported to a waste treatment facility in Glasgow, where it is processed via

soil screening with improvers and enhancers to produce a top soil. The expected level of

recycling from this process is between 90-100%.

5.10.6 Bulky Wastes

In considering the management of bulky wastes received at the civic amenity sites and

transfer stations, it is recognised that there is an opportunity to examine ways of recovering

recyclables from this waste stream. In 2008 trials were undertaken with a number of waste

contractors: William Dows, William Traceys, Shanks and Viridor – to ascertain potential

recovery of recyclables from this waste. Bulky waste material was set aside and transported,

using GCC ejection trailers, to these partners who then processed the bulky material to

recover metals, plastics, wood and rubble. From this trial recovery rates of between 20% and

50% were achieved.

To formalise this arrangement, a tender was issued inviting companies to put forward

proposals to receive and process the bulky waste to maximise the amount of material that

could be recovered for recycling. Tenders were received in October and are being

evaluated. It is anticipated that a contract will be awarded in December 2009, enabling 3000-


4000 tonnes of bulky waste to be diverted from landfill, with an anticipated recyclate

recovery of 1500-2000 tonnes thus contributing towards our recycling targets for the current

year.





recycling)

Scheme Cost (£k)

Tonnage (tonnes)

Cost per

Tonne (£k)

Cost (£k)

Tonnage (tonnes)

Cost per

Tonne (£k)

Cost (£k)

Tonnage (tonnes)

Cost per

Tonne (£k)

Bulky Collection £73 2,775 £26 £73 2,775 £26 £181 5,775 £31

Table 40 – Bulky Collection Service Delivery Costs

Actions The following actions have been identified to develop the bulky waste service Glasgow currently provides: Action WS17

• Complete the tender evaluation and make a decision on the award of contract

5.11 Total Cost of Delivering Recycling Service

Table 41 summarises the current service delivery cost for the management of each waste and identifies costs associated with future service improvements:


S cheme C os t (£k)Tonnage (tonnes )

% MSW recyc led

compos tedC os t per Tonne (£k) C os t (£k)

Tonnage (tonnes )

% MSW rec yc led

compos tedC os t per Tonne (£k) C os t (£k)

Tonnage (tonnes )

% MSW rec yc led

compos ted

C os t per Tonne (£k)

Kerbs ide B lue B in enhanced (s ingle) £550 8,004 2.3% £69 £550 9,739 2.8% £56 £838 12,223 3.50% £69Kerbs ide B lue B in enhanced (flatted) £1,311 5,658 1.6% £232 £1,311 6,947 2.0% £189 £1,630 8,639 2.50% £189

Kerbs ide Brown B in £1,110 8,692 2.5% £128 £1,431 12,015 3.5% £119 £1,431 12,015 2.50% £119

Kerbs ide G lass (s ingle) ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ £15 100 0.03% £150 £750 6,300 1.80% £119

Kerbs ide G lass (flatted) ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ £1,304 5,700 1.60% £229Kerbs ide F ood Waste (s ingle) ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ £1,921 7,498 2.20% £256Kerbs ide F ood Waste (flatted) ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ £955 2,772 0.80% £345

Bulky C ollection £73 2,775 0.8% £26 £73 2,775 0.8% £26 £181 5,775 1.70% £31R ecycling C entres & C ivic Amenity S ites £801 15,278 4.4% £52 £801 15,278 4.4% £52 £901 16,443 4.70% £55

Public S ites £162 7,663 2.2% £21 £162 7,663 2.2% £21 £208 15,019 4.30% £14C ommercial Waste (C ouncil) £298 18,443 5.3% £16 £298 18,443 5.3% £16 £298 18,443 5.30% £16C ommercial R ecycling S ervice ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ £72 5,000 1.40% £14S treet S weepings (gully waste) £191 2,533 0.7% £75 £191 2,533 0.7% £75 £191 2,533 0.70% £75

Total (R ec yc ling / C ompos ting Only) £4,496 69,046 19.9% £65 £4,832 75,493 21.8% £64 £10,680 118,360 33.00% £90

B as eline2008/09

B as eline P lus S cenario2011/12 (B eyond 31% rec yc ling )

B as eline2009/10

Table 41 - Overall Cost of Delivering Recycling Service


6 RESIDUAL WASTE TREATMENT

6.1 Introduction A key element of the Waste Strategy is a long term contract for the provision of residual

waste treatment that both diverts residual waste from landfill and supports Glasgow in

meeting the Scottish Government’s policy targets with regard to recycling.

6.2 Why is an Alternative Method of Treating Waste Required? As detailed within sections 4 and 5 of this strategy, Glasgow currently manages over

360,000t of municipal waste per annum from 290,000 homes and 6,500 commercial

organisations. This represents 17.5 million collections per annum.

At present, approximately 70% of Glasgow’s housing stock comprises of tenemental or

flatted properties. To service these homes presents an enormous challenge in terms of both

collection and recovery of segregated waste streams. Current recycling operations in

isolation will not deliver recycling and landfill diversion targets and a residual waste

treatment solution is required to complement and enhance the existing operations.

We have to change how we manage this hard-to-reach element of waste. This will enable us

to move up the waste hierarchy, and allow the application of technological solutions that

enable sustainable waste management, achieve landfill diversion targets, improve recycling

recovery and contribute towards the zero waste and carbon reduction agenda.

6.3 How Was the Form of Residual Treatment Identified? To enable Glasgow to identify, develop and cost the long-term solution(s) for processing of

MSW, and to assist the city in making an informed decision about the delivery and

investment in waste management infrastructure, two separate reports were commissioned

and prepared: The Strategic Outline Case (SOC) and the Outline Business Case (OBC).

In January 2006 the SOC was prepared for delivering a waste management option for the

Glasgow and Clyde Valley Strategic Review Group (GCVSRG) to meet the national

diversion and recycling targets set by the then Scottish Executive.

Based on the conditions prevailing at the time, the SOC reviewed a wide range of waste

treatment technologies and concluded that the use of Mechanical Heat Treatment

technology, linked to Advanced Thermal Treatment of the outputs, was a potential technical

solution to meet the long-term waste management needs of the Local Authorities in the

GCVSRG, and this technical approach was adopted as the reference solution for the


purpose of the SOC and informed the subsequent financial appraisal and review of delivery

options undertaken within the SOC.

In June 2008, Glasgow commissioned the preparation of its own OBC. The purpose of this

OBC was to revisit the earlier SOC, update this report for a Glasgow standalone solution,

and to reflect on the new policy aspirations of the Scottish Government reflect technological

developments that had taken place since the preparation of the SOC and take cognisance of

the implications of new funding arrangements for waste treatment projects.

The OBC provided Glasgow with the necessary technical and financial basis for making

long-term infrastructure investment decisions and selection of the preferred project delivery

vehicle and procurement route to meet Glasgow’s landfill diversion and waste recycling

targets.

The OBC reviewed a wide range of treatment technologies and concluded that the optimum

long-term waste management solution, taking account of performance against Glasgow’s

targets (including the recycling targets agreed under the SOA), the available sites and the

staged infrastructure delivery programme required to meet Glasgow obligations under the

regime of annually-increasing landfill diversion targets was MHT technology, with an

established market for the fibre and other by-products.

This OBC provided the basis for Glasgow to make a long-term business change decision

about the delivery and investment in waste management infrastructure in Glasgow. The

OBC was approved at the Land and Environmental Services, Policy, Development and

Scrutiny Committee on 4 February 2009 and the Executive Committee on 20 February 2009.

Following approval of the OBC, Glasgow undertook a review of its approach to the project

prior to the publication of the OJEU. This enabled Glasgow to define the project scope,

contract and funding structure, rather than attempting to refine the project direction during

the Competitive Dialogue process.

A market testing exercise was also undertaken to enable informal discussion to take place

with market leaders to inform them of Glasgow’s proposed approach to the market, prior to

the formal issue of the OJEU notice. To promote this exercise, a Prior Information Notice

(PIN) was published and expressions of interest sought from interested parties. Parties who

expressed an interest were asked to complete a market testing questionnaire and attend an

interview. This exercise stimulated market interest and circa 25 expressions of interest were


received and 16 completed market testing questionnaires were also returned. This exercise

confirmed that the approach being taken was acceptable to the market.

Subsequent to the approval of the OBC, and based on a number of site visits and market

consultation, it is now considered that both MBT and MHT type treatment technologies have

the potential to meet the objectives and targets set out in this Strategy and, for the purpose

of the Project, Glasgow’s only restriction on technology to be located at its current facilities is

that the technology falls within the generic MBT/MHT classification.

6.4 What is MHT / MBT Technology? Mechanical Heat Treatment (MHT) is a technology that treats and sanitises the waste

feedstock (black bag and un-separated waste) and allows separation into clean recyclables,

organic fibre and reject fractions. The output is a clean homogeneous organic fibre with a

range of potential end-uses, e.g. composting products, land remediation, construction

industry products and as a renewable biomass fuel. The MHT (Autoclave technology form)

process is illustrated in figure 4:.

Figure 4 : Autoclave/MHT Process


The Mechanical Biological Treatment (MBT) system is a type of waste processing facility

that combines a sorting facility (to separate waste fractions) with a form of biological

treatment such as Anaerobic Digestion (AD) or composting. The biological element which

may comprise Anaerobic Digestion, will process and break down biodegradable component

waste to produce biogas and soil improver.

6.5 Are other Council’s Investing in Similar Infrastructure? Other Councils throughout the UK have procured or are in the process of procuring residual

treatment infrastructure to treat their waste rather than dispose it at landfill. The resultant

effect is that by adopting a form of treatment that is further up the waste hierarchy, it will

ultimately be less punitive financially than the landfill alternative.

Examples of authorities who are procuring a residual waste treatment solution or have

entered into a contract include:

• Ayrshire Councils: North, South and East

• Edinburgh City Council

• Borders Council

• Greater Manchester

• Merseyside

An Audit Commission report, Well Disposed: Responding to the Waste Challenge, presents

the findings of a survey of English authorities’ plans for waste disposal. The report suggests

that the 2010 targets will be met through a combination of increased recycling and the

provision of new waste treatment facilities. 2013 and 2020 targets will also be achieved by

similar means.

Local authorities are unable to recover all recyclate from the waste stream and, in turn,

cannot recycle the whole waste stream. Consequently, if landfill is to be a last resort,

alternative treatments using technology is necessary, as is currently being demonstrated

across the UK, .


6.6 How Will This Assist in achieving Waste Strategy Targets? Due to the nature of the housing stock and the associated challenges presented, a

continuation of current recycling operations in isolation will not achieve recycling targets and

reduce our reliance on landfill as our principal means of waste disposal.

The introduction of a 150,000t residual treatment facility will complement and enhance our

existing waste operations. The treatment process will enable recyclate to be recovered from

un-separated municipal waste that would previously have been sent directly to landfill.

The installation of a 150,000t facility, in addition to the achievement of the Single Outcome

Agreement recycling targets, would enable recycling targets to be achieved until 2018 and

landfill diversion targets to be achieved until 2014.

6.7 What is the Project Scope and Key Targets? This Project is for the provision of residual waste treatment services. The Project will

procure a long term waste treatment contract with a private sector provider to treat circa

150,000 tonnes of municipal waste per annum.

The scope of the services procured under the contract are envisaged to include:

• the design, planning, construction, commissioning, licensing, permitting, operation

and maintenance of a treatment facility to meet the targets and the requirements of

the Out-put Specification

• the funding of works and services within the scope of the project, with the exception

of a possible capital contribution from Glasgow,

• the management, storage, treatment, recycling, transportation, disposal of all

products, rejects and process residues from the contracted waste stream

• the provision of contingency arrangements in the event that the facility is not

available to deliver any aspect of the service.

The key Targets which the successful contractor will be required to meet will include:

• that at least 20% of all MSW received is recycled/composted so as to contribute to

Glasgow’s recycling and compositing targets in its SOA and the emerging

requirements of the Zero Waste Plan;


• a capped tonnage of MSW received is allowed to be landfill post treatment (circa

20% of input or fixed tonnage); and

• the remainder of all by-products from the treatment process are subject to beneficial

reuse in a manner that fits with Glasgow’s and the Scottish Government’s policy

objectives and emerging Zero Waste Plan.

At this stage it is envisaged that the contract will be framed as an Output Specification. This

is a system whereby Glasgow will define the targets and the contractor will decide how the

targets are achieved. This will allow contractor innovation and provide the flexibility for the

contractor to design the technology to deliver the defined targets and legislation without

being overly prescriptive.

It is envisaged that the terms of the contract will cover construction plus 25 years of

operation and maintenance, i.e. the capital cost (net of any capital contribution made by

Glasgow) will be amortised over circa 25 years. An option to extend the contract for a period

of 5 years will also be included within the contract.

6.8 Where Will the Technology be Installed? At present Glasgow City Council operates four waste transfer stations across the city. The

sites are located at Dawsholm, Easter Queenslie, Shieldhall and Polmadie. The location and

geographical positioning of the sites are detailed within figure 5 below:


Figure 5 - Current Waste Transfer Stations

A site will be made available within one of the existing transfer stations for the construction

of the residual waste management facility. If an existing site is utilised then the option of

sharing facilities and infrastructure at the site e.g. the weighbridge, access roads and welfare

facilities will be offered. Bidders will be expected to develop details during the bidding

process.

However, it will also be open to bidders to make available and propose alternative sites but

these will have to be deliverable in a planning context and offer better value for money.

6.9 Contract Structure and Risk Allocation

6.9.1 Contract Structure The contract structure is likely take the form of a long term Design, Build, Finance & Operate

(DBFO) structure. It is intended to have a contractual “partnership” and, throughout the

duration of the contract term, there will be a strong element of joint partnership working

which will be implemented in practice through a liaison committee which will have Glasgow

representation.


The project agreement between Glasgow and the successful contractor will be based on the

latest HM Treasury and DEFRA/WIDP guidance for waste projects and any other relevant

guidance issued by the Scottish Government and/or the Scottish Futures Trust.

The principal contract documents will comprise:

• The project agreement - based on the standard Residual Waste Treatment Contract

(as amended) prepared by DEFRA4;

• The Output Specification, Performance Management Framework and Payment

Mechanism – based on current DEFRA/WIDP standard forms and guidance.

It is likely that the Contractor, via a Special Purpose Vehicle (SPV), will be responsible for

designing and constructing the solution and will be exposed to a reduction in the gate fee

payable for non-availability of the treatment facility and/or poor performance. Payment for

the required treatment services will not commence until the facilities are fully operational.

6.9.2 Risk Allocation Entering into a contract with a private sector Partner would enable alignment of the project

objectives and appropriate transfer of risk to the Partner. Under this contract the risk

performance of the technology and the risk associated with establishing a market for the

Autoclave fibre would be transferred to the project partner. The introduction of the

technology at a single site would allow the technology to be proven in operational and

performance terms, prior to any future expansion or roll out of future phases.

6.9.3 Procurement Strategy It is envisaged that Glasgow will adopt the Competitive Dialogue (CD) procurement

procedure for this Project. Glasgow will undertake the CD process in line with the Public

Contracts Regulations 2006 and relevant OGC/4Ps/WIDP guidance. Measures will be taken

to accelerate the procurement process where possible and prudent to do so

At this stage it is envisaged that Glasgow will shortlist 4 to 6 bidders from the PQQ process

and to quickly reduce this short list to two bidders during the CD process. No more than two

bidders will be asked to submit a final tender.

The Council has undertaken a period of pre-procurement work to define the project scope

prior to engaging with the market or entering the OJEU procurement. This approach will -

4 Currently Issued as a Consultation Draft – 10 June 2009


enable a structured and defined approach to be taken during all stages of the dialogue

process.

6.10 Approach to Planning With regard to planning, in parallel with the procurement period, Glasgow plans to

commence early pre-planning work undertaking activities such as stakeholder consultation,

request a scoping opinion from the planners, collect background data necessary for an EIA

and undertake geotechnical investigations for the site at Polmadie.

It is proposed that the planning application for any new treatment facility be submitted by

Glasgow’s preferred bidder.

In addition to planning, the Contractor will responsible for procuring all other consents and

permits.

6.11 Project Costs As noted earlier within this section, the Council will procure a service contract for the

processing of 150,000t of municipal waste. The introduction of this contract will transfer the

management of this waste stream to the service provider.

It is programmed that the new facility and service contract will be operational from 1 April

2013, therefore 150,000t of waste would be treated during 2013/14. The Council will pay a

gate fee for every tonne of waste managed by the service provider.

In financial terms, it is envisaged that it will cost £17.5m per annum to process the waste via

a residual treatment facility. If the facility is not constructed and the waste is landfilled it will

cost in the region of £15m per annum and leave Glasgow exposed to LAS penalties of £150

per tonne over and above this cost.


6.12 Project Timetable The key milestones in the current project programme are shown below:

Procurement Stage Date

Issue Prior Information Notice 3 August 2009

Market Testing August/September/October 2009

OJEU Published November 2009

Industry Day December 2009

Competitive Dialogue Tender Period January 2009

Preferred Bidder Selected February 2011

Contract awarded / Financial Close March 2011

Planning Application Submitted March 2011 – September 2011

Construction and Commission September 2011 to March 2013

Action WS18

Undertake OJEU procurement for provision of residual waste service contract to Full Business Case stage

7 DISPOSAL / LANDFILL

7.1 Introduction

During the financial year 2008 / 2009, Land and Environmental Services, processed 346,917

tonnes of MSW arisings generated within the city through our four Waste Transfer Stations,

four Civic Amenity Sites/Recycling Centres and delivered the residual waste to one

operational Landfill Site. In addition, three closed landfill sites continue to be monitored.

7.2 Waste Transfer Stations Land and Environmental Services operates four Waste Transfer Stations which are

strategically located across the city to receive waste collected by the Council’s waste

collection operations. In addition the Transfer Stations receive waste from commercial and

other third party collectors. There is also an arrangement with East Dunbartonshire Council

which allows them to deposit waste at the Dawsholm Transfer Station. Details of the four

Waste Transfer stations are shown in Table 42 below:

Waste Transfer Station

Address Waste Management Licence

Dawsholm Transfer Station

75 Dalsholm Road, Glasgow, G20 0TB

WML/W/20036

Polmadie Transfer Station

425 Polmadie Road, Glasgow, G42 0PJ

WML/W/20108

Easter Queenslie Transfer Station

90 Easter Queenslie Road, Glasgow, G33 4UL

WML/W/20037

Shieldhall transfer Station

200 Bogmoor Road, Glasgow, G51 4SN

WML/W/20038

Table 42 - Waste Transfer Stations

Polmadie Waste Transfer Station

In November 2003 Polmadie was converted to a bulking station, the first step in clearing the

baler and providing space for the development of the proposed central waste treatment

option.


The current operation consists of waste being transferred from the loft area of the transfer

station by a mechanical shovel into hydraulic ejection ram trailers, with an average payload

of 20 tonnes gross weight. The trailers are then transported to Cathkin Landfill Site by four

articulated 6 x 4 Tractor Units. On arrival at the site the waste is hydraulically discharged

and compacted on site by a 50 tonne waste compactor.

7.2.1 Dawsholm Waste Transfer Station






7.2.2 Easter Queenslie Transfer Station






7.2.3 Shieldhall - Transfer Station

The transfer station consists of a waste storage facility from which the waste is mechanically

transferred into ejection trailers through designated loading bays to consistently achieve the

trailer’s maximum gross weight. The trailers are then transported to Cathkin Landfill Site by

four articulated 6 x 4 Tractor Units. On arrival at the site the waste is hydraulically

discharged and compacted on site by a 50 tonne waste compactor.


7.3 Waste Disposal Transport

It is the function of the Waste Disposal Transport operation to transport the household,

commercial, industrial, and segregated green and wood waste arisings that have been

deposited and stored within Glasgow City Council’s four Waste Transfer Stations located

at Polmadie, Dawsholm, Shieldhall and Easter Queenslie.

It is a SEPA licence condition that waste containing food or other putrescible matter shall

not be held at a Transfer Station for a period in excess of 96 hours from the date of its

reception.

The Waste Disposal Transport resource consists of 24 drivers and 21 combined

Articulated Tractor Units and Ejection Trailers. Each Unit and Trailer has the capability to

carry 20 tonnes of waste to a maximum combined gross weight of 44 tonnes.

The Waste Disposal Transport resource hauls the average daily intake of waste from the

four Transfer Stations to the Council’s Cathkin Landfill site which is leased from adjacent

landowners. The Landfill is located at East Kilbride and waste is transferred by designated

road routes agreed with South Lanarkshire Council. In addition, segregated garden/green

and wood waste is transported to Scottish Water (Cumbernauld) and William Tracey

(Linwood) for composting.

The Waste Disposal Transport Service is subject to an Alternative Service Delivery review.

Action Action WS19

Progress, evaluate and report back on the Alternative Service Delivery review.

7.4 Landfill Sites

Land and Environmental Services has one operational site which receives waste from the

four transfer stations and continues to manage and monitor three closed sites. Details of the

four landfill sites managed by Glasgow City Council is shown in Table 43 below:


Address Status Waste Management Licence

Cathkin Landfill Site

Cairnmuir Road, East Kilbride, G73 3RE

Operational PPC/W/20063

Summerston Landfill Site

1635 Balmore Road, Glasgow, G23 5HD

Closed WML/W/20035

Kilgarth Landfill Site

Gartgill Road, Townhead, Coatbridge, ML5 2EQ

Closed WML/W/00071

Wilderness Landfill Site

Balmuildy Road, Glasgow

Closed WML/W/00049

Table 43 – Landfill Sites

7.4.1 Current Landfill Provision 7.4.1.1 Cathkin Landfill Site Cathkin Landfill Site became operational in April 2000, and at current levels of waste

deposition will be operational until 2013, coinciding with the expiry of planning permission for

the site. Availability of future landfill provision will be required beyond April 2013.

Cathkin Landfill was the first site in Scotland to be developed and operated to comply and

fulfil the criteria of the EC Directive on The Landfill of Waste and EC Directive on

Groundwaters, which satisfies the following criteria:

- Site location requirements

- Protection of soil and water

- Water control and leachate management

- Post closure requirements

The Council, in partnership with Combined Landfill Projects Envirogas Ltd, operates a

Landfill Gas Utilisation Scheme. CLP Envirogas operates and maintains the landfill gas

engines on behalf of GCC. Landfill gas converted via 6 engines on site generate

approximately 5.3MW electricity annually, and also generates royalty income for the

Council.


The site is scheduled to be full by 2013, which coincides with the expiry of Planning

permission. Provision for landfill will be required beyond this date.

Action Action WS20 Continue to ensure availability of future landfill provision to receive waste and operate to permit conditions

7.4.2 Closed Landfill Sites

7.4.2.1 Summerston Landfill Site This site, which received the Council's waste arisings from 1986, was closed for the

receipt of active waste in April 2002. The site capping works were completed in April

2008. Approximately 65% of the site will be returned to agricultural use, with the

remainder of the site developed into woodland and recreational use.

The Council, in partnership with the landowner Caledonian Properties and specialist

company CLP Envirogas Ltd, operates a Landfill Gas Utilisation Scheme.

Commissioned in July 1999, the landfill gas engines generated 4.6MW of electricity

annually, but is now operating 1 engine, generating 1MW of electricity annually and

returning a small royalty income for the Council.

7.4.2.2 Kilgarth Landfill Site In April 2000, due to the nature of the site and the environmental effects of groundwater on

the local environment, it was agreed with SEPA to cease site operations and to progress the

capping and restoration of the site however the progress of this was suspended when an

option for the sale of the land was agreed between the Council and the Kilgarth

Development Company who are proposing development of a Rail Freight Terminal with a

planning application having been submitted to North Lanarkshire Council. This application is

still to be determined.


There remains a requirement to complete the capping and restoration of Kilgarth Landfill

Site. Discussions are on-going with the Kilgarth Development Company, North Lanarkshire

and SEPA; SEPA requires the restoration to be completed by December 2010.

Action

Action WS21

• Progress planning permission

• Programme and identify associated costs for completing the restoration, in line with SEPA requirements

7.4.2.3 Wilderness Landfill Site This is a closed landfill site which is subject to ongoing environmental monitoring. 7.4.3 Site Monitoring All sites have an environmental monitoring regime where gases, leachate, ground and

surface waters are monitored on a weekly, monthly and quarterly basis in line with licence

and permit conditions. Results of monitoring are reported to SEPA.

7.4.4 Future Landfill Options Glasgow requires landfill provision for the disposal of waste for the period 2013 to

2023.

To continue the in-house delivery model, future landfill provision at Cathkin could be

explored. In the first instance this will require a planning application to be prepared

for submission to South Lanarkshire Council. The application should be lodged with

South Lanarkshire Council by February 2010. In conjunction with the application,

land acquisition and lease arrangements should be completed.

As an alternative to the above option, private sector landfill provision could provide

an alternative means of service delivery. An initial Market Testing exercise has

shown that landfill costs will increase if disposal via a Private sector operator is

required beyond 2013. Approval is also sought to further test the Market by


undertaking a tender exercise for landfill provision from 2013 to 2023. This will

enable value for money to be measured and inform the decision regarding future

landfill provision.

7.5 Benefits of Operating our Own Landfill Facility Landfill sites operating in Scotland are subject to regulation by SEPA, to reduce emissions

and protect the environment and human health.

SEPA has carried out a capacity study5 for landfill in which it was noted that a high number

of landfill sites have closed in recent years. In 2003, there were 257 licensed landfills in

Scotland (although not all were operational). By May 2009 this had reduced to 68 permitted

sites (1 hazardous, 46 non-hazardous and 21 inert). This figure is expected to further reduce

with the anticipated closure of the Cathkin facility in 2013. A full list of landfill sites within

Scotland is included within Annex E.

By 2013 the landfill market in the West of Scotland will be at a premium. This is likely to lead

to a large increase in landfill disposal costs within the market place. To minimise the

potential financial impact of this exposure it would be beneficial for Glasgow to act now to

extend the current facility at Cathkin. This would limit the level of risk in financial terms to

which Glasgow is exposed.

7.6 How We Compare With the Private Sector To assess the interest of the market to provide landfill capacity, soft market testing was

carried out. Operators with landfill capacity in the vicinity of Glasgow were targeted and

asked to respond to a questionnaire. This questionnaire sought information on the following

areas:

• Market Appetite –general interest in the Council’s landfilled waste, did operators have

the capacity to receive Glasgow’s wastes, and market interest

• Operation and Management – how the operator would apportion risk, what

experience they had gained in the market and indicative gate fees for 2009 and 2013

5 http://www.sepa.org.uk/waste/waste_data_menu/site_capacity_infrastructure/landfill_capacity_reports.aspx.


The questionnaire sought no commitment from either party and responses were received

from three companies, with all three companies showing a general interest to provide a

service. Indicative gate fees were offered for 2009 in the range of £12 per tonne to £21 per

tonne. From 2013 onwards, with RPI increases applied, indicative gate fees were between

£15.20 per tonne to £25 per tonne. Indicative gate fees exclude Landfill Tax and transport

costs.

However, caution must be observed as the aforementioned rates are indicative prices that

have not been formally tendered under full competition utilising an appropriate contract and

costing model. It is envisaged that the gate fee may range between £20 per tonne to £25 per

tonne in 2013. These findings are based upon the Grontmij (GCC Landfill Consultancy

adviser) landfill review report, commissioned in August 2009.

Glasgow’s internal landfill cost in 2009 is £11.30 per tonne which demonstrates value for

money, compared to indicative external gate fees.

7.7 Proposal to Extend the Existing Landill Facility This report summarises options and costs associated with the development of an Integrated

Waste Management Facility at South Cathkin Landfill. The proposed facilities are additional

to the existing landfill facility.

The current landfill site has planning permission for infilling with waste until 2013.

The Integrated Waste Management Facility will comprise landfill for residual waste with the

possible addition of a soils treatment centre, an anaerobic digestion plant and a green waste

composting facility.

Reference should be made to the following reports for background information:

• South Cathkin Landfill Site – Integrated Wastes Management Facility Report on

Feasibility Study dated April 2009

• South Cathkin Landfill Site - Integrated Wastes Management Facility Development

Options Dated August 2009

Findings of the studies are presented herein.


7.8 Facilities and Waste to Be Treated

7.8.1 Facilities The proposed facilities are as follows:

• Landfill - for deposition of up to 300,000 tonnes per annum of residual wastes for the

period 2013 to 2023.

Other optional treatments are as follows:

• Soils treatment centre – for the treatment sorting and recycling of, typically,

construction wastes (around 100,000 tonnes per annum)

• Anaerobic Digestion plant – for the treatment of biological wastes between 50,000-

100,000 tonnes per annum

• Green Waste Composting facility – for the treatment of around 20,000 tonnes per

annum of green wastes which are currently sent to the private sector for treatment

7.8.2 Landfill The current landfill site has planning permission for infilling with waste to 2013. Infilling is

currently on programme for completion at this time.

Glasgow requires disposal provision for the deposition of up to 300,000 tonnes of residual

waste per annum for the period 2013 to 2023. Given arisings of this magnitude there is a

need for the landfill extension.

7.8.3 Soils Treatment Centre The proposed facilities are similar to treatment centres developed for the M74 project. They

would permit various soil treatment processes to be carried out (screening, sorting,

bioremediation soil washing etc).

The provision of this facility could be part of the solution to the treatment of contaminated

soils from the Clyde Gateway Project, and could strengthen the partnership between

Glasgow City Council and South Lanarkshire Council on this project.

The soil treatment centre would generate soils for cover and aggregates for use on site and

also for sale into the secondary aggregates market.


The soils treatment centre would most likely be developed in conjunction with an external

partner to treat soils (primarily contaminated soils).

7.8.4 Anaerobic Digestion The potential development of an anaerobic digestion plant will receive organic materials to

form biogas, which in turn will be used to generate electricity for export to the national grid.

By-products from the plant will consist of liquid fertiliser and a digestate fibre.

The clear advantage of establishing an anaerobic digestion plant at Cathkin Landfill is that it

will treat a wide range of household, commercial and agricultural wastes. The plant could

utilise the existing engines, grid connection and leachate treatment facilities on site. The by-

products (liquid fertiliser and a digestate fibre) could also be utilised in the restoration of the

landfill site. The plant could be developed to utilise biomass from the proposed waste

treatment plant at Polmadie.

The anaerobic digestion plant would most likely be developed in conjunction with an external

partner.

7.8.5 Green Waste Composting

The Council currently sends around 20,000 tonnes per annum of green waste to the private

sector for processing. Processing comprises shredding, windrowing, turning and screening

(composting).

The treatment of this green waste could be carried out on site and would produce around

15,000 tonnes of compost which could then be utilised.

The proposed development of the Cathkin site would permit a green waste composting

operation to be developed in house rather than rely on external contractors.

7.8.6 Alternative Options and Facilities

• Alternative Landfill Facilities

Alternative landfill facilities are available but costs are expected to be greater than costs

expected for the proposed extension. Additionally there are currently only two local facilities

which have planning permission covering the period that the extension is proposed for.

• Known Alternative Treatment Facilities


Waste treatment is currently not a mature market and the waste industry is currently gearing

up to the challenges of meeting diversion targets from landfill.

At present there are no major facilities within the central belt which would be able to meet

the full requirements for treating residual wastes proposed for the landfill extension

Whilst facilities are proposed throughout the central belt utilising a wide range of treatment

technologies, it is noted that this is not a mature market, some of the technologies are

controversial and there remains financial implications in their development.

7.9 How Our Landfill Strategy Compares with Zero Waste Policy The Zero Waste vision of Scotland is to reduce landfill to a minimum and the Government is

determined to continue the move away from reliance on landfill for all types of waste.

However, it recognises that some provision of landfill will always be required, albeit as a last

resort, rather than the principal method of disposal.

The Zero Waste Strategy follows the Landfill (Scotland) Regulations 2003 and the Pollution

Prevention and Control (Scotland) Regulations 2000, which respectively define the

standards for the construction, operation and restoration of landfill sites and implement a

permitting regime. Both sets of regulations are embodied in the Zero Waste Strategy and are

leading to improvements in a number of key areas, including:

• Improved collection and utilisation of landfill gas, leading to reduced fugitive emissions and reduced emission of greenhouse gases

• The application of emission limits to landfill gas engines

• Minimum standards for landfill construction and capping, which should prevent pollution of groundwater

• More consistent use of construction quality assurance when constructing landfill cells and capping

• Clearer assessment of environmental monitoring, through the adoption of trigger levels, which determine when remedial action is required

• The application of waste acceptance criteria and requirements for waste characterisation to ensure that wastes are only accepted at appropriate sites

• The requirement for waste to be treated prior to landfill


The proposed Integrated Waste Management Facility will comprise landfill for residual waste

with the possible addition of a soils treatment centre, an anaerobic digestion plant and a

green waste composting facility, together with the operational and management system that

would be put in place to meet the regulatory and environmental aspirations of the Zero

Waste Strategy.

7.10 Internal Landfill Costs

7.10.1 General Costs have been prepared for landfill and green waste composting elements of the project.

It is likely that the development of the soil treatment centre and anaerobic digestion plant will

include the involvement of third parties. For the purposes of costing, it is assumed that these

will be developed such that they will be at worst cost neutral to the Council.

When assessing scheme costs, costs have been prepared utilising 2009/10 prices.

7.10.2 Internal Landfill Extension Landfill scheme costs over the life of the project, 2013 to 2023, are detailed in Table 44

below:

Item Cost £

Cost Per Tonne (Cathkin extension and aftercare, with income) £15.31

Cost Per Tonne (Cathkin extension and aftercare, without income) £16.40

Table 44 - Landfill Scheme Costs Equivalent Cost per Tonne

The costs are noted to be offset by the revenue generated from third party wastes. Should

no revenue be realised from third party wastes then the cost increase to £16.40 per tonne.

7.11 Findings of Future Internal Landfill Provision

It is found that:

1) Landfill scheme costs are £15.31 cost per tonne, assuming income


2) Landfill scheme costs are £16.40 cost per tonne excluding income

3) The integrated waste management facility will comprise landfill with the possible addition of a soils treatment centre, anaerobic digestion plant and green waste composting facility

4) The soil treatment centre and anaerobic digestion plant would most likely be developed in conjunction with external partners. For the purposes of assessment it is expected that the development of this facility will be at worst, cost neutral for the Council

Actions The clear need for landfill development has been demonstrated and that the proposals

should be progressed. In the first instance this will require a planning application to be

prepared for submission to South Lanarkshire Council.

The aim should be to have the application lodged with South Lanarkshire Council by

February 2010. In conjunction with the application, land acquisition and lease arrangements

will need to be completed.

Consideration should be given to including the soils treatment centre, anaerobic digestion

plant and green waste composting facility. These additions would strengthen the application

as they integrate with the proposed landfill extension.

Consideration to potential partners should be made for these facilities. This may include both

private sector and other local authorities as partners.

Action WS22

• Lodge planning application for extension to site with South Lanarkshire Council by February 2010.

• Undertake formal market testing exercise to determine private sector landfill gate fee and associated commercial costing assumptions.


8 HOW THE STRATEGY WILL DELIVER

8.1 The Holistic Approach As detailed within sections 4.0 to 7.0, the Waste Strategy comprises of four service areas

that provide a holistic approach to the management of waste within Glasgow. The four areas

complement Glasgow’s ongoing operations and collectively assist with the achievement of

the objectives and strategy vision.

The four areas complement each other in terms of improving collection and recycling

performance, maximise recyclate recovery through the utilisation of technology to capture

and harness the potential sustainable and renewable use of waste.

Collection - these services will be reviewed and enhanced to deliver better services to the

city; this will complement the recycling collection services and recovery performance.

Recycling – Through the implementation of enhancements to existing services, including

the capture of a wider range of materials and increased utilisation of the scheme through

education and promotion. Increased recycling performance will ultimately divert waste from

landfill.

Residual Waste Treatment – The introduction of Residual Waste Treatment technology will

enable recyclate and valuable resources that would have previously been sent to landfill, to

be captured and recovered. The term recovery can be defined as follows:

"Recovery" means any operation the principal result of which is waste serving a useful

purpose by replacing other materials which would have otherwise been used to fulfil a

particular function, or waste being prepared to fulfil that function, in the plant or in the wider

economy.

Landfill - The proposed Integrated Waste Management Facility will comprise landfill for

residual waste with options to include a soils treatment centre, anaerobic digestion plant and

a green waste composting facility. The proposals will allow the benefits that can be accrued

from landfill through improved collection and utilisation of landfill gas, leading to reduced

fugitive emissions and reduced emission of greenhouse gases.

The key strategy areas contribute to the implementation of the Zero Waste Agenda in

Scotland with regard to waste minimisation, improving levels of recycling, and the delivery of


a sustainable long term waste management solution that will reduce Glasgow’s reliance on

landfill as its principal method of waste disposal.

The order of preference for the management of waste, in line with the Zero Waste Strategy

is detailed below in Figure 6:

Dispose

Recover

Recycle

Reuse

Reduce

Figure 6 – Waste Hierarchy

Each element of the strategy works together to deliver environmental benefits by moving up

the waste hierarchy via waste Reduction, Reuse, Recycling and Recovery.

The current means and methods employed for the management of WASTE in Glasgow are

dependant upon landfill. The introduction of the four key elements should assist in reversing

this trend, to move the disposal element to the bottom of the hierarchy, as detailed within

figure 7 below.


Reduce

Reuse

Recycle

Recover

Dispose

Figure 7 – Proposed Glasgow Waste Hierarchy

The introduction of the four key elements not only delivers policy targets and key zero waste

aspirations, they are also a strategic investment that will allow key financial challenges to be

delivered. The financial and reputational risk that exists, and how the strategy will manage

this is, discussed within the next chapter.


9 FINANCIAL AND REPUTATIONAL RISK

9.1 Introduction This section will illustrate the financial and reputational risk associated with a continuation of

the Business as Usual model, and details the risk reduction following the implementation of

each area of the waste strategy.

9.2 Financial and Reputational Risk Overview If Glasgow continues with Business As Usual, this will have long term adverse financial and

reputational risks for the Council due to increases in the rate of landfill tax, potential financial

penalties for exceeding landfill allowances and failure to meet recycling and landfill diversion

targets. Table 45 below highlights how the four key elements of the Waste Strategy contribute to

future financial and reputational risk:

Financial Risk Reputational Risk

Collection

Recycling

Residual Treatment

Landfill

Table 45 – Financial and Reputational Risk Overview

9.3 Financial Risk The financial case assesses the estimated cost of all options available to the Council. This

will demonstrate the cost avoidance to be offered when comparing the preferred strategy

options with the Business as Usual (BaU) option.

9.3.1 Business as Usual At present it costs £21.7m per annum to operate the current waste disposal and recycling

operation. In 2013/14, a budget of £33.7m would be required to continue Business as Usual.


This figure rises to £43.8m if Landfill Allowance Scheme penalties are introduced. By

2019/20, a budget of £50m would be required to continue Business as Usual (inclusive of

potential LAS penalties).

9.3.2 Recycling Investment If additional investment is made to increase recycling performance to 31%, a budget of

£42.9m is required, providing savings of £0.9m compared with BaU (inclusive of potential

penalties).

9.3.3 Residual Treatment Investment The introduction of residual treatment technology in addition to increasing recycling

performance to 31%, further reduces the financial risk, requiring a budget of £42.1m,

enabling a saving of £1.7m when compared to the BaU option in 2013/14 (inclusive of

potential LAS penalties).

9.3.4 Landfill Investment Investment to extend the life of the facility at Cathkin will allow significant cost avoidance.

The extension of Cathkin is a cost that is currently met from Council budgets. If the landfill

provision was to be sought from the private sector it is estimated that an additional £5.3m in

2013/14 would be required to deliver the landfill service provision the Council requires.

9.4 Financial Overview A financial overview of the cost for each respective option is detailed within Tables 46 and

47 below; Table 45 illustrates the costs assuming residual waste is taken to the Council

facility at Cathkin Landfill Site; Table 46 assumes that residual waste is disposed of at a

private sector landfill site. Current costs for the service provision are also detailed to allow

comparison.


2008/09 2013/14 2019/20

Wholelife Costs with LAS Penalties 21.7 43.8 50.0

Business as Usual: 23% Recycling, Landfill to Cathkin Wholelife Costs

w/o LAS Penalties 21.7 33.7 36.0

Wholelife Costs with LAS Penalties - 42.9 49.1

Business as Usual: 31% Recycling, Landfill to Cathkin Wholelife Costs

w/o LAS Penalties - 36.7 39.0

Wholelife Costs - 39.1 39.9

Residual Treatment: 23% Recycling, Landfill to Cathkin Wholelife Costs



Residual Treatment: 31% Recycling, Landfill to Cathkin Wholelife Costs


Table 46: Option Costing Financial Appraisal – Landfill Provision at Cathkin Landfill Site

2008/09 2013/14 2019/20


Business as Usual: 23% Recycling, Landfill to Private Sector Wholelife Costs



Business as Usual: 31% Recycling, Landfill to Private Sector Wholelife Costs



Residual Treatment: 23% Recycling, Landfill to Private Sector Wholelife Costs



Residual Treatment: 31% Recycling, Landfill to Private Sector Wholelife Costs


Table 47: Option Costing Financial Appraisal – Private Sector Landfill Provision


Assumptions within the above tables:

• Business as Usual currently costs £21.7m. Projected budget costs of £43.8m are

anticipated in 2013/14 and £50m in 2019/20. These budget projections include LAS

penalties

• Landfill to the private sector remains more expensive than the in-house service

delivery model (a private sector gate fee of £21/tonne is used, increasing by 3% RPI

year on year)

• Landfill tax – £40 per tonne 2009/10 increasing to £72 per tonne 2013/14

• LAS costs of £150 per tonne from 2009/10

• Ongoing Cathkin development costs, assuming licence extension from 2013/14

• Zero waste growth assumed

9.5 Reputational Risk Reputational risk is the damage that will be done to the Council’s reputation if we continue to

fail to meet statutory targets.

The installation of a 150,000t facility, in addition to the achievement of the Single Outcome

Agreement targets, would enable recycling targets to be achieved until 2018 and landfill

diversion targets to be achieved until 2014.

Appropriately aligned investment to deliver the main strategy elements will allow the Council

to meet statutory targets. This will also restore the Council’s reputation, and demonstrate

that Council funding has been appropriately invested to achieve targets.

9.6 Summary The aforementioned tables present a robust financial case for investment in all elements of

the strategy. It is clear that the status quo, the Business as Usual model is not an option as it

fails to deliver government targets, leaves the Council exposed to a high level of financial

risk and budgeting uncertainty, including LAS Penalties, increasing Landfill Tax costs and

private sector landfill gate fee costs.

Pro-active, structured investment will allow the level of financial risk to be controlled.


10 NEXT STEPS

Action Plan

Detailed below is a summary of the key actions that have been identified throughout the document. They are referenced WASTE Strategy (WS).

Through the implementation of this WASTE Strategy the key actions listed will be addressed:

Action WS1

• The Council will strive to deliver and achieve SOA recycling targets

Action WS2

• Align WASTE Strategy policy with Zero Waste Policy and strive to deliver and

achieve National Zero Waste targets

Action WS3

• Deliver the four key elements of the WASTE Strategy:

o Collection

o Recycling

o Residual Waste Treatment

o Landfill

Action WS4

• Aspire to comply with Zero Waste Plan for zero growth from 2010

Action WS5

• Review the current bulk and commercial collection contracts to recover the recyclable

element from the commercial and bulk waste stream

Actions WS6

• Review and develop promotional campaigns, utilising vehicle livery, radio and

newspapers advertisements

• Target lower participating areas through door knocking campaigns, and use of

‘spotters’ to put bins out on collection days


• Undertake awareness training, in conjunction with WRAP, for the vehicle crews to

emphasise the importance of recycling

• Promote the switch from 140 litre to 240 litre wheeled bins

• Ensure all new single properties are provided with blue recycling bins

• Add cardboard to the co-mingled collection, subject to funding

Action WS7

• Review and develop promotional campaigns, utilising vehicle livery, radio and

newspaper advertisements





• Ensure all new flatted properties are provided with blue recycling bins

Action WS8





Action WS9

• Monitor the introduction of the glass service and plan future delivery to other

appropriate single properties

• Monitor the impact on public collection points

Action WS10

• Develop a programme to introduce glass collections to flatted properties

Action WS11

• Plan and programme the introduction of separate food waste collections

Action WS12

• Continue to identify new sites and develop the public recycling points network


• Monitor the sites to ensure cleanliness

• Monitor the introduction of the recycling/litter bins

Action WS13

• Glasgow City Council will continue to work with existing partners, and new, to

develop Council policy and promote textile recycling activities

Action WS14

• Review potential for introduction of additional recycling centres in South Side and

City Centre West

• Establish procedures on the amount of material that is reasonable to be delivered

without charge being incurred by householders

• Confirm and promote procedures for householders to access the site using vans

• Consider making reciprocal arrangements with other Local Authorities for their

residents to utilise the civic amenity sites and recycling centres

• Explore the opportunities to extend the types of materials that can be accepted and

recycled

Action WS15

• Prepare and progress tender to appoint technical consultant to design, cost and

project manage the upgrade of the MRF to take cardboard and other improvements

to materials flow

• Prepare tender to upgrade the MRF

• Report on the Social Audit of utilising long term unemployed individuals

Action WS16

• Review contractual arrangements and prepare tender

• Review results of CEC study, evaluate and consider proposals for alternative

processing opportunities for green waste

Review results of CEC study, evaluate and consider proposals for alternative proAction WS17

• Complete the tender evaluation and make a decision on the award of contract


oAction WS18

• Undertake OJEU procurement for provision of residual waste service contract to Full

Business Case stage

Actions WS19

• Progress, evaluate and report back on the Alternative Service Delivery review

Action WS20

• Continue to ensure availability of future landfill provision to receive waste and

operate to permit conditions

Action WS21

• Progress of the planning permission

• Programme and identify associated costs for completing the restoration in line with

SEPA requirements

Action WS22

• Lodge planning application for extension to site with South Lanarkshire Council by

the end of February 2010

• Undertake formal market testing exercise to determine private sector landfill gate fee

and associated commercial costing assumptions


Glossary of Terms The following abbreviations are used in this report: AD Anaerobic Digestion AWG Area Waste Group AWP Area Waste Plan BaU Business as Usual BMW Biodegradable Municipal Waste CLO Compost Like Output CoSLA Convention of Scottish Local Authorities DBFO Design Build Finance and Operate GCC Glasgow City Council GCVSRG Glasgow and Clyde Valley Strategic Review Group HWRC Household Waste Recycling Centre LAS Landfill Allowance Scheme MBT Mechanical Biological Treatment MHT Mechanical Heat Treatment MRF Materials Reclamation Facility MSW Municipal Solid Waste NWP National Waste Plan OBC Outline Business Case PFI Private Finance Initiative PPP Public Private Partnership RDF Refuse Derived Fuel RO Renewable Obligation ROC Renewable Obligation Certificate SEPA Scottish Environment Protection Agency SFT Scottish Futures Trust SG Scottish Government SOA Single Outcome Agreement SOC Strategic Outline Case SRF Solid Recovered Fuel WFD Waste Framework Directive WID Waste Incineration Directive WMOP Waste Management Options Paper ZWF Zero Waste Fund


Annex A – Large UK Cities: Total % of Household Waste Sent for Recycling/Composting/Re-use in 2008-09

City Recycling/Composting/Re-use % Birmingham 30.4%

Liverpool 26.4% Leeds 30.4%

Salford (Manchester) 25.5% Sheffield 27.8% Glasgow 19.9%


Annex B - ‘On Street’ Recycling Points – Oct 2009

Site Name Site Address Post Code WardCo-Mingled

Mixed Glass Textiles

Abbot Street Pollokshaws Road G41 3XA 6 1 Academy Park Gower Street G51 1PR 5 1 Ascot Court Dorchester Ave G12 0BB 15 1 Albert Ave Victoria Rd G42 8RE 8 1 Albert Drive St Andrews Dr G41 1NY 6 1 Albion Street Car Park G1 1LH 10 1 Aldi Anniesland Knightscliffe Ave G13 2RX 14 2 2 Ancaster Dr Crow Rd G13 1NF 12 1 1 Annbank Street Duke Street G31 1ST 9 1 Anniesland College Hatfield Dr G12 0YE 12 1 Argyle St Opposite Brown St G2 8LX 10 1 Arlington Place Ashley St G3 6DS 11 1 1

Asda Govan Helen Street G51 3HR 5 11 8 2 Asda Robroyston Saughs Road G3 1PF 21 4 4 6 Asda Toryglen Prospecthill Rd G42 0LX 8 5 4 5 Ashton Lane Cresswell Lane G12 8SJ 11 1 Ashton Rd Byres Rd, Car Park G12 8SP 11 4 Athole Tower Dirleton Drive G41 3BE 7 1

Balbeggie Street Flats No.20 & 30 G32 9HQ 19 2 Baltic Place Flats No.41 G40 3EH 9 1 Bankhall Street Batson St G42 8SL 8 1 Barony Hall Collins St Car Park G4 0RA 10 1 1 Bathgate Street Duke Street G31 1QR 9 1 Batson Street At Dead End G42 7NG 8 1 1 Beechwood Bar At Rear Lane G44 7 1 Belhaven Terr Lane G12 9LZ 11 1 Bell Street Central Depot G4 0TG 9 1 Bellahouston Leisure Bellahouston Dr G52 1HH 5 1 1 Bellahouston Park Parks Dept - On Request G52 1EQ 5 1 Bellfield Street Dennistoun G31 1RF 9 1 Bellgrove Street At Railway Station G31 8EN 9 1 1 1 Belmont Lane Belmont Lane G12 8EN 11 4 Bennan Sq Car Park At No.32 G42 8SX 8 1 1 Bernard Terrace At No.3 G40 3BD 9 1 Birness Dr Flat No 5, 19 & 31 G43 1TD 2 3

Bothwell Lane Behind Habitat Building G2 7BZ 11 1 1 Bowman Street At Victoria Road G42 8YW 8 1

Bowman Street At Victoria Road, Opposite Side G42 8YW 8 1 1

Boyd Street At Cathcart Road G42 8AW 8 1 1 Brockburn Road At Brockburn Terrace G53 5JU 3 1


Broomhill Drive 154 & 174 G11 7NQ 12 2 Broomhill Lane High 5, 10 & 25 G11 7NL 12 3 Broomhill Shopping Norby Road G11 7BL 12 5 5 Broompark Dr Ark Lane G31 18 1 Buccleuch St Cambridge St G3 6QT 10 3 Buchanan Bus St Killermont St G2 3NW 10 2 Butterbiggins Rd Church And Hostel G42 7AY 8 1 Cadogan Street Car Park G2 7AD 10 1 Cadogan Street Blythswood St G2 7HF 10 1 Cairnhill Drive At Cairnhill Circus G52 3LQ 4 1 Caithness St /Ochil House Off Murano St G20 7SB 16 3 1 Caithness St/Pentland House Off Murano St G20 7SB 16 2 2 Cale Uni Kyle St G4 0HP 10 1 Caledonia Road Flat No. 305 & 341 G5 0JX 8 2 Cale University Cowcaddens Road - G4 0BA 10 3 1 Cale University Calgary St G4 0XB 10 2 3 Cambridge Street Car Park G3 6QX 10 1 Cambridge Street Buccleuch St G3 6RU 10 1 1 Campsie St Springburn Acad G21 4JL 17 1 1 Cardonald Library 1113 Mosspark Dr G52 3BU 4 2 2 Cardross St G31 18 1 Carfin Street Adjacent Health Centre G42 7QA 8 1 1 Carlton Place Lane Behind Hospice G5 9JP 8 1 1 Carmichael Place Cartside St G42 9UE 7 1 1 Carrbridge Drive 3 & 9 G20 8HD 15 2 Cartcraigs Road Flat No.33 G43 1AA 2 1 Cartha Street Tantallon Rd G41 3HL 7 1 Castlebay Dr High Flat No 123 G22 7LH 16 1 Castlemilk Fire Station Raithburn Rd G45 9SA 1 1 1 Castlemilk Police Station Dougrie Rd G45 9NH 1 1 Castlemilk SC Dougrie Drive G45 9NF 1 1 1 Cathcart Rd Bankhall Street G42 8AB 8 1 Cathedral Square No.6 G4 0YF 10 1 Cathedral St Opposite College G1 1XL 10 1 Cathkinview Flats Flat No 11 & 15 G42 7 2 Cavendish Place Pollokshaws Road G5 9QX 8 1 1 1 Cavendish Place At Rear Of No.6 - 10 G5 9QX 8 1 1 Cavendish Place Opposite No5 G5 9NS 8 1 Cedar Court No's 9 T Georges Road G20 7NT 11 1 Cedar St 65 & 104 G20 7NT 11 2 Chamberlain Rd Woodend Bowling Club G13 1SU 12 1 1 Chamberlain Rd Dead End G13 1XQ 12 1 1 1 Charles St Flat No.80, 150 & 160 G21 2QA 17 3 3 Charles St Flat No.90 & 140 G21 2QA 17 2 Circus Dr Firpark St G31 18 1 Claremont Street Fitzroy Place G3 7RH 10 1


Clarence Dr Peckhams G12 9QN 11 3 Clarendon St G20 7QD 11 1 Cleeves Quad Flat 196 G53 6NQ 3 2 2 Cleeves Road Hous Office G53 3 2 2 Cleeves Road Flat 282 G53 3 2 2 Cleveden Drive No. 33 G12 0SD 15 1 Clifton Street La Belle Place G3 6BY 10 1 Clouston Court At Fergus Drive G20 6AN 16 1 Collina Street G20 8AP 15 1 Commercial Court Flat No 12 G5 0PJ 8 1 1 Concert Sq Car Park G4 0BA 10 1

Coplaw Street In Samaritans Car Park G42 7JY 8 1 1 Cowcaddens Fire Station 123 Port Dundas Rd G4 0HJ 16 1 1 Cowcaddens Rd Facing Cale Uni G4 0BA 10 1

Cowcaddens Subway New City Road G4 9JT 10 1 1 Cresswell Lane Great George Street G12 11 1 1 Cresswell Street At Burgh Lane G12 8BY 11 1

Crow Rd Flat 843/ Anniesland Court G22 7LJ 14 2 1

Cumberland St Outside Blackfriars Sch G5 0SS 8 1 Cumberland St St Francis Church G5 0UH 8 1 1 Cumberland St Outside New Gas Room G5 0TE 8 1 Curtis Avenue Montford Bar G44 4QD 7 1 Damshot Rd Carnock Rd G53 6AG 3 2 2 Dargarvel Ave Dumbreck Rd G41 5LD 5 1 Darnley St Melville St G41 2LL 6 2 2 Dawsholm Recycling Centre Dalshom Rd G20 0TB 15 7 7 4 Dixon Avenue Langside Rd G42 8XN 8 1 1 Dixon Road At Govanhill Workplace G42 8AT 8 1 1 Donald Dewar L C Garscadden Rd G15 8SX 14 1 1 Dougrie Place Flat No.21, 25 & 33 G45 9AT 1 3 Dover St Breadalbane St G3 7HA 10 2 2 Dowanhill Street Hyndland Rd G11 5JE 12 1 Dowanside Lane Ruthven Lane G12 9BG 11 1 Drumchapel Opport Hecla Square G15 8NH 14 2 Drumchapel Pool Drumry Road East G15 8SX 14 1 1 Drygate Flats 24 & 38 G4 0XY 10 2 Drygate Flats 48 G4 0XY 10 1 1 Drygate Flats Opposite No 5/9 G4 Oyf 10 1 Dudley Court Lethington Ave G41 3HY 7 1 Fisher Court Behind Lidl G31 2HP 18 1 Dumbreck Court 20 & 40 G41 5NH 5 2 Cartha Rugby Club Dumbreck Rd G41 5NH 2 2 1 Dumbreck Station Nithsdale Rd G41 5EX 6 1 2 Dunblane St Mcphater St G4 0HW 10 1 Duncruin Street Maryhill Rd G20 0EZ 15 1


Dundasvale Flats 36 & 48 G4 0XE 10 2 Durward Avenue Dinmont Rd G41 3UG 6 1 Easterhouse Pool Westerhouse Rd G34 9JW 21 1 1 Easterhouse SC Auchinlea Rd G34 9PQ 21 1 1 Edzell Street Opposite No 14 G14 9UP 12 1 Eglinton Court Wellcroft Place G5 9QJ 8 1 1 1 Elderslie St No 25 475 St Vincent St G3 8XS 10 1 Elliot St No 29/30 G3 8UN 10 1 Elmbank Cres India St G2 4PT 10 1 Elmbank Cres Car Park G2 4PR 10 1 Eq Recycling Centre Easter Queenlsie Rd G33 4UL 20 7 5 2 Exhibition Station Minerva Way G3 8LE 10 1 1 Ferryden Court Whiteinch G14 0SN 12 1 1 Finlas Street Housing Co-Op G22 5DB 16 1 Finlay Drive Armadale St G31 2QX 18 1 Florence Street Building & Printing G5 0YX 8 1 1 Forge Retail Park Across From Toys R Us G31 4BH 9 1 1 1 Fort Shopping Centre Easterhouse 21 3 3 1 Fotheringay Road At Maxwell Park Station G41 4LG 6 1

Frankfort Street Behind Co-Op G41 3XG 6 2 2 1

Fruin Street Opposite No.12 G22 5DN 16 1 Garfield Street Duke Street G31 1DW 9 1 Garmouth Street Langlands Rd G51 3EW 5 1 Garrioch Gate Off Shakespeare St G20 8TY 15 2 Garriochmill Rd Jardine St G20 6LT 11 2 Garthland Drive Armadale St G31 2PR 18 1 2 1 Garrowill Bowl Club Douglas Dr G69 6NJ 20 1 Gibson Street Otago St G12 8NU 11 2 2 Gilmour Place Caledonia Rd G5 0TE 8 1 1 1 Glasgow Green Play Area G40 1EF 9 1 Glasgow Green At The Needle G40 1AT 9 1 Glasgow University Biomedical Building G12 8SU 11 1 Glasgow University Dumbarton Way 11 1 Glebe Court No 5 G4 0PN 10 1

Glenburn Centre 6 Glenburnie Pl G34 9AN 20 1 1 Glenfinnan Rd No 10 G20 8HR 15 1 1 Glenfinnan Rd No 60 - Kirkhill Dr G20 8JF 15 1 1 Glenfinnan Rd No. 61 & 130 G20 8JQ 15 2 Glenfinnan Rd No 80 G20 8JQ 15 1 1 Glenfinnan Rd No. 110 G20 8JH 15 1 1 Glsgw Green Football Centre Kings Drive G1 5QH 9 1 1 Gorbals Leisure Centre Ballater Street G5 0YP 8 1 Gorget Avenue Flat No.43 G13 2AF 14 1 Gorget Quad Flat No.26 & 60 G13 2AQ 14 2 Govan Fire Station Govan Road G51 2BH 5 1 1 Govan Shop Centre Waterow G51 2YL 5 2 1 1


Govanhill Park Govanhill St, G42 8 2 Govanhilll St Cathcart Rd G42 7PU 8 1 1 Grace St No. 32 G3 8UN 10 1 Grantley St At Coustonholm Road G43 1TZ 6 1 Granville Court Lethington Ave G41 3HB 7 1 Great George St Bute Gardens G12 8AA 11 2 Great West Terr Lane Westbourne Grds G12 0UP 11 1 1 Great Western Rd No.2251 - 2231 G15 6UT 14 1 1 Great Western Rd Chaplet Ave G13 3LT 13 1 Great Western Rd Barrington Dr G4 9HS 11 1 1 Great Western Rd Burnbank Terr G20 6UQ 11 1 1 Great Western Rd Carrington St G4 9AJ 11 1 1 Great Western Rd Cecil St G2 8RJ 11 1 1 Great Western Rd Cromwell St G20 6UL 11 1 1 Great Western Rd Dunearn St G4 9EB 11 1 1 Great Western Rd Hamilton Park Ave G12 11 1 Great Western Rd Kersland St G12 8BS 11 1 1 Great Western Rd Montague St G4 9HS 11 2 1 Great Western Rd North Woodside Rd G20 7NZ 11 2 1 Great Western Rd Oakfield Ave G12 8JF 11 1 1 Great Western Rd Rupert St G4 9AW 11 1 2 Great Western Rd Southpark Ave G12 8JA 11 1 1 Great Western Rd St Georges X Subway G4 9AH 11 1 1 Great Western Rd Woodlands Dr G4 9EQ 11 1 1 Greenhead Street Bridgeton G40 1DQ 9 1 Greenlea St Murano Pl/Anniesland Rd G13 14 1 Great Western Rd No1618 At Rear G13 1HQ 14 1 Harmony Place G51 3SF 5 1 Harriet Place No 10 G43 1HR 2 1 Harriet Place No 20 G43 1HR 2 1 1 High Street Car Park G1 1LX 9 1 Hillpark Dr Car Park G43 2QD 2 1 1 Hollybrook Street Calder Street G42 7NG 8 1 1 Hollybrook St Govanhill St G42 7EQ 8 1 Holyrood Spts Ctre Aikenhead Road G42 0PD 8 1 1 Ibrox Library Midlock Street G51 1SL 5 2 2 1 Ibrox Stadium Edminston Dr G51 2YX 5 3 Ibrox Underground Copland Rd G51 2RX 5 1 1 Inglefield Street Butterbiggins Road G42 7JY 8 1 1 Invergyle Dr No. 30 G52 2BL 4 1 Invershin Dr No 15 G20 8HQ 15 3 Iona Court No 31, 45 & 59 G51 2EU 5 3 John Knox Street No 65 G4 0UQ 18 1 Julian Court / Ave Flat 17 & 21 G12 0RB 15 2 Keal Avenue At Fence G15 14 1 1 Keal Place At Butchers G15 14 1 Kelvin Court Hatfield Drive G12 0AB 12 1 1 Kelvinside Avenue Hotspur Street G20 8NX 15 4 4 1 Kelvinside Drive Kelvinside Grdns East G20 6AG 16 1 Kennedy Path Flat 18 G4 0PP 10 1


Kennedy Street Flat 319 G4 0PR 10 1 Kennishead Ave Flat No. 40, 50 & 70 G46 8RG 2 3 3 Kilbeg Terrace Kyleakin Rd Car Park G46 8AL 3 1 1 Kilmarnock Road At Carment Drive G41 3PP 6 2 2 Kilmarnock Road At Trefoil Avenue G41 3PQ 6 1 King St Car Park G1 5HY 10 1 Kingsway Court 30 & 50 G14 9TJ 13 2 Kinning Park Subway Cornwall St G41 1AQ 5 1 1 Kintore Rd Easrlspark Ave G43 2HA 2 1 1 1 Kintore Rd Opposite Side G43 2HA 2 1 1 Kirklee Road Wyndham St G12 0RL 15 1 Kirkton Ave No 75 High Flats G13 3EQ 13 1 Knightswood Fire St Ryvra Rd G13 1XW 12 1 1 Knightswood Shop Anniesland Rd G14 0YU 13 3 3 2 Ladybank Dr Dead End G52 1EZ 5 1 1 Lanark Street James Morrison St G1 5PY 9 1 1 Landressy Place Bridgeton Main St G40 1HL 9 2 2 1 Langside Road Langside Library G42 7RE 8 2 1 Langside Road Queen Mary Ave G42 8XT 8 1

Lauderdale Grdn G12 9PP 11 1 Lethington Ave Lethington Tower G43 7 1 Lincoln Ave Flat No 200 G13 3PP 13 1 1 Mallaig Rd Flats 39, G51 4NQ 5 1 Mannering Court Pollokshaws Rd G41 3QQ 6 2 2 Margaret Mcdonald 89 Buccleuch St G69 7HU 10 1 1 Marne Street Off Alexandra Parade G31 2TD 18 1

Maryhill Fire Station 775 Maryhill Rd G20 7TL 16 1 1 Maryhill Shopping Centre Stratford Street Car Park G20 8RU 15 2 6 1 Maxwell Grove At Dead End G41 5JW 6 1 1 Mcaslin Court No.6 G4 0PN 10 1 Mcculloch Street Multi Cultural Centre G41 2NT 6 1 1 1 Merkland Street Opposite Morrisons G11 6BU 12 4 4 1 Moraine Ave No 15 G15 6HD 14 1 Morrison Baillieston Ravenswood Rd G69 20 3 3 1 Morrison Cardonald Paisley Rd West G52 3TP 4 3 3 1 Morrisons Easterhouse Auchinlea Way G34 9JJ 21 1 Morrison Street No 95/Shop G5 8LB 5 1 Morrison Street Dalintober St G5 8LB 5 1 1 Morrisons Crossmyloof Titwood Road G41 4AD 6 7 7 2 Morrisons Newlands Riverford Road G43 1PU 2 11 9 3 Moss-Side Road At Academy G41 3UA 6 1

Mountgarrie High Flat 15 G51 4NQ 5 1 Myrtle Hill Lane 14 & 40 G42 0NP 8 1 Myrtle View Rd Flat 145 G42 0NN 8 1 1 1 Napiershall Street Holyrood Quad G20 6HD 11 1 1 Napiershall Street Outside Comm Hall G20 6ER 11 1 Nithsdale Rd Pollokshaws Rd G41 2AE 6 2 2


Nitshill Rd No.423, At Shops G53 7BN 3 2 2 Norfolk Court 5 & 62 G5 9AT 8 2 North Gower St Paisley Rd West G51 1PW 5 1 1 1 North Woodside Rd Outside Lidl G20 7HH 11 2 2 Northinch St Jordan St G14 0RJ 12 1 Novar Drive Hyndland Rd G12 9PK 11 1 Nrth Woodside Lc Braid Square G4 9YB 11 1 1 1

Oban Court At Kelvinside Gardens G20 6AL 16 1 Oban Dr Fergus Dr G20 6AW 16 1 Old Rutherglen Rd 4 St Valentine Terr G5 0UN 8 1 Onslow Drive Onslow Square G31 2QF 18 1 2 1 Oran Gate/Place Maryhill Rd G20 8DA 15 1 Paisley Rd West Palace Of Art G52 1DS 5 1 1 Paisley Rd West Harvey St G51 1BE 5 2 2 Park Drive At Cliff Road G3 6BBY 11 2 1 Park Terr/Quadrant Roberts Memorial G3 6DL 10 2 1 Parsonage Row Behind Mcchuills G1 1PU 9 1 1 Parsonage Square Off Bell Street G1 1PU 9 1 1 Parsonage Student Off High Street G1 1PU 9 1 1 Plean St Flat No 55 & 75 G14 0YN 13 2 Pollok Fire Station Brockburn Rd G53 5BS 3 1 1

Pollok Country Park Countryside Rangers G43 1AT 2 1 Pollok Realm Area Peat Rd G53 6RZ 3 2 Pollokshaws Rd Eastwood Ave G41 3RR 6 1 1 Pollokshaws Burgh Hall Pollokshaws Road G43 1NE 2 1 1 Polmadie Disposal Complex Polmadie Rd G42 0PJ 8 5 4 6 Polmadie Fire Station Calder St G42 0PA 8 1 1 Prince Edward St At Victoria Road G42 8LU 8 1 Prospecthill Circus Flat No 111 G42 0LP 8 1 Queen Margaret Crt At Fergus Drive G20 6AL 16 1 Queens Drive Queens Park Church G42 8DA 8 1 Queensland Drive High Flats G52 2NW 4 2

Renfrew St Rsamd G2 3DH 10 1 Riccarton Street At Park Area G42 7NX 8 2 2 1 Rolls Royce Club Beech Ave G41 5DF 5 2 Rosemount St Flat No.40 G21 17 1 Roselea Dr Cumbernauld Rd G31 0LP 18 2 2 1 Rossendale Court 1489 Pollokshaws Rd G43 1SL 2 1 Rottenrow East Strath Uni G4 0NG 10 1 1 Royston Rd Opposite School G21 2NT 17 1 1 1 Roystonhill Housing Office Tharsis St G21 2JF 17 1 Rutland Cres Paisley Rd West G51 1JY 5 1 1

Sainsbury Darnley Darnley Mains Road G53 7RH 3 6 6 1 Sainsbury Drumchapel Allerdyce Drive G15 6SA 14 4 6 2 Sainsbury Muirend Clarkston Rd G44 3JU 1 2 2 Sanda Street At Playing Field G20 8NS 16 1 1 1


Sandford Gardens Sheltered Hous Office G69 6NA 20 1 Sannox Gardens Alexandra Park G31 3JE 18 1 1 1 Scaraway Drive No 15 G22 7EX 16 1 Scaraway Terrace No 34 G22 7HB 16 1 Scotland Street Underground G5 8QF 5 1 Shaftesbury St Elderslie St G3 8UN 10 1 Shaftesbury St Rear No 14 & 26 G3 8UN 10 2 Shawbridge St Flat 160 & 215 G43 1PE 2 2 Shawbridge St Flat 232 G43 1PG 2 2 2 Shawhill Road Flat No 145 G43 1SU 2 1

Shawholm Cres Car Park At Wall Area G43 1LP 2 1 1 1 Shawholm Cres Flat 33 & 93 G43 1NZ 2 1 Shawlands Arcade Car Park G41 3QP 6 2 2 1 Shieldhall Disposal Complex Bogmoor Rd G51 4SN 5 4 3 1 Shields Road Opposite Honors Three G41 5SL 5 1 Shuna St Ruchill St G20 9QP 16 1 Silverfir Court At Planter G5 0LA 8 1

Silverfir Street Lane Below Nursery G5 0LB 8 1 1 Somerfield Alexandra Parade G31 3AD 18 2 2 1

Spoutmouth Car Park Gallowgate G1 5AX 9 1 Springburn Fire Station Midton St G21 4UT 17 1 1 1 Springburn SC Kay Street G21 1JY 17 1 1 Squire St Opposite No.8 G14 0UG 12 1 St Andrews Cres Shields Rd G41 5SH 6 2 2 St Georges Road 434 At Walled Area G3 6JA 11 1 1

St Johns Quadrant Maxwell Dr G41 5SR 6 2 2 St Mungo Ave Flat 19, 31 & 59 G4 0PG 10 3 St Peters Street Oakgrove Prim G4 9QH 11 1 St Vincent Street No. 495 G3 8JQ 10 1 Stepford S Centre Edinburgh Rd G33 2EX 20 1 1 Stow College Shamrock Street G4 9NT 10 1 Strath University Barony Gate 10 1 Strath University 141 St James Road G4 0NT 10 2 Strath University 90 John St G1 1RX 10 2

Strath University Richmond St/Dead End G1 1RS 10 2 Strowan St 60 & 62 G32 4HB 19 1 Surrey Street At Salisbury Street G5 9QZ 8 1 Surrey Street G5 9QZ 8 1 1 Swinton Place No 12, 24, 36 & 48 G52 2EA 4 4 Sword Street No. 151 G31 1RN 9 1 Tantallon Road Millbrae Rd G42 9UT 7 2 2 1 Tantallon Road No.430 G41 3HT 7 1 Tantallon Road Holmbank St G41 3JW 7 1 Tantallon Road Woodford St G41 3HP 7 1 Tantallon Tower Dirleton Drive G41 3BX 7 1 Tarfside Oval No. 20, 40, 60 & 80 G52 3AE 4 4 4 Terregles Avenue Off Nithsdale Road G41 4PX 6 3 1


Tesco Shettleston Annick St G32 6UB 19 4 5 Tesco St Rollox Cobden Rd G20 6AR 17 7 6 4 The Hub 49 Wellhouse Crescent G33 4LA 20 1 1 Thomson Street Duke Street G31 1RN 9 1 Thornliebank Road At Westwood G43 1LB 2 1 1 2 Tollcross Park L C Wellshot Road G32 7QR 19 1 1 Torridon Ave Dumbreck Rd G41 5NP 5 1 Toryglen Football Pitches 480 Prospecthill Rd G42 0BY 8 1 Transport Museum Bunhouse Road G3 8DP 10 2 3 1 Vasart Place Murano Street Village, G20 7SR 16 2 1 Victoria Park Dr North Victoria Park G14 9PJ 12 1 Vinicombe Street Burgh Lane G12 8BH 11 2 1 Waddell Court Flats 11, G5 0PP 8 1 1 Waddell Court 39 & 83 G5 0PP 8 2 Walkinshaw Pl Adjacent To School G40 3PG 9 1 Waverly Gardens At Minard Road G41 2EG 6 1 1 1 Waverly Gardens At Waverly Street G41 2ED 6 1 1

West End Retail Park Crow Road G11 7RY 12 5 6 1 West Princes St Queen's Crescent G4 9BS 11 1 West Street Underground G5 8LG 5 1 Westcliffe St Waverly Gardens G41 2DY 6 1 1

Western Depot Kelvinhaugh Street - G3 8PE 10 1 1 Whitehill Street Whitehill Pool G31 2NR 18 1 1 Whitevale Street Duke Street G31 1QW 9 1 Whitevale Street 51/109 G31 1HG 9 1 Whittingham Court Flat 1 -36 G12 0BH 15 1 Whittingham Court Flat 37 - 72 G12 0YG 15 1 Whittingham Court Flat 73 - 108 G12 0YH 15 1 Willow Tea Room 97 Buchanan St G1 3HF 10 1 Willow Tea Room 217 Sauchiehall St G2 3EX 10 1 Wilton Court Opposite Oban Court G20 6BA 16 1 Winton Dr Lister House/Glas Uni G12 0QA 15 1 1 Wyndford Road No's 25, G20 8EN 15 1 Wyndford Road 76 G20 8EB 15 1 1 Wyndford Road 120, 151, 171 & 191 G20 8DY 15 4 Yorkhill Fire Station Kelvinhaugh Street - G3 8PP 10 1 1 Yorkhill Street Overnewton St G3 10 1


Annex C – Materials Accepted at Glasgow City Council Civic Amenity Sites and Recycling Centres

Dawsholm Easter Queenslie Polmadie Shieldhall

Books √ √ √ √ Cardboard √ √ √ Car Batteries √ √ √ √ Drink Cans & Food Tins √ √ √ √ Energy Efficient Light Bulbs √ √ √ √ Engine Oil √ √ √ √ Glass √ √ √ √ Household Batteries √ √ √ √ Paper √ √ √ √ Plastic Bottles √ √ √ √ Textiles √ √ √ √ Electrical Items √ √ √ Garden Waste √ √ √ √ Rubble √ √ √ √ Scrap Metal √ √ √ √ Tetra Pak √ √ √ √ Wood √ √ √ Yellow Pages √ √ √ √


Annex D – Landfill Allowances Scotland April 2008 to March 2009


Annex E - Alternative Landfill Facilities Landfill Site Operator Estimated

Site Closure

Extension Prospects

Greengairs Landfill

Waste Recycling Group 2032 Yes

Greenoakhill Landfill

Patersons 2010 No

Levenseat Landfill

Leavenseat Landfill Limited

2020 Yes

Rigmuir Landfill Viridor 2017 Yes

West Carron Landfill

G R Services CO (Falkirk) Ltd

2020 Yes

Avondale Quarry Landfill

Avondale Landfill 2015 Yes

Auchinlea Landfill North Lanarkshire Council 2010 Yes

Auchencarroch Landfill

Barr Environmental 2022 No

Garlaff Landfill Barr Environmental 2025 Yes

With the exception of Greengairs and Garlaff, no other sites are currently able to fulfil the period for landfilling proposed by extending Cathkin Landfill unless they obtain an extension.

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