Isonomia

by Adam Baddeley and Chris Cullen

Following on from our blog piece on the treatment capacity of the ‘Big 7’ waste management players in the UK, we have decided to examine the balance between contracted and non-contracted residual waste treatment capacity in the pipeline. By ‘contracted capacity’ we mean facilities that have signed a long-term local authority (LA) contract; ‘non-contracted’ capacity may be facilities that are intending to operate in the merchant sector, or could be currently involved in a procurement process for a local authority contract.

Read more on Waste infrastructure: consenting, contracting and construction…

by Adam Baddeley and Chris Cullen

Last week Eunomia published the latest update to its Residual Waste Infrastructure Review. We thought it would be interesting to cut the numbers differently and take a look at who amongst the ‘Big 7’ players in the UK is actually developing the most new waste treatment capacity.

Read more on Residual waste treatment: who’s the daddy?…

By Chris Cullen

Last month I attended a conference on mixed plastics recycling sponsored by Nestlé, the major food producer. They had reached a plateau in their efforts to increase the recycled content of their plastic packaging. The problem, as they saw it, was that there was insufficient UK infrastructure to sort and reprocess mixed plastic packaging, forcing then to rely primarily on virgin plastic.

Read more on Chickens, eggs and mixed plastics…

by Adam Baddeley, Sam Taylor and Chris Cullen

Secure, clean and affordable – it is hard to argue with the policy objectives for UK electricity supply in July’s White Paper on Electricity Market Reform (EMR). But much remains to be debated – first and foremost whether any achievable mix of generation can meet all three objectives.

Read more on No more hot air; just more wind and gas…