Buckinghamshire Residual Waste Performance Report 2019/2020
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Buckinghamshire Residual Waste Performance Report 2019/2020 Contents 1.0 Introduction 2 5.0 Integrated Management System 13 5.1 Internal auditing in this contract year 13 2.0 Waste management 3 6.0 Maintenance management 14 3.0 High Heavens Waste Transfer Station 4 6.1 Maintenance issues 14 3.1 Background 4 3.2 Waste inputs 5 7.0 Community liaison 15 3.3 Waste outputs 5 7.1 Greatmoor EfW Visitor Centre 16 3.4 Waste transfer 6 7.2 Outreach visits 17 3.5 Transport fleet 7 7.3 Other highlights 17 3.6 Environmental management 7 7.4 Summary of visitor feedback 17 3.7 Complaints 7 7.5 Local employment 18 7.6 Liaison Group meetings 18 4.0 Greatmoor EfW 8 4.1 Background 8 8.0 Conclusion 18 4.2 Waste inputs 9 4.3 Waste outputs 9 9.0 Glossary 19 4.4 Environmental management 10 4.5 Complaints 13 Buckinghamshire Residual Waste Performance Report 2019/2020 Page 1 1.0 Introduction In 2013, Buckinghamshire County Council (BCC) This waste transfer station is designed to bulk up waste awarded FCC Buckinghamshire Limited (FCC from Chiltern, Wycombe and South Bucks District Environment) a 30 year contract for the management Councils delivered to the facility by Refuse Collection and treatment of household residual waste. Vehicles (RCV). To manage and treat this residual waste, FCC Waste from Household Recycling Centres (HRCs) is also Environment constructed and now operate and delivered either directly to Greatmoor EfW or to High maintain the Greatmoor Energy from Waste (EfW) Heavens WTS. Bulking up waste into large articulated facility, which is located to the north of Buckinghamshire vehicles is an efficient method for reducing delivery County. This Energy from Waste facility is used to miles. Residual waste from Aylesbury Vale District dispose of residual waste that was otherwise destined Council (AVDC) and HRC sites in the north of the county for landfill, whilst recovering energy from the waste to is directly delivered into Greatmoor EfW due to the close generate electricity. The facility generates enough proximity to the facility. electricity to power over 40,000 homes. The contract entered operation in June 2016, following To facilitate transporting residual waste from Southern the construction and commissioning of both facilities. Buckinghamshire to Greatmoor EfW, FCC Environment This is the Fourth Annual Service Report, which provides constructed and now operate and maintain High details of FCC Environment’s contract performance from Heavens Waste Transfer Station (WTS). April 2019 to March 2020. Map 1 – Location of FCC facilities and district councils Greatmoor EFW Aylesbury Vale District Aylesbury Wycombe District Chiltern District High Wycombe High Heavens South Bucks District Buckinghamshire Residual Waste Performance Report 2019/2020 CONTENTS Page 2 During the fourth contract year: 304,952 125,336 26 MW transport miles tonnes homes saved of residual waste were of electrical power is Our electricity output through the operation of processed for energy recovery, generated from the residual was the equivalent to High Heavens Waste Transfer with 104,013 tonnes of waste waste energy recovery at that needed to power Station to feed contract waste processed directly from BCC. Greatmoor EfW. 40,000 homes. to Greatmoor EfW. 1,241 1,724 school pupils visitors compliant engaged with during to Greatmoor over with the of electrical power 21 educational 166 community Environmental Permit was exported to the outreach sessions. engagement tours. at both facilities. National Grid system 2.0 Waste management Total waste volumes handled Table 1 – Summary of waste inputs processed at High Heavens During this contract year, WTS and Greatmoor EfW in this contract year by supplier FCC Environment have processed 304,952 tonnes of residual waste Waste inputs Tonnes across both facilities. Aylesbury Vale District Council 32,917 BCC Contract Waste was delivered by all the Chiltern & Wycombe District Councils 44,511 Buckinghamshire District Councils and also from South Bucks District Council 10,666 Household Recycling Centres (HRC). Bulky waste from the District Councils, as well as HRCs, is Household Recycling Centre Residual (BCC) 10,301 shredded and delivered to Greatmoor EfW via High Shredded Bulky Waste (BCC) 5,618 Heavens WTS, reducing waste that would otherwise be sent to landfill. In addition to BCC Contract Waste, Total Contract Waste Handled 104,013 Greatmoor EfW also receives Third Party Residual Third Party Residual Waste 200,939 waste. A full summary of the total waste inputs across both facilities is featured in Table 1. Total inputs to Greatmoor EfW 304,952 Buckinghamshire Residual Waste Performance Report 2019/2020 CONTENTS Page 3 3.0 High Heavens Waste Transfer Station 3.1 Background High Heavens WTS is situated at transfer to Greatmoor EfW, reducing the number of the High Heavens Waste Treatment transport miles required. This central delivery point provides efficient waste transfer, compared with RCVs Complex in High Wycombe, located delivering directly to the EfW facility. As well as to the south of the county. significantly reducing waste transport miles, this also reduces the time, costs and associated environmental This BCC waste treatment complex contains several impacts of the service, allowing the waste services to waste operations and the WTS was developed operate more efficiently in the areas that are needed. As a specifically for residual waste. condition of planning permission, there is a designated transport route (45.3 miles) between High Heavens WTS High Heavens WTS was constructed and commissioned and Greatmoor EfW, which maximises the use of major by FCC Environment and entered into commercial roads and motorways whilst reducing the use of minor operations in November 2015, in advance of the original roads that are not suitable for larger vehicles. June 2016 handover. High Heavens WTS is used as the local delivery point by the Southern District Councils to transfer residual waste to be processed at Greatmoor EfW. The waste is loaded onto articulated vehicles to Map 2 – High Heavens WTS and Greatmoor EfW, location of council districts and transport route across Buckinghamshire. Greatmoor EFW A41 Aylesbury Vale District Aylesbury Wycombe District Chiltern M40 District High Wycombe High Heavens South Bucks District Buckinghamshire Residual Waste Performance Report 2019/2020 CONTENTS Page 4 Page 5 3.2 Waste inputs 3.3 Waste outputs During this contract year, High Heavens The majority of waste from High Heavens WTS processed over 67,691 tonnes of WTS is bulked residual waste destined for residual waste, demonstrating the Greatmoor EfW. benefits of bulking waste from a highly Bulky waste is unsuitable for processing at populated region. Greatmoor EfW and is removed for shredding at the neighbouring treatment facility before returning the Figure 1 identifies the percentage breakdown of waste back into the delivery stream. Oversize waste waste delivered to High Heavens WTS by supplier is undesirable for Greatmoor EfW as it directly affects and Table 2 identifies the amount of waste delivered. combustion efficiency and energy recovery; and can cause significant blockages within the plant. The Figure 1 – High Heavens WTS waste inputs during the contract year (% by supplier) major benefit to shredding oversize waste is that it can still be processed at the EfW facility that would otherwise be sent to landfill. Additional benefits are 8.2% Chiltern and Wycombe non-conforming waste can be separated, disposed District Councils or recycled prior to delivery. 10.2% South Bucks District Council No ad-hoc waste was delivered into High Heavens Household Recycling 15.8% Centre Residual (BCC) in the contract year. 65.8% Shredded bulky waste (BCC) Table 2 – Tonnes of waste delivered into High Heavens WTS during the contract year by supplier Waste inputs Tonnes Chiltern and Wycombe District Councils* 44,511 South Bucks District Council 10,666 Household Recycling Centre Residual (BCC) 6,936 Shredded bulky waste (BCC) 5,578 Total 67,691 Buckinghamshire Residual Waste Performance Report 2019/2020 CONTENTS Page 5 3.4 Waste transfer Transport mileage savings Transport savings through bulk transfer of waste from High Heavens WTS Bulking operations of BCC Contracted Waste at on district council collections. That’s more than four times High Heavens WTS successfully reduced transportation 107,396 around the world. miles by 125,336 miles during this contract year. The miles saved breakdown of this is shown in Table 3. The transportation saving is calculated by analysing the delivery tonnes and mileage travelled from each location and adding the bulking transfer mileage to Greatmoor EfW. The transportation mileage saving takes into account a predetermined route (45.3 Miles) from High Heavens WTS to Greatmoor EfW, as defined on residual waste from Household Recycling Centres, in the planning permission. We have used the the equivalent of a return trip theoretical vehicle mileage for direct deliveries into 11,544 from London to Shanghai. Greatmoor EfW, rather than the actual mileage to miles saved High Heavens WTS. Since year 3 of the contract (April 2018 to March 2019), the average residual waste payload collected from High Heavens WTS improved by 2%, from 23.93t to 24.49t per collection. The improved payload is part of High Heavens WTS commitment to continual improvement on Shredded bulky waste. in the area of transport savings by reducing the That’s the same as a round trip number of deliveries required throughout the year. 6,397 from London to Ho