Local Authority Waste & Recycling Magazine
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WEIGHING TECHNOLOGY Proud of your sustainability credentials? Get the recognition you deserve Sustainability Leaders Awards Awards 2015 Enter now at www.awards.edie.net early bird rate expires 30 June 2015 19 NOVEMBER GRAND CONNAUGHT ROOMS LONDON Supporters Partners edie.sus_awards-A4-early.indd 1 11/06/2015 09:23 Freegard suggests a more positive approach would be to invest in education to encourage good recycling behaviour. The jury is still out on whether rewards can actually work, whilst there are also reduced budgets to consider – communications campaigns have been cut significantly in some areas. Ireland's plan is part of a package of proposals that the government hopes will "modernise and professionalise" the market structure. In next month's LAWR, Iain Gulland, head of Zero Waste Scotland, argues that the waste sector needs to evolve into a professional utility market, with a regulator akin to an Ofgem. There are many challenges in achieving this, but he says it could change the way residents see their service provider for waste collection. David Adams, director at Equinox Recycling, says the success stories from the commercial sector are there for all to see: "The benefits for the industry are that people are finally paying for the true cost of waste disposal and the client feels like they are paying for what they get." July 2015 Local Authority Waste & Recycling 23 Industry opinions "All other utilities – water, phone and electricity – are charged on a usage basis, so it's right that waste services should be treated similarly because it will drive user behaviour and improve the recycling rates in country overall." Austin Ryan, ACMS business development director "The only fair way to manage waste in multi-stream environments is to charge for waste according to the amount and type produced by individual organisations, companies or people – colloquially known as 'pay as you throw'." Emlyn Roberts, Weightron Bilanciai sales director "People pay for how much gas or electricity they use. Those who insulate their homes or use less, pay less. It wouldn't be fair to charge everyone the same, so why do it for waste collection?" Julian Glasspole, Vehicle Weighing Solutions MD