The waste management market in Great Britain - its structure, markets and prospects BDS Marketing Research (QMJ) Limited, 7 Regent Street, Nottingham, NG1 5BS, Tel: +44 (0) 1761 433035 www.bdsmarketing.co.uk Building knowledge for success VAT Reg. No. 244432327 Registered in England No. 10208753
The waste management market in Great Britain its structure, markets and prospects Contents Page No. 1 Summary and conclusions 1 2 Introduction 8 2.1 Wastes covered in the survey and definitions 8 2.2 Methods of research 8 2.3 Authors 9 3 The legislature framework 10 3.1 EU Directives 10 3.2 UK legislation and policy 12 3.3 Environment Agency and SEPA 16 3.4 WRAP 16 4 Waste arisings 17 4.1 Total arisings 17 4.2 Inert 22 4.3 Municipal 23 4.4 Industrial & Commercial 26 4.5 Hazardous 33 5 Waste Disposal 36 5.1 Landfill volumes 36 5.2 Landfill void 38 5.3 Transfer stations 40 5.4 Composting 42 5.5 Recycling 46 5.5.1 Municipal waste 46 5.5.2 Construction and demolition waste 48 5.6 Energy from waste plants 51 5.7 MBT Plants 54 5.8 Landfill gas generation 55 6 Household Waste Disposal Contracts 57
7 Waste management companies 59 7.1 Industry structure 59 7.2 Development, market coverage and strategies of waste management companies 60 7.2.1 Augean 60 7.2.2 Biffa 61 7.2.3 Cory 63 7.2.4 FCC 64 7.2.5 Global Renewables 65 7.2.6 Grundon 65 7.2.7 Hills Waste Solutions 66 7.2.8 Shanks 67 7.2.9 SITA 68 7.2.10 Veolia 69 7.2.11 Viridor 70 8 Regional analysis of waste markets 71 8.1 South East (excluding London) 71 8.2 London 78 8.3 South West 82 8.4 West Midlands 88 8.5 East Midlands 94 8.6 East of England 101 8.7 Yorkshire & The Humber 108 8.8 North West 114 8.9 North East 121 8.10 Wales 126 8.11 Scotland 131 9 Changes to the regulatory environment 137 10 Development opportunities and strategies for waste management companies 139 Appendices A Sample Site Waste Management Plan data sheet 142 B European Waste Catalogue chapter headings 143 C Major planning schemes for waste management facilities since January 2007 145 a) Landfill Schemes 145 b) MBT Schemes 147 c) EfW Schemes 149
Tables 1 Government policy in England on household waste 14 2 Government policy in Scotland on household waste 15 3 BDS Estimates of total waste arisings in Great Britain (2008) 18 4 Industrial and Commercial waste arisings by waste type and waste management method in England (2002) 27 5 Industrial and Commercial waste arisings by waste type and waste management method in Wales (2002/03) 30 6 Commercial and industrial waste arisings in Scotland by sector 2005 32 7 England & Wales - Hazardous waste production trends by EWC Chapter 33 8 Scotland - Hazardous waste production trends by EWC Chapter 34 9 England & Wales - Hazardous waste deposit trends by disposal and recovery 35 10 Scotland - Hazardous waste deposit trends by disposal and recovery 35 11 BDS estimate of market shares of top ten landfill companies 37 12 BDS estimates of landfill void and life for landfill companies (2008) 39 13 Waste transfer stations permitted by the Environment Agency as at end of 2006 40 14 Trends in volumes handled at Waste Transfer stations 2000-2006 41 15 Estimated top GB compost producers in 2007 43 16 Analysis of currently active composting sites by region 44 17 Analysis of compost production by region (2007) 45 18 % of local authorities with separate organic collection schemes 46 19 BDS summary of geographical spread and nature of aggregates recycling plants 49 20 BDS estimates of top 10 recycled aggregates producing companies 50 21 EfW plant volumes in England and Wales by type of waste (2006) 51 22 Volumes of waste handled at EfW plants in England and Wales (2006) 52 23 Regional breakdown of the renewable energy schemes 53 24 MBT Plants 54 25 NFFO Orders: status summary as at 31 st December 2006 55 26 Regional breakdown of the landfill gas schemes 56 27 Disposal contracts by company 57 28 BDS estimates of market shares of waste management companies in key waste markets 59 29 Financial performance of Augean plc, 2006-2007 60 30 Financial performance of Biffa, 2006-2007 62 31 Financial performance of Cory Environmental, 2005-2006 63 32 Financial performance of WRG, 2005-2006 64 33 Financial performance of Grundon Waste Management, 2005-2006 65 34 Financial performance of Hills Waste Solutions, 2006-2007 66 35 Financial performance of Shanks Group plc, 2006-2007 67 36 Financial performance of SITA UK, 2005-2006 68 37 Financial performance of Veolia Environmental Services, 2006-2007 69 38 Financial performance of Viridor, 2006-2007 70 39 BDS estimates of market shares of landfill companies in the South East (2006) 71 40 Structure of landfill sector in the South East 72 41 BDS estimates of landfill void and life by company in the South East 73 42 Energy from waste plants generating landfill gas in the South East in 2008 76 43 Energy from waste plants treating municipal and industrial waste in 2008 in the South East 77 44 BDS estimates of market shares of landfill companies in London (2006) 78 45 Structure of landfill sector in London 78
46 BDS estimates of landfill void and life by company in London 79 47 Energy from waste plants generating landfill gas in London in 2008 80 48 Energy from waste plants treating municipal and industrial waste in 2008 in London 81 49 BDS estimates of market shares of landfill companies in the South West (2006) 82 50 Structure of landfill sector in the South West 83 51 BDS estimates of landfill void and life by company in the South West 83 52 Energy from waste plants generating landfill gas in the South West in 2008 86 53 Energy from waste plants treating municipal and industrial waste in 2008 in the South West 87 54 BDS estimates of market shares of landfill companies in the West Midlands(2006) 88 55 Structure of landfill sector in the West Midlands 89 56 BDS estimates of landfill void and life by company in the West Midlands 90 57 Energy from waste plants generating landfill gas in the West Midlands in 2008 92 58 Energy from waste plants treating municipal and industrial waste in 2008 in the West Midlands 93 59 BDS estimates of market shares of landfill companies in the East Midlands(2006) 94 60 Structure of landfill sector in the East Midlands 95 61 BDS estimates of landfill void and life by company in the East Midlands 96 62 Energy from waste plants generating landfill gas in the East Midlands in 2008 99 63 Energy from waste plants treating municipal and industrial waste in 2008 in the East Midlands 100 64 BDS estimates of market shares of landfill companies in the East (2006) 101 65 Structure of landfill sector in the east 102 66 BDS estimates of landfill void and life by company in the East 103 67 Energy from waste plants generating landfill gas in the east of England in 2008 106 68 Energy from waste plants treating municipal and industrial waste in 2008 in the East of England 107 69 BDS estimates of market shares of landfill companies in Yorkshire and the Humber (2006) 108 70 Structure of landfill sector in Yorkshire and the Humber 109 71 BDS estimates of landfill void and life by company in Yorkshire and the Humber 110 72 Energy from waste plants generating landfill gas in Yorkshire and the Humber in 2008 113 73 Energy from waste plants treating municipal and industrial waste in 2008 in the Yorkshire and the Humber 113 74 BDS estimates of market shares of landfill companies in the North West (2006) 114 75 Structure of landfill sector in the North West 115 76 BDS estimates of landfill void and life by company in the North West 116 77 Energy from waste plants generating landfill gas in the North West in 2008 119 78 Energy from waste plants treating municipal and industrial waste in 2008 in the North West 120 79 BDS estimates of market shares of landfill companies in the North East (2006) 121 80 Structure of landfill sector in the North East 122 81 BDS estimates of landfill void and life by company in the North East 122 82 Energy from waste plants generating landfill gas in the North East in 2008 125 83 Energy from waste plants treating municipal and industrial waste in 2008 in the North East 125 84 BDS estimates of market shares of landfill companies in Wales (2006) 126 85 Structure of landfill sector in Wales 127 86 BDS estimates of landfill void and life by company in Wales 128
87 Energy from waste plants generating landfill gas in Wales in 2008 130 88 Energy from waste plants treating municipal and industrial waste in 2008 in Wales 130 89 BDS estimates of market shares of landfill companies in Scotland (2006) 131 90 Structure of landfill sector in Scotland 132 91 BDS estimates of landfill void and life by company in Scotland 133 92 Energy from Waste - Landfill Gas (Scotland) 136 93 Energy from Waste - Municipal & Industrial Waste (Scotland) 136 Charts 1 Inputs to waste management facilities 2006 in England and Wales 19 2 Waste management trends by type of facility 2000-2006 20 3 Inputs to waste management facilities 2005 in Scotland 21 4 Industrial and commercial waste arisings by type of material 2002/2003 29 5 Estimated growth in the composting of waste in the UK 42 6 Waste deposited by type of facility in the South East in 2006 74 7 Waste deposited by type of facility in London in 2006 79 8 Waste deposited by type of facility in the South West 2006 84 9 Waste deposited by type of facility in the West Midlands 2006 91 10 Waste deposited by type of facility in the East Midlands 2006 97 11 Waste deposited by type of facility in the East of England 2006 104 12 Waste deposited by type of facility in Yorkshire and the Humber 2006 111 13 Waste deposited by type of facility in the North West 2006 117 14 Waste deposited by type of facility in the North East 2006 123 15 Waste deposited by type of facility in Wales 2006 129 16 Waste deposited by type of facility in Scotland 2005 134 Graphs 1 Management of municipal waste in England by type of disposal 1997-2007 23 2 Management of municipal waste in Wales by type of disposal 1997-2005 24 3 Management of municipal waste in Scotland by type of disposal 1998-2006 25 4 Industrial and commercial waste arisings and management 29 5 Municipal waste arisings by type in England 47 6 Construction and demolition waste management 1999 to 2005 48 7 Municipal waste arisings 2000/01 to 2006/07 South East 75 8 Municipal waste arisings 2000/01 to 2006/07 London 80 9 Municipal waste arisings 2000/01 to 2006/07 South West 85 10 Municipal waste arisings 2000/01 to 2006/07 West Midlands 91 11 Municipal waste arisings 2000/01 to 2006/07 East Midlands 98 12 Municipal waste arisings 2000/01 to 2006/07 East of England 105 13 Municipal waste arisings 2000/01 to 2006/07 Yorkshire and the Humber 112 14 Municipal waste arisings 2000/01 to 2006/07 North West 118 15 Municipal waste arisings 2000/01 to 2006/07 North East 124 16 Management of municipal waste in Scotland 1998 2006 135