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Joint Working Waste Collection Could Save £1 Million A Year

Webaspx and our partners Entec, have successfully worked with Project Integra , a partnership of the fifteen parties (including waste collection, disposal authorities and Veolia), to evaluate the potential logistic benefits of joint working waste collection schemes in Hampshire. 

The resulting tactical joint working models developed by Webaspx identified substantial potential savings of nearly a quarter of a million miles per annum, 235,000 kg of CO2 and six vehicle equivalents (including drivers and loaders). The potential cashable logistic savings are in the region of £1 million per annum.

Webaspx and Entec developed models of existing collection rounds for the six partner authorities (Basingstoke and Deane, East Hampshire, Hart, Havant, Portsmouth and Winchester) by capturing round information using our award winning RoundManagerWM software and expertise from over 80 similar projects. This enabled early engagement of operational staff and ensured that the models were grounded in reality.

The results of the logistics study have informed Integra’s business case and the next phase of work will be expanded to include additional authorities and waste collection services. Integra has already reappointed Entec and Webaspx to help define and deliver this next phase with potential for further savings to those already identified.

Peter Headley-Smith at Integra said: “We are delighted with the work by Webaspx and Entec. The savings identified have generated a momentum towards joint working being a reality.”

Notes to Editors

  • The initial joint working scenario modelled included the resources of all six partners with a standardised set of design rules, underpinned by the data derived from the individual authority ‘As Is’ models. In the subsequent scenario the impact of depot rationalisation was tested, with two sites removed from the available depot resource to which vehicles could be assigned. The potential logistics savings were slightly reduced in this model although the potential closure of the two depots does in itself provide additional potential savings of up to £250k per annum.
  • Webaspx provides specialist waste collection modelling solution to optimise joint working and other single authority waste collection servcies. The company led the introduction of optimisation techonlogy to the UK waste sector and continues to provide an innovative modelling capability, experience of over 100 waste logistics projects and in depth software skills.
  • Entec is one of the UK’s largest environmental and engineering consultancies. The technical and business skills of over 850 staff and associates are dedicated to delivering strategic, technical and engineering solutions which bring commercial benefits to our customers at home and overseas. This know-how is based on over 60 years of consulting experience in the public and private sectors. For further information, please visit our website www.entecuk.com
  • Project Integra was founded to provide a joint working solution for its members to face the challenge of reducing landfill capacity and EU/UK waste legislation and policy. Integra now has one of the foremost waste disposal and recycling facility networks in England. For more information, please go to http://www.integra.org.uk/

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