Case Studies
There are numerous examples of good practice in resource efficiency, waste minimisation and waste management practice in the East Midlands already. This page provides links to a range of good practice case studies, including all of those featured in the Regional Waste Strategy.
If you know of further case studies which you would like to see included, please contact Andrew Pritchard at the Regional Assembly: andrew.pritchard@emra.gov.uk
The Sustainable Growth Parks (SGP) concept
In concept a Sustainable Growth Park (SGP) is a prestigious,modern, clean industrial park on which waste handling and segregation facilities are ...
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Leicestershire Waste Partnership - The Three ‘R’s in Schools
Recycling Rewards for Schools is a new initiative from the Leicestershire Waste Partnership (a partnership of local authorities) designed to help ...
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Notts County Council - Householder Incentive Scheme
Nottinghamshire Schools Waste Action Club (SWAC) Nottinghamshire Schools Waste Action Club (SWAC) is a partnership between Nottinghamshire County ...
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Regional Local Authority Media Campaign
In March and December 2003 a number of Midlands local authorities got together to fund a generic and Christmas recycling television campaign which ...
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Nottingham Schools Waste Action Club
Nottinghamshire Schools Waste Action Club (SWAC) is a partnership between Nottinghamshire County Council, Nottingham City Council, Nottinghamshire ...
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EMBREN
East Midlands Business Resource Efficiency NetworkEMBREN no longer exists, Business Link East Midlands now gives advice on resource efficiency to ...
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Hawthornes Printers
A print and media services company in Nottingham, Hawthornes decided work towards an ISO14001 Environmental Management System, and achieved ...
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Northern Foods
– waste minimisation through innovationNorthern Foods is a leading food producer in the UK employing more than 21,000 people in approximately 40 ...
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Toyota Manufacturing (UK) Ltd, Burnaston, Derbyshire
Toyota Motor Manufacturing (UK) Ltd has a major car production plant in the Region, sited at Burnaston in Derbyshire.The site employees 4573 ...
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Angrave's Cane Furniture Ltd
Approach to waste minimisation: Being a small company with 54 staff has not prevented Angrave’s from making a commitment to minimise waste and ...
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Melton BC Recycling Service
Melton Borough Council has developed an integrated waste service provision for its customers with a clear focus on recycling and waste ...
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Recycling Ollerton and Broughton
Recycling Ollerton and Boughton (ROB) is a Social Enterprise providing local kerbside paper, can and cardboard recycling collections. A green ...
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Biffa Recycling Centre, Leicester
In 1998 Leicester City Council undertook a comprehensive review of its waste management service. As a result of this review the council developed ...
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Leicester CC Boardwalk
Recycled Boardwalk at Aylestone Meadows Since 2000, Leicester City Council has installed over 400 meters of high quality, recycled plastic ...
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Recresco, Nottingham
Nottingham-based recycling company Recresco, formerly known as Midlands Glass has been able to significantly expand its reprocessing capacity ...
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Panel Plus
A consortium including Leicester City Council, Euro-Projects Ltd, Omnia- Composite Solutions,WRAP and Loughborough University has developed a ...
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Gusto Homes
Waste costs of the housing development were reduced through the segregation of wastes using different skips on site. Recycled materials were used ...
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Baggaley Construction Ltd
A local family-owned construction company has reduced waste disposal costs from £115,000 to around £70,000 per annum through introducing a ...
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Sherwood Energy Village, Nottinghamshire
The Sherwood Energy Village (SEV) is the transformation of a former colliery site into a mixed use development of housing; industry and commerce; ...
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Grange Park Development
A West-Midlands based contractor with a large composting operation – Jack Moody Ltd of Shareshill near Wolverhampton, secured a contract with ...
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Last updated: 2nd April 2007