Uniclass Waste Management Systems - Waste Management Case Studies

The Landfill, The Waste and the Wheelie Bin - text only

About this Document
This is a text synopsis of a case study presented to UK Local Authority delegates by Wealden District Council on 6th February 2007 at the following event:

Achieving Innovative Waste Management Practices
A free conference for Local Authorities sponsored by ROCC

A pdf formatted copy of the presentation slides, for non-commercial use, may be downloaded from the Uniclass Waste Management Downloads area.

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Synopsis

Background
	1980s – Wheelies Bins trialled, Recycling banks introduced Early 1990s – Bellbrook Material Reclamation Facility in Uckfield 1995 – Recycling Rate 4.5% from community recycling points alone Consultation – Blue box kerbside scheme (paper and cans) 1997 – Covered 1/3 District – Recycling Rate increased to 7.5% 1998 – 2003: CROWN (Composting and Recycling Our Waste Now) introduced to 37 500 of 62 000 households (urban and semi-urban areas) 2001 - Awarded Beacon Status for Dealing with Waste 2005/6: WDC recycles/composts 29% of collected household waste (Nearly 50% in CROWN areas). 18 000 tonnes of materials diverted from landfill

Three Bin Scheme
	Wheelie Bin – Garden Waste & Cardboard. Blue Box – Paper, Cans, Foil & Aerosols. Wheelie Bin – Refuse, Alternate Collections

Information
	Biannual Calendars (4 versions), Waste Matters – in-house publication

Bellbrook Materials Recycling Facility (MRF)
	Wealden District Council operates its own Materials Reclamation Facility (MRF) at Bellbrook Industrial Estate in Uckfield, where recyclable household waste collected from households in Wealden and parts of East Sussex and Kent sorted and stored. Glass, paper, cans and plastic bottles are all sorted here before being transported in larger loads to recycling plants.

Recent Domestic Developments
	CROWN (Composting and Recycling Our Waste Now) Households - plastic bottle kerbside collections (Currently 17 000 properties) 65 Neighbourhood Recycling Points (Glass, paper and cans, 6 with plastic bottles) New Schemes Forest Row/Danehill

Initiatives and Income
	Trade – Waste and recyclables, Cesspool Emptying Service, Green Waste Collections Eastbourne and Mid Sussex, Trial - Cardboard from Businesses, Recycling, Miscellaneous

National Campaigns
	Real Nappy week, Composting Week, The Big Recycle

Schools and Community Groups
	Litter Picking – probation service, Abandoned Vehicles – Operation Crackdown, Waste and Recycling Directory.

Future Plans
	Forest Row and Danehill Trial – 3000 properties, Split Lorry, 2 wheelie bins – 2 caddies (less capacity), Refuse Caddy – plastics and cans, Green Waste Caddy – Paper, Free Compost Bins, Expand to all Non-CROWN areas.

Wealden District Council (WDC) and Uniclass
	Uniclass Classic – included property maintenance, grounds maintenance, waste management and stock system Restructure, Cabinet approval, Staff Turnover, Christmas and New Trial Technical Considerations.

Technical Considerations
	Multiple Site, LAN and WAN – mega stream, Broadband access from depots, Citrix Metaframe Environment

Comprehensive Specification
	Price, functionality, Conformity, Compatibility, Training, Timescales, Work Record, References, Technical Back Up, Merit, Support, Long Term Plans, Ease of Use, Strategy, Data Transfer, Data Access, Security Levels, Audit Trails, Reporting Functionality.

Corporate IT Strategy
	Internal IT Department.

The Process
	SOCITM, Considered Partnership, Invited Tenders, Budget Problems, Considered CRM use, Cabinet Report.

Choosing a Supplier
	3 suppliers, Demonstrations (All users invited and evaluated), Site Visits – 4 or 5 team members – Head of Service, IT Analyst, Systems Officer and Waste Management Officer.

Decision
	Good Value, Cesspool Module, Long Relationship, Happy with Support, Powys site visit confirmed functionality, Issues with other systems.

Other Considerations
	Opportunity to Develop System more tailored to Wealden’s Requirements Continued Development, Fast Implementation, Multifunctional System Controlling Significant Income, Requirements, 60 unique logins – 40 concurrent users Interfaces – FIS (Radius Powersolve), Mapping (SIA Digital Mapping), NLPG Stores – Interface to Fuel Management

Where have we got to?
	October 2006 – Live with Cesspool Module January 2007 – Live with Domestic Side and no longer reliant on old server

Improvements
	Ease of Use More Users, broader knowledge and ability Better, More Consistent and Accurate Information to the Public First Point of Contact Response Negate Considerable Duplication Automated Letter Production and Mailouts Management Tool More Information and History Audit Trail Less Specialist Knowledge Narrower Margin of Error – guides users/system admin Save paper Configurable Scope for additional functionality and fields Lose outdated technology Statistic collation - PIs

What’s Next?
	Trade Side – jobs, automated charging, add clinical waste, Crystal reports PIs and Waste data flow, More Training and revisit Training, Diary Functions – cesspools and special collections, Warnings, Eastbourne Missed Bins. Dog and Litter Bins, Attach pricebooks to orders, Map rounds, recycling points, litter bins, Data Cleansing – NLPG, Dealing with Schools, Link to online payment system, System Admin Notes. Online Services – Bin Day Search, special collection, cesspool emptying, Handhelds, Interface to other systems – CRM, M3, Link to document management.

Issues
	Data Cleansing, Notes – bespoke. Multifunctional System – working smarter, not replicating existing practises, Project Days, Property Status Issues, Job Completions/System Admin Side

User Group