BEST PRACTICE GUIDE: Maximising Diversion at Household

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Waste Recycling Centres

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S3 Environmental Solutions Ltd

2003

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CONTENTS

GENERAL INTRODUCTION

1 Statutory Provisions and Powers Applying to Civic Amenity Facilities

2 Background 3

3 Methodology 4

4 Sites Chosen for Study and their Recycling Rates FINDINGS

5 Location and Access 7

6 Site Layout and Traffic Management 8

7 Signage 11

8 Security Arrangements 15

9 Materials Collected, Re-use and Sale of Goods 16

10 Contract Management Arrangements 20

11 Publicity, Communication and Education 21

12 Health and Safety Arrangements including Site Cleanliness 23

13 Trade Waste 27

14 Hazardous Household Waste 29

15 Examples of Good Ideas at Each Site 32

16 Recommended Best Practice in achieving High Recycling Rates 38

17 Acknowledgements 44

18 Summary List of Local Authority Contacts 45

19 Bibliography 46