1. Ireland v Scotland: The Community Resources Cup
Claire Downey
CRNS Conference, November 2018
NCAD10/10/2015

2. Sector Profile Reach Partnerships / funding Business Models
Second Hand & Surplus; Repair / refurbishment / upcycling; Recycling
Charities, funded projects, social ent, sole traders/franchise
NO Prep for reuse, repair-only, community composting
Partnerships / funding
Privatised sector in Ireland, public in NI
A few with EPA, authorities (one in Ire, mostly NI), private sector (with donors)
Several projects through Local Partnerships (ESF funding
Our network is all-island, includes 22 members of which one member has 43 members (ICSA). CRNS has 119 full members! Majority are charities or social enterprises. A few members fully funded projects by EPA, and 3 x affiliate members.
Materials covered – general household goods through charity shops & online exchanges, industrial symbiosis, food, creative resources, textiles, furniture, paint, bicycles, WEEE. Limited whitegoods or building materials, only 2 x doing bicycles or paint. No preparation for reuse, composting or repair-only (some upcyclers increasingly focussed on repair though). Only 2 doing house clearances, no tool libraries, no starter packs for social housing. No events, only one kerbside/skip hire company.
Waste sector is privatised so relationships vary & tend to be limited. Interesting in CRNS Very few members reported that they did not work in partnership as in Ireland most do not. Some directly funded such as FreeTrade & SMILE by EPA. A few have partnerships with local authorities/ regional authorities such as Rediscovery Centre now National Centre for Circular Economy or members in NI. Some private sector partnerships e.g. Tesco & FoodCloud or foster relationships like ReCreate, Rehab, Camara & their donors.
REACH
Geographical distribution – outlets in every county in Ireland through ICSA, plus 3 in Belfast region. Outside this mainly Dublin, little in SE corner or Connaught/Ulster region.
Few undertake waste education and awareness projects with the public – Rediscovery Centre & ReCreate, Bryson via CAS & HHW recycling,
Reach
Geographical – ICSA everywhere, otherwise mostly Belfast, Dublin & Cork. Only one in West & none in SE
Few do education / awareness (3 of 22)

3. Policy & Investment National Policy - 2012
Regional Policy –
Key elements of national policy: NWPP (see EPA) to support reuse as well as local authorities (see regional policy); PRI review to make recommendations for reuse through PRI schemes; Public sector reuse policy through procurement. Established framework for provision of waste management services through three new waste management planning regions.
No mention of mattresses.
Regional Policy: Responsible for administering the waste plans, statutory documents prepared by the local authorities to ensure that European and national mandatory targets are achieved including achieving 50% recycling target, reducing to 0% untreated waste going to landfill and most ambitiously & importantly (though ignored) reducing household waste generated by 1% per year.
Plans include more for reuse incl min €0.15/inhabitant to be spent on prevention projects (still improving); aim to set aside 10% for reuse at CAS; review spend on waste hierarchy & prioritise prevention/reuse
EPA strategy: National Waste Prevention Programme - €1.8M approx of which €0.6M research
Job schemes – Ireland at full employment… schemes reducing.
EPA Strategy –

4. Qualification & quantification of reuse
RD&D
Measurement
Support to sector
Policy
Coming Soon:
Qualification & quantification of reuse
Demonstration
Bulky Item Reuse

6. Data – estimate 2017

7. … opportunities to work with CRNS
Where do we want to go?
Provide supports to members
Mainstream community resources
Develop the capacity of CRNI
Grow network to 50 members, grow networking & training capacity
Transposition of WFD, EEE targets, textiles collection recognised, qualify & quantify sector to facilitate targets, continuity of ReMark & bulky goods service models
Capacity of CRNI = EPA partnership approach, increased involvement of regional authorities
Opportunities to work with CRNS:
Study torus, shared member resources; collaborate & share research outcomes; opportunities for research partnerships
… opportunities to work with CRNS

8. Who is the winner?

9. Thank you