1. Funding support scheme information session Stirling 29 th October 2007 WRAP SME recycling programme

2. Welcome, introductions and overview  Introduction to WRAP  SME recycling programme overview  Good practice guidance  Funding support scheme: scope, applications and evaluation criteria  Waste Aware Business  WRAP’s wider business support  One to one sessions  Introductions

3. Introduction to WRAP

4. An introduction to WRAP Waste & Resources Action Programme Established by the Government in 2000 To help everyone in the UK recycle more, waste less and reduce the amount we send to landfill Reducing CO 2 emissions

5. Working together Up until now WRAP and its partners have delivered significant achievements: 5.8 million tonnes/year reprocessing capacity 8.5 million more ‘committed recyclers’ 1.6 million home compost bins sold 1.3 million tonnes less carbon emissions

6. WRAP’s seven programmes Construction Manufacturing Business Growth OrganicsRetail Behavioural Change Local Authorities

7. WRAP SME recycling programme overview

8. SME recycling programme aims and activities  Aim is to increase and improve recycling for SMEs  Making recycling at work easy, convenient and cost effective  Developing appropriate recycling services, charging mechanisms, sales and marketing approaches and staff involvement

9. Aims and activities  Completed two series of feasibility trials and series of demonstration trials  Feasibility trials covered variety of sectors, types of services, charging mechanisms, sales and marketing approaches and activities  Demonstration trials replicated good practice models on a larger scale  Developed good practice guidance  Evaluation reports from trials

10. Opportunities to develop SME recycling services  Lack of current services to meet needs  SMEs want services that are easy, convenient and cost effective  Latent level of interest in recycling but lack of time and resources to be proactive  Taking habits of recycling at home into the workplace  Increasing waste disposal costs  Pre-treatment regulations

11. Types of recycling services  Researched range of service types: collection services and bring site facilities  Materials to collect  Source separated or comingled materials  Collection containers  Collection frequency  Charging mechanisms and frequency

12. Feedback from SMEs  Carried out research following first series of feasibility trials  97% of customers satisfied with their recycling service  82% found the services easy to implement and maintain  33% + found it had improved their reputation  25% + saving space an important factor

13. SME recycling good practice guidance

14. Good practice guidance  Guidance based on findings and results from first series of feasibility trials  Provides practical advice and information on developing and providing recycling services to SMEs  Relevant to existing and emerging recycling service providers from all sectors  Currently available in electronic format  Printed format to be available in late November

15. Elements of the guidance  Guidance covers all major elements and key issues of service development and provision  Sales and marketing approaches and activities  Operational issues  Financial sustainability

16. Sales and marketing approaches and activities  Target area and audience  Material streams and quantities  Competition and charging  Legal arrangements with customers  Sales and marketing staff resources  Marketing activities  Sales activities

17. Operational issues  Collection containers: boxes, bags, bins and bundles  Collection vehicles  Depots and sorting facilities  Operational staff resources

18. Sustainability of the service  Collection rounds  Income streams  Financial sustainability of services  Monitoring and continuous improvements

19. Funding support scheme: scope, applications and evaluation

20. Aim and overview  Aim is to increase capacity of provision of recycling services to businesses, primarily SMEs  Overview  Who can apply?  What can I apply for?  How much can I apply for?  How can I apply?  Evaluation of applications  Successful applicants

21. Who can apply?  Organisations directly providing recycling services to businesses  Open to existing and new recycling service providers  Private, community and public sectors eligible to apply  Operated under de minimis regulations

22. What can I apply for? (1)  Expansion of existing services  New recyclable materials  New geographical areas  New types of customers  Development of new services  Projects 3 to 12 months in length  Requirement to deliver SME customer recruitment and tonnage targets  Follow good practice guidance

23. What can I apply for? (2)  Recycling services can cover:  Multi material collection services  Paper and cardboard services for city centres e.g. retail  Glass collection services for the hospitality sector  Services for industrial estates, business parks or multiple-occupancy buildings …

24. What can I apply for? (3)  Recycling services can cover:  Food waste collections for hospitality and retail sectors and smaller food processors  Services for the construction, refurbishment and demolition sector  SME and non SME customers (80% SMEs and 20% other non SMEs)  Must be ‘new to recycling’  Food waste to go to ABPR approved in-vessel composting or AD units

25. What can I apply for? (4) Support generally for package of measures.  Staff resources: sales and marketing staff, operational staff and management staff  Sales and marketing activities: telesales, direct mail, face to face sales, procurement of SME contact databases, sales and marketing literature, promotional introductory periods, websites, staff training  Infrastructure: collection containers, collection vehicles and contribution to overheads  No balers or shredders - eQUIP

26. How much can I apply for?  Max £67,000 excluding VAT per applicant  Operated under de minimis regulations  Local authorities not subject to de minimis but same funding limits apply  Declaration of previous public funding  50% match funding – in cash and/or in kind

27. How can I apply? (1)  Application form and guidance document  No closing date for applications in 2007-08 financial year  Application information required:  Organisation details and activities  Summary of proposal  Recycling service to be provided  Sales and marketing activities  Financial viability – 5 year projection  Project delivery plan

28. How can I apply? (2)  Declaration of de minimis funding  Information on funding requested  Documentation  Two years audited accounts or business plan  Health and safety policy or statement  Environment policy or statement  Statement on licenses  Terms and conditions

29. Evaluation of applications  Application form and supporting information received  Evaluation criteria  Value for money  Appropriateness of recycling service  Sales and marketing activities  Financial viability of service and organisation  Aim to respond within six weeks

30. Successful applicants  Funding support agreement  Confidentiality letter  Project initiation meeting  Negotiation period: funding agreement and milestones  Milestone payments – SME/ tonnage  Data reporting  BREW annual report  Support and contact from WRAP

31. Waste Aware Business

32. WRAP’s wider business support

33. Business Support

34. Business Support Video (not on web version)

35. Business Support focus 2006-08 Target: to deliver 10% sustainable growth in the specialist recycling and reprocessing sector (double the forecasted growth of GDP)  Equates to turnover growth of £120 million Themes  Encouraging new businesses and entrants  Duplicating winning formulae

36. Eligibility A reprocessing business operating in the UK recycling sector Recycling one or more of the following materials: aggregates; glass; plastics; organics; paper; wood; tyres; plasterboard and batteries An SME for the majority of the services available

37. Further information and support

38. Josephine Abbott e: josephine.abbott@wrap.org.uk t: 01295 819 916 Natasha Allen e: natasha.allen@wrap.org.uk t: 01295 819 692 www.wrap.org.uk/smefunding