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WRAP – Our work in AD. Teresa Hogsbjerg . Project Manager. ABOUT WRAP. WRAP’s vision is a world without waste, where resources are used sustainably.
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WRAP – Our work in AD Teresa Hogsbjerg Project Manager
ABOUT WRAP • WRAP’s vision is a world without waste, where resources are used sustainably. • We help businesses, individuals and communities reap the benefits of reducing waste, developing sustainable products and using resources in an efficient way.
Business plan – 2011-2015 • Two main Priorities • Minimise resource use in products and buildings • Diverting priority materials from landfill • Working in partnership • Voluntary agreements • Key industry bodies • Industry programmes
Organics priorities • By 2015 we aim to create a step change in the UKs capacity to recover energy recycle nutrients, reduce food & wood waste to landfill by: • Increasing processing capacity • Developing business models • Grow existing and develop new markets for Quality products
What we have achieved so Far • Grant funded 13 plants through Capital & ETF programmes • Increased capacity by 473Ktpa • AD – UK Baseline September 2011 • PAS110 • Digestate QP • Due Diligence Templates – ADBA
Agriculture and Landscape and Regeneration • So far… • Established long term Agricultural field trials • Biomass and biofuel production on brownfield land • Habitat establishment on brownfield land • Sports turf management and maintenance
Current and forward focus – AD infrastructure • AD strategy and Action Plan • Continue to deliver our actions from the action plan • Trials • Data collection • Business Modelling • Finding solutions for market failures: • Delivering increase in AD capacity – directly and indirectly
Current Projects - infrastructure • AD Loan Fund – Various tranches • Driving Innovation in association with SBRI & RASE - www.wrap.org.uk/DIAD • Technology Databank – May 2012 • Caddy bags for AD & Composting – On going • Links with Finance industry - On-going • Sourcing waste for AD – Consolidation report
Current and future focus – Digestate Markets • Landscape and Regeneration trials – Investigating the commercial potential of digestate products • Distribution models for digestate – will report early 2012 • New Markets – Enhancement of digestate products
Agriculture • Agriculture trials • www.wrap.org.uk/dc-agri • Market Development work • Current analysis:
Compost calculator www.wrap.org.uk/compost_calculator
Links with key industry partners • Anaerobic Digestion and Biogas Association (ADBA) • Renewable Energy Association (REA) • Association for Organics Recycling (AFOR) • National Non Food Crops Centre (NNFCC)
links • Official AD Portal – www.biogas-info.co.uk • Latest WRAP Research on Collection Vehicles • Latest update on the DC-Agri trials -Digestate & Compost in Agriculture update • Teresa.Hogsbjerg@wrap.org.uk • Tel. 01295 819914 Mob. 07540 515578