In total over seventy businesses were assisted with a mixture of one day of support or five days direct consultancy.   The range of work included waste audits and assistance with legislation including packaging waste and hazardous waste regulations.  Companies were given in depth information about recycling opportunities including a cost benefit analysis for the introduction of recycling equipment e.g. balers and compactors.

A wide range of support was required for companies in the recycling industry including leaflet design and distribution for fledgling businesses.  Market research for existing businesses was provided to assist developing existing and new markets. 

Many companies were seeking funding for plant and equipment or training.  Whilst this activity was not a core requirement of the project, we were successful in securing £100,000 of funding for refurbishing a redundant building, in order to recycle materials.  We also identified funding opportunities for WAMITAB training.

The project was successful for safeguarding sixty full time staff and creating employment for an additional three, along with a new recycling business being established.  Also, there are strong indications that additional jobs will be created since the project finished which will come into fruition over the coming months.  Detailed below is a table showing the wide range of work completed.

Company	Type of Assistance
Accord	Waste Audit
Advantage Waste Solutions	Market Research for alternative materials
Agricycle (Midlands)	Market Research for farm waste
Akristos	Market Research for markets for non fired clay bricks using secondary materials
ALO UK	Recycling and Legislation Advice
Anochrome	Waste Audit and IPPC Training
Arrow Environmental	Process flow improvement for oil/water separation
Aston Manor Brewery	Waste Audit and cost benefit analysis for introducing waste compaction
B. Mason & Sons	Waste Audit + ISO 14001 Pre audit assistance
Baker & Finnemore	Waste Audit
BCR Global Textiles	Research into utilising vehicle capacity and incorporating vehicle telematics
BG Plating	Waste Audit
Bin Men	Market Research for development of household recycling bin
Bloomfield Composting	Assistance with WRAP application for capital grant funding
Bloomfield Recycling & Skip Hire	Assistance with WRAP application for capital grant funding
Blythe Valley Innovation Centre	Recycling & Legislation Advice
Botany Bay Nurseries	Research to identify suitable plastic recyclers and composter
Breakwells Glass	Waste Audit
Brownhills Glass	Waste Audit
Brumcan (Community Interest Company)	Leaflet Design
Brumcan (Community Interest Company)	Glass recycling for hospitality sector
Busch UK	Waste Audit
BVH	Software development for Hazardous waste reports for Environment Agency
CAB Automotive	Research to identify recycler and market prices for plastics and Woodstock Fibre
Capricorn Mouldings	Waste Audit
Charlton & Jenrick Ltd	Waste Audit Assistance with packaging waste regulations
Chequer Foods	Market research for alternative solutions  to landfill for difficult waste streams
CRASH  IT (Community Interest company)	Assistance with WEEE regulations in relation to IT equipment
CRH Plant Hire	Recycling & resource efficiency advice
Crown Skip Hire	Market research for alternative uses for chipped wood
Downings Waste Recovery	Research for funding WAMITAB training
DP Recycling	Research & advice for potential new  recycling business
ECD	Research for recycling waste materials in relation to repair  of  mobile phones
Envirowarm (Community Interest Company)	Feasibility study to develop a white goods refurbishment facility
Estech (Europe)	Research into R & D funding for alternative uses of by-products from autoclave process
Expo Distribution	Research into recycling various plastics & establishing market prices
Greenfields (Organic)	Research to identify suitable site for composting to meet EA regulations
Greenskys Recycling	Leaflet distribution in Shrewsbury  for this new recycling business
Howard Group	Assistance with Environmental Legislation
Humphries Demolition Ltd	Assistance with WRAP application for capital grant funding
JME Glass	Glass recycling for hospitality sector
Kingsbury Pallets	Feasibility study to develop paper manufacture from wood waste
Ladywood Furniture Project	Research to introduce training provision to generate NVQ qualifications for  refurbishing  electrical products
Lawrence Skip Hire	Research into funding for new recycling facility
Mercian Housing Association	Assistance with measuring carbon footprint
Moorland Green (Composting)	Research for compaction equipment suitable for compost for retail market
Oswestry Furniture Project (Community Interest Company)	Assistance with contract negotiation with Veolia and Shropshire Waste Partnership for new bulky goods collection service
Oswestry Furniture Project (Community Interest Company)	Develop marketing document for this enterprise to promote the value the organisation provides to the community to engage with stakeholders etc
Paperchasers Ltd	Marketing & Leaflet distribution for this new business (Business created by Urban Mines)
Paperchasers Ltd	Assistance with WEEE regulations
Paperchasers Ltd	Market research for pallet recycling
Paperchasers Ltd	Market research plastic recycling
Parkwood Leisure	Assistance with recycling plastic containers
Phoenix Abrasives Ltd	Waste Audit
Plastic Recycling International	Market development
Plastil UK Ltd	Waste Audit & Research into rainwater harvesting
Polymer Recyclers Ltd	Market research into potential markets for reprocessed technical rubber(s)
Polymer Recyclers Ltd	Market research into feedstock of technical rubber for reprocessing
Regus	Waste Audit & assistance with energy consumption
Shropshire Real Nappy Network (Community Interest Company)	Research into funding opportunities
Solar Horizons	Market research into potential niche markets, plus research into geographical supply of natural gas
Solar Horizons	Market research for potential new recycling business
South Shropshire Furniture Scheme	Assistance with contract negotiation with Veolia and Shropshire Waste Partnership for new bulky goods collection service
System Seating International	Waste Audit
The Big Lottery	Waste Audit
The Network (Community Interest Company)	Research into funding opportunities
Tyre Barrier Solutions	Research into potentially using tyres as barrier protection
Wellpak Ltd	Research into potential outlets for unsalable fresh fruit e.g. zoos
Worcestershire Resource Exchange	Research into funding opportunities
Wrekin Recycling	Research into markets for baled plastic waste from farms
Wye Valley Brewery	Waste Audit plus assistance with packaging regulations