Urban Mines is an environmental consultancy and charity committed to finding innovative solutions for waste materials in a manner which values people and respects the earth. Working with the public and private sectors, the aim of Urban Mines is to provide information, expert advice, support, direction and financial solutions to waste, sustainability and climate change problems.
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ThinkSpot
Lawrence Strong, WAMITAB
This month, Lawrence Strong, the Director General of WAMITAB outlines his views on filling the skills and competence gaps for MSW management - investment or cost?
"Since 1970 the waste management industry has moved from a ‘lift and shift’ mentality towards a technologically driven ‘resource focused’ ethos which now requires an enhanced range of skills and competencies....."
"Since 1970 the waste management industry has moved from a ‘lift and shift’ mentality towards a technologically driven ‘resource focused’ ethos which now requires an enhanced range of skills and competencies....."
Product of the Month
01/Aug/2008
ELUS. The Environmental Legislation Update Service
The Environmental Legislation Update Service – or ELUS for short, is the easy way to create and ... read more
Projects
20/Jun/2007
Recyclables Market Development
As one of the founder members of the ReMaDe Network UK (Recyclable Market Development) Urban Min ... read more
This has included SME support programmes with new recycling business development, infrastructure development, market surveys and assistance with new product or new market development.
Urban Mines has also in the past developed its own recycling businesses, such as ‘End of Life Computers’ (http://www.extended-life-computers.co.uk/) a PC recycling and training venture in Halifax, which have been spun off as viable commercial concerns.
Urban Mines can therefore offer specialised and expert support in the areas of:
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Market Surveys and Capacity Surveys – recyclers, reprocessors, waste management facilities, gap analysis; who does what, where, using which materials, with plants of what capacity… using telephone, face to face or other survey techniques
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New Business Development – supporting the development of new recycling businesses, including business plan development and assistance in finding markets, customers and funding support
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New Product Development – with help in identifying technology partners, potential markets, issues with use specifications and identifying public funding and support opportunities
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Collection Trials - working with private and public partners to test collection and recycling opportunities with hard to reach groups, such as SMEs
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Materials Sourcing – assistance in sourcing secondary materials of suitable quality for manufacturing or energy applications
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Market Sourcing – identifying markets and customers for products made from secondary materials
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Infrastructure Development – identifying sites for new recycling or waste infrastructure, and identifying planning and community issues, identifying funding and support sources, encouraging clustered development.
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Sustainable Procurement – sourcing sustainable products for organisations and construction projects, supporting regional “Buy Recycled” programmes.
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Strategy Development – support with developing market development strategies, particularly in relation to public procurement PFI opportunities
Urban Mines Ltd, as part of the ReMaDe Network, has sister organisations in regions throughout the UK, and can deliver regional and multi-regional projects and initiatives working with these partners. These include:
- ReMaDe North West
- Enviros
- Belfast City Council
- Recycling Action Yorkshire
- London Remade
- ReMaDe Essex
- ReMaDe Kent and Medway (ReMaDe South East)
- ReMaDe Scotland
- ReMaDe Wessex
- UK CEED (ReMaDe East of England)
- University of Northampton
- Wales Environment Trust
- WRAP
More information on the Network is available at http://www.remadenetwork.org.uk/
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Northamptonshire RRP Feasibility Study Report
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North West C&I Waste Survey Report
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News
08/Aug/2008
ReMaDe Network on the Lookout for New Members
The ReMaDe Network UK, a leading network of environmental organisations, is on the look out for new members. At what is an increasingly exciting and opportunistic time in the sphere of recycling, the ReMaDe Network UK continues to position itself as a leading forum for recyclables market development. Covering the whole of the UK, the Network currently has 15 member organisations that benefit from the information exchange and partnership development initiated by the Network.
29/Jul/2008
Defra awards £195 million in PFI credits in S Tyne & Staffordshire
Staffordshire county council and the South Tyne and Wear Waste Management Partnership have both been awarded millions of pounds worth of PFI funding to help develop new waste treatment facilities.
Create new jobs, businesses, products and markets, leading a whole new way of thinking on how we use our earth’s natural resources for a sustainable future
