In 2002, the UK waste management market was 4.61bn, with total waste arisings of 432 million tonnes and it's expected to grow to 6.1bn by 2007.

In 2002, the market was 4.61bn, with total waste arisings of 432 million tonnes. Market growth depends on the speed with which management measures in Government waste strategy are implemented. We estimate that the market for waste management will grow by 32.3% between 2002 and 2007 to reach 6.1bn.

(PRWEB) September 21, 2003 --Research and Markets have announced the addition of the "Waste Management Market Report 2003" report to your offering.

This report analyses the UK waste management industry in terms of sources of waste, collection and disposal routes. In 2002, the market was 4.61bn, with total waste arisings of 432 million tonnes. The most significant sectors by weight of arisings were mining and quarrying, demolition, agriculture and construction. Household waste accounts for 30 million tonnes. Municipal waste — waste collected by a waste collection authority (WCA) — involves the largest infrastructure for waste collection and disposal.

The report discusses waste management, which categorises waste management strategies in priority from waste reduction — the most favoured option — followed by reuse, recycling, composting, energy recovery from waste, land spreading of waste and landfill to incineration with energy recovery.

We give an analysis of trends for specific waste streams. In the metals sector, there is a well established infrastructure for recycling steel, part of which are the 2,300 can recycling banks. Aerosol cans are suitable for recycling and currently 7.5% of the 600 million aerosol cans used in the UK are recycled. Aluminium is also recycled for secondary smelting, which can give a 95% saving in energy compared with primary production. Although there is a well established infrastructure for glass recycling, there is a surplus of green glass (from imported wine and beer bottles). There are over 20,000 bottle banks in the UK.

Current issues facing the waste management industry are also discussed. According to the November 2002, Strategy Unit Waste Report, household waste is growing by 3%, faster than growth domestic product (GDP). One of the Government's aims is to decouple the rate of growth in waste from GDP. Another factor in waste strategy is the requirement for the recycling infrastructure to include kerbside collection for organic materials.

Regarding landfill, there is discussion about the separation of all hazardous waste from can disposal landfill. The landfill tax could be increased from the present 13 per tonne to 35 per tonne in the next 10 years as a deterrent to using landfill for disposal. The Waste and Emissions Trading Bill proposes a framework for emissions trading. As landfill options decrease in line with the EU Landfill Directive, concern is being raised about the use of incinerators as a strategy for waste disposal and associated potential dangers of polluting and dangerous stack emissions. As a result, new regulations for incinerators are being proposed.

Market growth depends on the speed with which management measures in Government waste strategy are implemented. We estimate that the market for waste management will grow by 32.3% between 2002 and 2007 to reach 6.1bn.

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