Services
Recycling/Recovery
Devon Waste Management Ltd and its trading arm, Coastal Waste, operates a range of services for both the public, commercial and domestic customers.
Devon Waste Management's principle role is in the management and operation of a number of public recycling centres and the composting of garden and organic waste supplied by the public at the Recycling Centres and District Councils from their separate collection schemes.
The company operates 23 Recycling Centres throughout Devon (www.recycledevon.org) on behalf of Devon County Council at which members of the public can deliver their recyclable and residual waste. Each site is operated by a specialist recycling sub-contractor who removes anything of value which can be recovered or re-used and diverts the residues into containers for removal to landfill. Recovered materials include white goods, metals, bric-a-brac, cardboard, waste wood, plastic bottles, glass, paper, textiles, oils, hazardous household chemicals & paints together with garden waste which is taken to a centralised composting facility for use in agriculture, landscaping and for sale at Garden Centres under the name Westcountry Compost. In 2004/5 the recovery rate at these sites averaged 60% and made a huge contribution to the Devon recycling target.
Garden & Green Waste Composting
Garden waste delivered by the public to Recycling Centres is transported in containers to 5 centralised composting/shredding sites where it is shredded and either composted on that site or delivered to numerous farms where it undergoes a regulated aerobic composting process in windrows. The benefit of the latter is that it is introduced straight into an agricultural use as a soil conditioner. Some off the District Council waste collection services also collect garden waste (and some also include cardboard) which is also dealt with in a similar manner. All the sites are run in accordance with strict licence or exemption requirements issued by the Environment Agency.
Commercial Waste Recycling
Coastal Waste is the commercial skip and container hire arm of Devon Waste Management and undertakes recycling of the majority of skip waste it collects from all its customers. Each collected skip is sorted at the depot to recover wood, metals, cardboard, and rubble/hardcore. The residues, which can be as little as 30% of the original skip weight are then transported to landfill For more information please follow the link to Coastal Waste.
Environmental Monitoring
Regular Environmental monitoring on all types of licensed waste management facilities is very important to ensure any potential environmental problems are identified early and action taken to mitigate any concerns. It also instils confidence with the regulators that the site is well managed and in the hands of competent operators.
Devon Waste Management provides a full Environmental monitoring and sampling service to the waste industry in the South West.
We carry the full range of specialist monitoring equipment required to successfully conduct borehole monitoring for Groundwater's and Leachates, Surface water and Landfill gas monitoring.
All of our equipment used is regularly calibrated in accordance with the various instrument and equipment manufacturers' requirements and is in accordance with our own registered quality management system.
For operators and consultants who have sufficient knowledge and expertise to undertake their own environmental monitoring, Devon Waste Management Ltd offers an extensive equipment hire facility covering all the specialist monitoring equipment required to successfully conduct borehole, surface water and landfill gas monitoring.
Our price list is available to be downloaded or you can call us on 01392 666437 or e-mail andrew.vickery@devonwaste.co.uk. Fax number 01392 201344
DWML's operational landfill site at Torrington has a comprehensive landfill gas extraction system which converts the gas into electricity which is exported to the national grid. The power produced, around 1 MW is enough to supply around 1,500 houses, about the size of nearby Torrington.
Composting
DWML has been at the forefront of garden waste composting in Devon since 1992. Starting from fairly small beginnings, the company now arranges for over 32,000 tonnes per year of garden waste to be composted and utilised principally in agriculture applications. This accounts for around a third of the overall recycling percentage which is achieved on behalf of Devon which is currently 32.7% during 2004/5.
The majority of garden waste is delivered by the public to the various Recycling Centres situated throughout Devon. DWML also undertakes the composting of separately collected garden waste and cardboard undertaken by some of the District Council's in Devon and also receives commercially delivered green waste from gardening and landscape contractors.
The green waste is composted at various sites around Devon and is then screened to produce a soil improver, mulch for sale under the name Westcountry Compost or is shipped straight to farms for use in agriculture.
DWML is currently planning an Animal By-Products compliant, in-vessel tunnel composting facility at its Deep Moor landfill to support kerbside collections of organic waste from District Councils in North Devon and for green waste segregated at household waste recycling centres.
For further information and details of the garden waste composting scheme, please call Collin Hickling on 01392 666444 or Collin.Hickling@devonwaste.co.uk
Landfill Disposal
The Company's landfill sites provide safe, secure and efficient disposal for a full range of waste residues to a wide range of customers including local authorities, commercial customers and utility companies. Click here for Landfill prices. Contact our Deep Moor site for a quotation on 01805 624028.
DWML offers a landfill disposal facility for commercial, municipal, industrial and non-reactive hazardous wastes at its Deep Moor landfill site at High Bullen, near Torrington at competitive rates (for details of current prices - see price list). The Deep Moor site was issued with a modern Pollution Prevention & Control Permit in November 2004, having gone through a lengthy application and assessment process. The site has an excellent reputation with the EA and has achieved zero OPRA scores for the last 19 months incorporating 62 routine EA inspections. The DWML landfill site features the following controls:
- Strict Regulation & Monitoring
- Robust Engineering for Maximum Protection
- Leachate Circulation, Collection, Treatment & Disposal
- Gas Collection & Utilisation (Renewable Power)
- Active Pest/Noise & Litter Control
- Close Local Liaison
The majority of the waste landfilled at Deep Moor is household and municipal waste delivered by the Torridge and North Devon District Councils. The rest is commercial & industrial waste arising in the general locality. The only non-reactive hazardous waste accepted at the site is bonded asbestos materials which are only received with the appropriate statutory pre-notification and on specific days or by appointment. A special, separate landfill cell has been constructed at the site in accordance with waste permit requirements. For details please contact Andy Vickery on 01392 666437.