Low Carbon Garbage Collection – City Blue Print
Status:
Complete
Project Reference Number:
NIA_NGN_112
START DATE:
END DATE:
Project summary
Funding mechanism:
  • Network Innovation Allowance
Expenditure:
£124,445
Third Party Collaborators:
  • Leeds City Region Enterprise Partnership
  • Leeds City Council
Summary
Documents
The project will expand on the feasibility study undertaken by Leeds City Council (LCC) to produce a blueprint for a low carbon refuse collection strategy in the LCC area.
Benefits
The success of the project will be measured by the contents of the “Low Carbon Garbage Collection – City Blue Print” against the following output criteria

The blue print will research and deliver the following information:

Identify and rank the top three viable scenarios for:

  • Upgrade options for the LCC RCV fleet to accommodate the segregation and collection of domestic and commercial food waste

  • A suitably sized AD plant in the LCC geographical area, potentially located on a redundant NGN holder site and connections to the NGN network

Cost estimates (+/- 30%) and indicative timelines for the following:

  • The implementation and roll out of segregated food waste in the LCC area

  • The development of a suitably sized AD plant and connections to the NGN network

Financing options:

  • Identification of UK and European funding grants and options applicable to the scheme

  • Identification of private funding options for the construction and operation of the AD plant.

Benefits analysis:

  • Calculate the overall carbon reduction and emission abatement

  • Deliver a complete quantitative and qualitative benefits analysis