Our Sponsors

The London Waste and Recycling Board (LWARB)

The London Waste and Recycling Board (LWARB) was set up as a way to bring everyone involved in managing the capital's waste together, to boost recycling and reduce the amount of waste being sent to landfill. It is an eight member Board chaired by James Cleverly, the Mayor’s appointed representative.

The objective of the Board is to promote and encourage:

• the production of less waste:
• an increase in the proportion of waste that is re-used or recycled: and
• the use of methods of collection, treatment and disposal of waste which are more beneficial to the environment.

Part of the London Waste and Recycling Board’s remit is the allocation of up to £84 million funding which makes up the London Waste and Recycling Fund. In doing so LWARB is required to act in accordance with the Mayor of London’s Municipal Waste Management Strategy.

For more information visit www.lwarb.gov.uk

ARUP

ARUP is a global firm of designers, engineers, planners and business consultants, providing a diverse range of professional services to clients around the world. Our firm has over 10,000 staff working in 86 offices in more than 37 countries.

We are committed to applying sustainable principles to all projects and remain engaged with industry-wide sustainable initiatives. As a diverse organisation, we can adopt a globally integrated and multi-disciplinary approach to meeting clients’ needs.

Our services cover the full life-cycle of a project from inception to completion of asset transfer. We strive to deliver creative solutions that deliver real value.

ARUP's wealth of skills enables bespoke project teams to be readily assembled, facilitating a wide range of resource and waste management capabilities, from early feasibility studies and waste strategy formulation, development planning, environmental assessment and permitting, to the detailed design and engineering of integrated waste management facilities and their delivery including procurement as well as operation and maintenance.

Our Focus:

• Sustainable Resource and Waste Management
• Resource and Waste Management Infrastructure Developments
• Renewable Energy from Waste
• Resource and Waste Technologies
• Waste Consulting
• Civil Engineering Design for Resource and Waste Management Infrastructure
• Landfill Engineering
• UK, Europe, Global

For more information visit www.arup.com

Biossence

Biossence Limited was established in 2006 to develop, build, own and operate renewable energy from waste plants. Biossence provides a long-term sustainable waste disposal solution that substantially reduces greenhouse gas emissions and diverts waste from landfill while addressing the pressing challenge of providing secure and high efficient energy supplies from renewable sources.

Biossence’s current facilities will recover energy from waste using advanced thermal conversion technology. This gasification process is more efficient than the prevalent incineration technology. Biossence’s first plant, the East London Sustainable Energy Facility (ELSEF), will generate 18-22MW of electrical power, enough to power 15,000 homes. The 100,000 tonnes of refuse-derived fuel input will be sourced from local municipal solid waste. The London Waste and Recycling Board has announced its support for ELSEF and is finalising the details of a £12 million loan guarantee.

Please click here to see an artist's impression of the proposed ELSEF facility

Biossence also has planning permission for a 400,000 tonnes gasification plant near Liverpool and is developing a pipeline of other projects around the UK and abroad.

Biossence’s solution allows for the most efficient recovery of energy from waste, reduces greenhouse gas emissions significantly, can be used with a wide variety of waste inputs and could generate electricity, heat and liquid fuel in form of biofuel.

For more information visit www.biossence.com