Worldwide Business Information and Market Reports

Telephone +44 1404 891528 Fax +44 1404 891717 Email reportfinder @ tiscali.co.uk

Join the ReportFinder mailing list
Email:
About MSI reports

MS37161 MSI RECYCLING: UK: MARCH 2001

Our price £451.25

WANT TO BUY THIS? Just one of a HUGE range of titles from publishers such as Aktrin, AMA Research, Key Note, MAPS, MBD, MSI and The Prospect Shop that you can BUY RIGHT NOW online from us. To buy or to browse further, use either of the Back To buttons below to activate our catalogue. If you would like to buy this title, you will find it in alphabetic order in the Index using the first Back To button. If you need further information, please contact us using the details at the top of this page. Please tell your colleagues if you find our site useful!

go to GO TO LATEST EDITION
go to Table of Contents
go to Executive Summary
go to Back to Waste Management, Environment and Recycling Index and Shopping Cart
Back To REPORTFINDER home page and Search Engine

TABLE OF CONTENTS

1 Executive Summary 1
2 INTRODUCTION 3
2.1 Definitions 3
2.2 Methodology 6
2.3 Economic Background 6
2.3.1 Overview 6
2.3.2 Interest Rates 8
2.3.3 Inflation 9
2.3.4 Exchange Rates 9
2.3.5 Taxation 10
2.3.6 Household Income And Consumer Expenditure 11
2.3.7 Manufacturing Output 12
2.3.8 Services 13
2.3.9 Investment 13
2.3.10 Forecasts 14
2.4 Exchange Rates 15
2.5 Abbreviations 15
3 WASTE Arising 17
3.1 Market Size And Trends, 1996?2000 17
3.2 Markets Forecasts, 2001?2005 20
4 MARKET OVERVIEW 22
4.1 Market Size And Trends, 1998-2000 22
4.2 Market Segmentation 27
4.2.1 Overview 27
4.2.2 By Type Of Waste 30
4.2.2.1 Paper 30
4.2.2.2 Glass 36
4.2.2.3 Metals 39
4.2.2.3.1 Ferrous 39
4.2.2.3.2 Aluminium 44
4.2.2.4 Plastics 47
4.2.2.5 Textiles 50
4.2.2.6 Wood 52
4.3 Factors Affecting Demand 54
4.4 Market Drivers 58
4.5 Market Forecasts, 2001-2005 60
5 Opportunities For Suppliers 66
6 Industry Structure 68
6.1 Overview 68
6.2 Company Profiles 69
6.2.1 Biffa Waste Services 69
6.2.2 Cleanaway 70
6.2.3 Cory Environmental 71
6.2.4 European Metal Recycling 73
6.2.5 Onyx Environmental Group 74
6.2.6 Safety-Kleen UK 76
6.2.7 Shanks Group 77
6.2.8 Simsmetal UK Holdings 80
6.2.9 SITA Holding UK 81
6.2.9.1 Overview 81
6.2.9.2 SITA Wastecare 83
6.2.10 Waste Recycling Group 84
7 MAGAZINES 87
8 Trade Associations 88
9 Regulatory Organisations 91
List of Tables
1.     Economic Indicators On The UK Economy, 1995-2002 8
2.     Solid Controlled Waste Arising In The UK, 1996-2000 17
3.     Forecast Solid Waste Arising In The UK, 2001-2005 21
4.     Reprocessed Waste In The UK As Reported By Businesses Obligated Under The Producer Responsibility Obligations (Packaging Waste) Regulations 1997, 1998-2000 22
5.     Municipal Waste Recycled Or Composted In England And Wales, 1996-2000 23
6.     Levels Of Funding For WRAP, By Contributor, 2000/01-2003/04 25
7.     Reprocessed Waste In The UK As Reported By Businesses Obligated Under The Producer Responsibility Obligations (Packaging Waste) Regulations 1997, By Sector, 1998-2000 28
8.     Proportional Importance Of Reprocessed Waste In The UK As Reported By Businesses Obligated Under The Producer Responsibility Obligations (Packaging Waste) Regulations 1997, By Sector, 1998-2000 29
9.     Comparison Of Materials Collected From Household Sources For Recycling And Composting By Local Authorities In England And Wales, By Sector, 1999 And 2000 30
10.  Reprocessed Paper/Fibreboard Waste In The UK As Reported By Businesses Obligated Under The Producer Responsibility Obligations (Packaging Waste) Regulations 1997, 1998-2000 31
11.  UK Recovered And Recycled Waste Paper And Board, 1995-1999 32
12.  Use Of Recovered Paper In The UK, By Sector, 1999 34
13.  Reprocessed Glass Waste In The UK As Reported By Businesses Obligated Under The Producer Responsibility Obligations (Packaging Waste) Regulations 1997, 1998-2000 36
14.  Glass Collected For Recycling In The UK, National Production Of Glass And Number Of Bottle Bank Sites, 1995-1999 38
15.  Reprocessed Steel Waste In The UK As Reported By Businesses Obligated Under The Producer Responsibility Obligations (Packaging Waste) Regulations 1997, 1998-2000 40
16.  Total Amount Of Post-Use Ferrous Scrap Recycled As A Proportion Of Consumption, 1994-1998 42
17.  Reprocessed Aluminium Waste In The UK As Reported By Businesses Obligated Under The Producer Responsibility Obligations (Packaging Waste) Regulations 1997, 1998-2000 44
18.  Total Amount Of Post-Use Aluminium Scrap Recycled As A Proportion Of Consumption, 1995-1998 45
19.  UK Consumption And Collection Of Aluminium Cans Under The Alupro Scheme, 1995-1999 47
20.  Reprocessed Plastics Waste In The UK As Reported By Businesses Obligated Under The Producer Responsibility Obligations (Packaging Waste) Regulations 1997, 1998-2000 48
21.  Proportional Importance Of Textiles Recovered By Industry In The UK, By Type Of Textile, 2000 51
22.  Reprocessed Wood Waste In The UK As Reported By Businesses Obligated Under The Producer Responsibility Obligations (Packaging Waste) Regulations 1997, 1998-2000 53
23.  Forecast Reprocessed Waste In The UK As Reported By Businesses Obligated Under The Producer Responsibility Obligations (Packaging Waste) Regulations 1997, 2001-2005 60
24.  Forecast Municipal Waste Recycled Or Composted In England And Wales, 2001-2005 61
25.  Volume Of UK Packaging, By Material, 2000 And 2001 63
26.  Financial Summary Of Biffa Waste Services, 1996-2000 70
27.  Financial Summary Of Cleanaway, 1995-1999 71
28.  Financial Summary Of Ocean Group’s Environmental Services Division, 1995-1999 72
29.  Financial Summary Of European Metal Recycling, 1995-1999 74
30.  Financial Summary Of Onyx Environmental Group, 1998 And 1999 75
31.  Financial Summary Of Safety-Kleen UK, 1995-2000 76
32.  Financial Summary Of Shanks Group, 1996-2000 78
33.  Turnover Of Shanks Group, By Business Activity, 1999 And 2000 79
34.  Turnover Of Shanks Group, By Geographical Destination, 1999 And 2000 80
35.  Financial Summary Of Simsmetal UK Holdings, 1995-1999 81
36.  Financial Summary Of SITA Holding UK, 1997-1999 82
37.  Financial Summary Of SITA Wastecare, 1995-1999 84
38.  Financial Summary Of Waste Recycling Group, 1995-1999 85

Back to Top

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

The market for recycled materials in the UK is in its infancy. However, at the time of writing a lot of work was being carried out largely through government initiatives to create sustainable markets for recycled materials. In 2000 the UK market for reprocessed waste increased by an estimated 6 percent to reach a total volume of 3.2 million tonnes. Moreover, the volume of recycled municipal waste rose even more significantly by some 17 percent during the same year.

MSI believe that reprocessed waste form paper/fibreboard accounted for some 57 percent of total reprocessed waste in the UK in 2000, compared with 60 percent in the previous year. Moreover, glass accounted for 21 percent of the total volume of reprocessed waste in 2000, and the proportional importance of reprocessed steel rose to 8 percent of the market.

Paper and card represented the material from household waste that was recycled the most in 2000. Indeed, paper and card represented some 37 percent of all recycled or composted household waste.

MSI have identified a number of key factors which affect the level of demand for recycling in the UK, the most notable including:

MSI forecast that the volume of reprocessed waste in the UK will increase by some 43 percent between 2001 and 2005. Legislation has driven the recycling market in the UK during the review period and is expected to do so throughout the forecast period. Indeed, MSI expect government legislation and regulation to remain the main driver of the recycling industry. For example, the Waste Strategy 2000, is expected to contribute to the growth of the recycling market, particularly as the key components of the Waste Strategy 2000 include:

The primary drivers in the waste management sector in the UK are the UK government's and EU's drive for greater resource efficiency. Subsequently, MSI believe that operators will have to increasingly offer a national service across a wide range of waste types such as packaging, industrial and medical waste. Indeed, as landfill charges rise, companies will have to offer a range of disposal options.

There has been significant acquisitional activity within the waste management industry and the concentration of the industry has increased. MSI believe that the principal reasons why companies have undertaken acquisitional activity include

: · to strengthen their market position · to improve service levels to customers · to diversify their activities so that a wider range of waste management services can be offered to clients · to achieve cost savings and economies of scale · to achieve increased capital efficiency

Text © 2001 MSI

Back to Top
Back To REPORTFINDER HOME PAGE

Ariadne - working together with our customers to enhance productivity and increase knowledge

© 2001 www.the-list.co.uk Ariadne

Last updated by Paul Tucker 6th June 2001