3 year project until June 2006 Now September 06

1

• 3 year project until June 2006 (Now September
  06)
• working together to develop a sustainable waste
  management strategy which will minimise the
  volume of waste produced and increase recycling.
• budget of 1.7m, approximately 1.2m - 50
  intervention, some additional match
• Website http//waste.tec-hh.net/uk/

2

• Three Themes 
• Waste Management Systems, e.g. hazardous waste
• Business and Employment Opportunities, e.g. jobs,
  idea of waste as a resource
• Public Motivation and Awareness, e.g. school
  children, enhancing public amenity sites
• 15 Local Implementation Projects
• - developed in the partnership corresponding to
  the three main themes,
• - e.g. collecting organic waste from block of
  flats, collecting plastic, improving household
  waste recycling facilities, launching an
  educational programme in schools and collecting
  EE (Electronic and Electrical) waste at schools.

3

• GETTING IN
• Finding partners idea on NSR website
• Almost one year preparation period
• Develop project details / application with
  partners
• Fifth partner in the 11th hour
• Suitability of partners (size, activities,
  legislative context)
• GETTING OUT
• Evaluation (evaluation, best practice guide,
  waste strategy)
• Audit and final report

4

• System
• Budgets (annual budgetary targets, changes,
  exchange rate fluctuations)
• Outputs (mostly quantitative, too detailed)
• Claims (6-monthly two interim, LP consolidates,
  partners report w audit statements
• Control (audit, management review)

5

• Communication
• - internal (language, time difference, )
• - external (website, newsletters, press coverage)
• Support
• - - Secretariat
• - - National Contact Point
• - - Fact Sheets
• - - ODPM / DCLG
• - - Corporate

6

• LESSONS
• - get to know your partners their suitability
• - get systems in place
• - what you dont know and nobody tells you
• - ask, ask , ask