Sponsored by the Teton Conservation District and BioCycle magazine, this three-day conference:

ORGANIC WASTE DIVERSION IN THE ROCKIES
will focus on

Economics, Operations and Marketing

The Conference is being held at the
Snow King Resort in Jackson, Wyoming
July 19-22, 2009

Here is your opportunity to network and learn from the experienced, knowledgeable faculty of speakers who will discuss how to successfully implement diversion programs when markets are distant; integrating new programs with existing infrastructure; and developing markets for woody biomass.

Speakers like:
Randy Williams, Teton Conservation District; Mark Barron, Mayor,Town of Jackson, Wyoming;
Kathy O’Hern, Gallatin County (Montana)/West Yellowstone Composting Facility; Chuck Wilson and Bob Yost, A1 Organics; Phil Hayes, Pinetop/Lake (Arizona) Sanitary District; Nora Goldstein, BioCycle; Jerry Wright, Rapid City, South Dakota Public Works Department; Kate Blevins, Verde Earth Works; Roy Petermean, Brigham Young University; Jonathan Schechter, One Percent for the Tetons; Dane Buk, Terra Firma Organics; Steve Michael, Jackson Whole Grocer; Laura Cuddy, Four Seasons Resort; Bruce Fullford, City Soil and Greenhouse;
Dave Atkins, Fuels for Schools, US Forest Service Northern and Intermountain Regions;
Al Christophersen, Director of Habitat Stewardship Services, Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation … and many more.

Where else can you talk face to face with experts like these to help you find ways to turn organic materials into valuable resources?

Conference sessions will be held on Monday and Tuesday, July 20 and 21 at the Snow King Resort. Monday’s program opens at 8:30 am with sessions on MSW and biosolids composting and collection, processing and marketing of recyclable materials. On Monday Afternoon , from 1 – 5:00 pm, participants will tour Jackson Community Recycling Center and the Teton Country Transfer Station and Compost Facility, returning to the hotel for a Reception in the Exhibit area.

On Tuesday, July 21, sessions will cover composting, woody biomass, food waste composting, anaerobic digestion of animal waste, food waste recycling in resorts and parks, and much more.

An optional tour of Yellowstone National Park recycling and composting facilities will be held on Wednesday, July 22, from 7:30 am – 5:30 pm.

And on Sunday, July 19, there is an optional Workshop, “Foundations of Composting Training,” from 8:00 am – 4:30 pm. Instructors Robert Rynk of State University of New York Cobleskill, and Matt Cotton of Integrated Waste Management Consulting, will provide a foundation for novice compost operators, managers and regulators, and will refresh veteran composters on the underlying scientific principles, helping prepare for expanded job responsibilities, managerial duties and certification requirements.

REGISTER BY JUNE 5 TO GET EARLY BIRD DISCOUNT HERE.

This will encourage the UK waste industry to see that these types of contract are beginning to move again since the dire effects of the credit crunch started last summer.

The following is from the LetsRecycle News item:

Greater Manchester’s £3.8 billion PFI contract with Viridor Laing was the first to be pushed through by a new Treasury unit set up to help projects struggling in the current financial climate, it emerged on 8th April.

The European Investment Bank – which is lending £182 million to the project – has revealed that the Treasury’s Infrastructure Finance Unit set up last month helped the deal reach financial close this week (see letsrecycle.com story). The project was the first to be assisted in this way.

The details came as the EIB revealed the full breakdown of funding received for the project, from a variety of banks and government sources.

The EIB said: “HM Treasury ‘s Infrastructure Finance Unit has joined that syndicate of commercial banks and the EIB to enable the Greater Manchester Waste Disposal Authority’s PFI scheme to achieve financial close. The Unit was established recently to enable PFI projects which will create jobs and deliver vital infrastructure to proceed.

“This is the first transaction completed by the unit,” it added.

The EIB explained that the £182 million it was lending to the project would be split between Viridor Laing and Ineos Runcorn TPS. Viridor will receive £100 million to treat municipal waste provided by the Manchester authority, including the production of solid recovered fuel from waste. Ineos Runcorn TPS will receive £82 million to incinerate the solid recovered fuel.

The bank explained that further financing would be provided by other banks, including £95 million from the Bank of Ireland, £55 million from Spanish-based bank BBVA, £55 million from Lloyds Banking Group and £40 million from Japanese-based bank SMBC.

Simon Brooks, EIB vice president responsible for lending activity in the UK, said: “We are delighted to help this landmark project. Not only will Greater Manchester residents see the environmental benefits of the project in their daily lives, but the project represents an important step for the UK on the road to meeting national and EU-wide waste and recycling targets.”

The EIB said that Greater Manchester PFI project was expected to contribute directly to the UK’s commitment to achieving 50% recycling/composting and a 65% diversion from landfill by 2020 in accordance with EU requirements. The EIB said this was of particular importance for Greater Manchester which is the largest of England’s six statutory waste disposal authorities, accounting for five percent of national waste.

This years edition provides the following list of the top twenty waste contractors, which in this context means a ranking of the top construction contractors in the landfill development field. These companies normally also carry out landfill capping/restoration projects and many also work in building recycling facilities and composting plants.

1. Ascot Environmental
2. J N Bentley
3. Edmund Nuttall
4. Fitzpatrick Contractors
5. Balfour Beatty
6. Norwest Hoist Civil Engineering Division
7. North Midland Construction
8. J Breheny Contractors
9. Fox Owmby
10. Amalgamated Construction Company
11. Dean and Dyball
12. Raymond Brown Construction
13. Alun Griffiths Contractors
14. Forkers
15 UCS Civils
16 Wrenco Contractors
17. Highland Quality Construction
18. Interserve Project Services
19. Barhale Construction
20. Buckingham Croup Contracting

Although the top listed players are well known and respected within the waste industry they are not household names outside the waste industry, and the really large national contractors are under-represented with only Balfour Beatty present.

This is a very specialist area of work and has the large value contracts have the past been dominated by landfill development and restoration works, with some work also in waste facility construction.

The split of the value of the work will soon reverse with increasing demand for waste treatment and processing facilities rising fast to eventually exceed landfill type projects. This will happen as the largest of the UK’s planned PFI integrated waste management contracts to move into the construction cycle and the start of their operational contract periods. The UK government has plans to pump a lot of money into this sector, to have the necessary effect on the redirection of waste away from landfills in a big way, over the next few years.

Archive information etc on the top contractors of past years is available at the Landfill Site Top Twenty Contractors.