Waste Disposal

Around the world, the private sector is playing an increasingly important role in the provision of waste disposal services, including recycling, landfill management and waste-to-energy conversion.

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Managing the PFI Waste Programme (Web Page)
National Audit Office (NAO), 2009

The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs must make significant progress in procuring new waste treatment facilities if it is to meet a 2013 EU target for reducing landfill waste in the UK. This report assesses the progress made, concluding that progress is now being made through PFI procurement but delays at the start of the programme may yet cause problems in meeting targets.

Time to Waste: Tackling the Landfill Challenge (Web Page)
Iacopini, Giorgia, 2008
New Local Government Network (NLGN)
The UK is a notoriously poor performer in the ledger of recycling and waste management. This report backs Government plans to scrap charging for rubbish, but warns the looming landfill burden will prove very costly to council tax payers unless decisive policy action is taken. It commends community-based financial incentives rather than incentives or punishments for the individual citizen. The above link provides publication and purchasing details only.
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UK

Improving Productivity in Scotland's Public Services (PDF)
Armstrong, Jo, 2007
The David Hume Institute
This report applies the lessons of the reform of Scotland's water industry through benchmarking to three other sectors: social housing, care services and waste management.

UK

More Competition, Less Waste: Public Procurement and Competition in the Municipal Waste Management Sector (PDF)
Office of Fair Trading, 2006

OFT 841: The report aims to identify how the use of landfil to dispose of municipal waste in England could be reduced through the development of competitive markets. It also considers how competition could be enhanced for the municipal waste collection services, drawing primarily on research conducted as part of the Office of Government Commerce (OGC) Second Kelly Market (SKM) waste management project.

UK

4Ps PFI/PPP Operational Project Review 2006: Waste Management Sector (PDF)
4Ps, 2006

A review based on six local authority PFI waste management schemes to ascertain which elements work well and where the common problem areas lie.

UK

Second Kelly Market - Overview (Web Page)
Office of Government Commerce (OGC), 2006

In 2003 Sir Christopher Kelly submitted his report, 'Increasing Competition and Improving Long-term Capacity Planning in the Government Market Place'. It identified waste management as the second Kelly market (SKM) for further work in improving strategic management in the public sector. This link is to the OGC site page detailing an overview of the SKM.

UK

Second Kelly Market - Report (PDF)
Office of Government Commerce (OGC), 2006

In 2003 Sir Christopher Kelly submitted his report, 'Increasing Competition and Improving Long-term Capacity Planning in the Government Market Place'. It identified waste management as the second Kelly market (SKM) for further work in improving strategic management in the public sector. This is the report into the SKM.

UK

Waste Management: The Strategic Challenge (PDF)
Audit Commission, 2001

A report based on best value inspections of waste related services which recommends closer partnership working between waste collection and disposal authorities and other key stakeholders, including the private sector, as the key to delivering targets and creating a sustainable service.

UK

Reducing Landfill: Waste Management by Municipal Councils
Victorian Auditor General, 2000

Performance Audit 65. Looks at Victoria's experience with contracting

Australia

Privatizing Landfills: Market Solutions for Solid-waste Disposal
Segal, Geoffrey F. and Moore, Adrian T. , 2000
Reason Foundation

Policy Study 267
USA

Serco Institute Resource Centre

Waste Disposal

Serco Institute
Resource Centre