Project Objectives

The project was for total rebuild of a Swansea substation.

This included general waste disposal on a weekly basis as well as segregated waste disposal from work being carried out on the site.

Because of the nature of the project a substantial amount of hazardous and technical waste had to be dealt with quickly and efficiently. These included lead and zinc contaminated soils in large quantities, various WEEE items such as power tools and office equipment, other hazardous waste such as mercury switches and mixed COSHH items including paint tins with residue and aerosols.

Due to the high volume of concrete used on site disposal of the residue from cleaning equipment was a problem, there was no environmentally safe way of onsite disposal. Acorn proposed the use of Concrete Wash out Skips so enabling the safe and environmentally sound removal of residue from site.

Proposed Solutions

With Acorn Waste Management's unique monitoring system and high levels of customer service no significant delays in service were recorded from over 400 site movements.

By supplying segregated skips on site, the recycle rate achieved the target levels and all ‘end destinations’ and detailed waste management reports were regularly updated and sent to contractor within the agreed timescales.

Acorn Waste Management are recognised specialists in the assessment, disposal and removal of hazardous waste. By using our expert knowledge in handling hazardous waste all major instances were handled without issue. Hazardous soils were collected via tipper lorries to ensure the highest volume of waste could be removed at any one time and transported to the disposal facility without any delay, keeping the Carbon footprint to a minimum.

WEEE waste and COSHH items were collected directly via Acorn Waste Management's Rapid Response Hazardous Waste Service and fully recycled. 205 Litre drums were supplied to site again via Acorns rapid response service in which oil contaminated materials were placed then transported to disposal facility.

Wheelie bins for segregated waste were provided to site and emptied on a bi-monthly basis to ensure reliable and consistent waste removal from the site. Again, these materials were 100% recycled.

Project Summary

As on all Acorn Waste managed sites, best waste management practice was implemented throughout the duration of the contract.

The best possible solutions for the management of all types of waste streams were put into place.

The highest levels of customer service have been achieved throughout the site much to the satisfaction of Site Managers, Environmental Managers and waste champions.

These factors secured future work for Acorn Waste Management as well as securing new work from subcontractors who worked on the project.