Organisation Name: New Sandfields Aberavon

Project Description: PCCARE will establish an Environmental ICT Recycling project focusing on the long-term sustainability from social enterprise, incorporating specialist training and environmental awareness whilst actively engaging with volunteers, residents, community groups and business within Neath Port Talbot and surrounding areas.

The Project will utilise current facilities and expertise to offer volunteer and work placements, deliver skilled training whilst establishing a central hub for all ICT recycling which will help the local authority, business and 3rd sector in meeting the Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) directives for ICT Waste disposal.

This element of the project will build upon the piloted PC Refurbishment scheme. New services will be launched offering the whole community a means to dispose of ICT equipment which will be re-used or recycled in accordance the Environment Agency's WEEE directive, the project will actively seek to refurbish ICT equipment for re-use within the community, additional waste will be used within the training room whilst all remaining ICT waste will be stripped down to bare materials for proper disposal.

This element will see the development of the current PCCARE site into a dedicated recycling centre. PCCARE are able to offer a PAT Testing service that will ensure all recycled units are safe and reliable. The project will include awareness campaigns and guest speakers to educate and encourage participation, increase the level of ICT recovery, provide support, helping to achieve objectives set out in the National Waste Strategy.

Email Address: layton.emery@nsapccare.co.uk

Geographical Area of Operation: Neath Port Talbot & Swansea Bay

Organisation Core Business: Community Regeneration Trust, Charity and Company Ltd by Guarantee. ICT Training * ICT Technology Suite * ICT Support * PCCARE Recycling * Social Enterprise * Business Growth and Development

Who will be involved in delivering the project: NSA will be the lead organisation in managing the development of the project. The running of the activities at the centre will be delivered by a combination of NSA and Partner organisations in the community, including statutory agencies such as NSA's Communities First Partnership. Overall, the PCCARE Recycling programme will add value to mainstream activity whilst re-using and reducing ICT waste creating a greener more vibrant Environmental Community. The project will be delivered and steered by staff employed whilst utilising and working closely with PCCARE as the over-arching ICT service provider / training facility within the community. The project will provided innovative and progressive methods of training, incorporating awareness and skills on environmental issues, whilst offering an authentic structured working environment for participants and volunteers, helping them to take the next step into employment, training or self-employment. All activity within the Programme will be designed to build upon and strengthen good practice across the spatial area. Interventions will enhance and bring additionality to current mainstream structures, strengthen collaborative working and promote sharing of best practice at a local and regional level. The Programme will allow the services delivered to operate in a more co-ordinated and cohesive manner, encouraging sharing of resources and bending of services.

Who will be the end beneficiaries: Residents who live in areas of high multiple deprivation, particularly Communities First areas, focusing on the immediate areas of Sandfields and Aberavon, NPT and Swansea Bay. In addition to residents, local businesses, community groups, organisations and volunteers will be able to benefit from the project, by participating on recycling and environment training courses, discounted refurbished ICT equipment and through volunteer opportunities, as well as having an environmental impact through the safe disposal of waste ICT equipment. Beneficiaries throughout the area will be able to benefit from a community based centre that will promote environmental issues and concerns whilst delivering a skilled service and training package. The project will seek to re-use and utilise ICT material to deliver non-accredited and accredited training increase peoples skills and employability, whilst offering a real working environment tailored to the beneficiary.

Spatial area/s to be covered by the project: Swansea Bay Waterfront & Western Valleys.

What might the outputs be (activity measures): Enterprises assisted over the lifespan of the project. . Individual participants assisted. Unique Learners (1st Time Users) engaged with. Advice and Support. Dedicated classes run. Accessible drop in learning. Volunteer / Work Placements.

What might be the results of the project: Access to specialised IT Training for first time users. Open Access for Repeat learners (Additional Classes attended). Refurbish/Recycled Computers back into the community. IT/Advice/Services/Support accessible by community. Beneficiaries building their own systems via PC Building Classes. Contracts with Businesses, groups and organisations established. Jobs and Enterprises created; Income Generation - Social/Community Enterprise established. Enterprises/organisations adopting environmental management systems through PC Recycling; New and improved products/services launched. Reduction in fly-tipping. Refurbished Computers utilised back into the community. Waste reduced, reused and recycled.

What would its impact be: Improved resource productivity in re-use, reduced and recycled of ICT waste in the community. Growth of PCCARE as a community enterprise. New community enterprise start ups created over 5 year period. Regenerating communities and improving the environment of Neath Port Talbot. Building a sustainable Community Asset. Income generation. Jobs and Enterprises Created. Increase in turnover (Community Enterprise). Net Waste Recovered (ICT equipment refurbished/recycled). Accessible Training. Environmental Awareness increased.

Roughly what might be the scale of the project: The project will run over a 5 year period, employing 5 members of staff. Project Leader - 2 IT Technicians (Advice and Support/Hardware/Recycling) - 1 Tutor/Demonstrator - 1 Receptionist.

Estimated Cost: £1.5 Million over 5 Years.

Where might the match funding come from: Targeted match funding pot; BIFFA; Self Generated Income. Contracts for ICT Support; Volunteer Time (in kind); Communities First Plus (In Kind); National Match Fund Pot (As a last resort).

Date: 25/6/2008

Organisation Name: Protein Unlimited

Project Description: The purpose of this business is to build a possessing facility to develop and commercialise the technology of converting low value waste proteins and agriculture by-products into sustainable polymers for wide ranging markets. By commercializing this technology, several government directives will be achieved: The reduction of petroleum derived polymers and the diversion of waste from landfill and incineration. Energy requirement to produce and convert these proteins into polymer is significantly less the producing the existing polymers like polypropylene; thus, reducing the industrial energy demands for future growth. This technology will also provide a non-agriculture feed market for these existing by-products that presently is non-existent.

Email Address: Martyn Davies1@sky.com

Geographical Area of Operation: All Convergence areas of Wales, UK and Europe

Organisation Core Business: The sustainable manufacture of biodegradable polymers and products from low value proteins and agricultural waste streams. To replace petroleum based products with a cost effective environmentally alternative.

Who will be involved in delivering the project: This project will be supported by a dynamic cross-functional team of engineers, polymer chemists. The teams combined experience in this product segment exceeds 30 years. Additional support has been identified at various universities and equipment manufactures.

Who will be the end beneficiaries: The project will provide benefit to local businesses in terms of growth and profitability in new sectors, including opportunities for the social enterprise sector (with associated job creation and safeguarding). It will help businesses able to use, or increase use of recyclate to secure economical and reliable source of supply and help address CSR goals, particularly with respect to their eco-footprint.

Spatial area/s to be covered by the project: Pan Wales

What might the outputs be (activity measures): Reduction in resource usage, including energy, by business in Wales and reduction in greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. . Significant reduction in waste tonnage sent to landfill/ incineration and an increase in the reuse and recycling of wastes. More resource efficient businesses in Wales, net reduction in GHG emissions, net increase in recycling and recovery of wastes. Giving local welsh business a chance to be at the cutting edge of a brand new technology and market sectors. Create welsh jobs in an area where they are needed.

What might be the results of the project: The project will create and safeguard jobs directly in the recycling/reprocessing sector, and indirectly in the wider manufacturing and agricultural sectors. It will ensure significant increases in the quantity of recyclate collected and reprocessed, with associated reduction in landfill/ incineration and greenhouse gases

What would its impact be: obs created/safeguarded in a vibrant, expanding and sustainable recycling/reprocessing sector. Significant increase in the new products and market sectors opened to welsh SME's and diversion from landfill. Reduction in the production of greenhouse gases through use of recyclate rather than virgin material.

Roughly what might be the scale of the project: Developing this technology could result in an offset of petroleum based plastic to a capacity of 20,000 tons annually. This technology would provide an alternative to the existing animal by-product infrastructure and waste disposal route.

Estimated Cost: The remaining research budget to develop samples for sales is £300,000. The capital requirement to construct a production facility £ 6million

Where might the match funding come from: Private sector

Date: 3/6/2008

Organisation Name: Denbighshire County Council

Project Description: Denbighshire County Council will develop an Anaerobic Digestion (AD) facility in Denbighshire to take municipal food waste from Denbighshire, Conwy and Flintshire and provide additional capacity for the commercial and industrial sectors. The project will include an awareness campaign to encourage participation of both householders and the private sector. An on-site education centre will be developed to share best practice and help educate those wishing to develop similar enterprises across the region; in particular, farm based developments. The Project will: Help divert biodegradable waste from landfill, including waste produced by the commercial and industrial sector. Increase the level of recovery of waste and energy, thus reducing greenhouse gas emissions. Raise awareness of the need for communities to divert biodegradable waste from landfill and provide support. Raise awareness and provide support to local businesses wishing to divert biodegradable waste from landfill. The project will help achieve the objectives set out in the National Waste Strategy and ensure that the respective local authorities achieve their Landfill Allowance Scheme (LAS) targets.

Email Address: james.evans@denbighshire.gov.uk

Geographical Area of Operation: Denbighshire, Conwy and Flintshire

Organisation Core Business: Waste

Who will be involved in delivering the project: Discussions are underway with the relevant local authorities in North Wales

Who will be the end beneficiaries: Local businesses and householders

Spatial area/s to be covered by the project: N W Wales and N E Wales

What might the outputs be (activity measures): Creation of an Anaerobic Digestion facility, awareness campaign covering the three local authorities, links forged with local businesses.

What might be the results of the project: Number of people participating in recycling; Amount of waste diverted from landfill; Production of biogas; use of digestate as a fertiliser and soil conditioner; reduction in greenhouse emissions.

What would its impact be Links developed between the local authority, the community and businesses, and a more sustainable approach to waste management in North Wales.

Roughly what might be the scale of the project: North Wales wide

Estimated Cost: £4 million

Where might the match funding come from: RCAF funding and the local authority.

Date: 2/6/2008

Organisation Name: Enfys Foundation

Project Description: To operate a Materials Resource and ReUse Center or Hub. Through diversion of Waste Materials from the Waste Stream the project will seek to ReUse and utilise materials to deliver accredited NVQ Training and thus enable but not exclusively, those classified as NEET's to achieve skills and enhance employment opportunities. The Project will repair household and business items including Electrical Goods that it collects and offer additional repair services to businesses and Enterprises as well as low income households. Enfys Foundation has Ownership of an NVQ accredited Domestic Appliance Repair Course which means new skills and courses can be offered to Pan Convergence areas. Its envisaged that Services and Products can then be offered to Local Authorities, Sustainable Housing Organisations and others needing access to Household and business items, Furniture Packs and additional services. Materials reclaimed can be distributed to the community through the network of established shops at Enfys and offered to other Charitable Organisations as well.

Email Address: r.alexander@enfysfoundation.org.uk

Geographical Area of Operation: Swansea and Neath Port Talbot

Organisation Core Business: Registered Charity

Who will be involved in delivering the project: Local Authorities, Cylch

Who will be the end beneficiaries: Local Authorities, All Local Residents in Neath Port Talbot and Swansea, Social Enterprises who assist low income groups, Housing Associations. WAG in attaining Recyling and ReUse Targets

Spatial area/s to be covered by the project: Pan Convergance

What might the outputs be (activity measures): Jobs created. Net Accredited qualifications. Net enterprises assisted. Increase in . Sales of products, processes or services. Net reduction in greenhouse emissions. Net waste reduced, reused or recycled. Net social enterprises assisted.

What might be the results of the project: Gross jobs created, Waste Reduced, Re-Used or Recycled. Enterprises accomodated.

What would its impact be: jobs created, , waste recovered, sales of ReUse Products, Services to businesses, Funds Raised for Community Benefit .Net Training Opportunities

Roughly what might be the scale of the project: The project would enable other Training Opportunities throughout Wales. Development of more Courses linking Environmental, Social, Educational and Economical outcomes.

Estimated Cost: £1M

Date: 16/5/2008

Organisation Name: Neath Port Talbot County Borough Council

Project Description: The project will assist in the redevelopment of the Milland Road/Canal Green site in Neath for mixed use. The development will require flood mitigation works. The site is immediately adjacent to the town centre and is highly visible from the A474 access into Neath and the main line railway.

The area suffers from a deteriorated public realm and is affected by flooding concerns that are constrict business expansion. A positive physical attribute is the Neath Canal which runs directly through the site but there are two bridges in place which are currently precluding navigation. The site is a key employment site which is in close proximity to Neath Town Centre.

The redevelopment of the site forms part of a package of schemes aimed at the economic and environmental improvement in and adjoining the town centre. The Authority, supported by the WAG, has appointed consultants to deliver a Regeneration Strategy for the site and this has now identified a series of development options. Convergence can be utilised to overcome the constraints to delivering this strategy and unlocking the potential values that exist in the site as well as assisting in undertaking any initial site prep, implement a land assembly strategy and assist in implementing a relocation programme for current users.

Email Address: Mr Colin Ede - Regeneration Manager c.ede@npt.gov.uk

Geographical Area of Operation: Neath Port Talbot - Swansea Bay

Organisation Core Business: Local Authority

Who will be involved in delivering the project: Regeneration staff, professional consultants canal company, canal trust - private sector involvement and also the WAG. May involve joint venture

Who will be the end beneficiaries: Local businesses, residents, tourists and various special interest groups.

Spatial area/s to be covered by the project: Swansea Bay, The Waterfront and Western Valleys

What might the outputs be (activity measures): Enterprises assisted, Land developed, Environmental Risk management initiative, Developing the built and natural environment, Access route created or re constructed.

What might be the results of the project: Investment induced, Enterprises created, Jobs created, Visits, People benefiting from flood protection measures

What would its impact be: Occupancy rates, Net jobs created, Increase in turnover, Net reduction in green house emissions.

Roughly what might be the scale of the project: 16 hectares developed/redeveloped.

Estimated Cost: Flood defence works - £2.5 million

Date 16/05/08

Organisation Name: Neath Port Talbot County Borough Council

Project Description: The project will realise the economic potential of the Green Park Industrial Estate, Port Talbot Docks through the redevelopment of the site for mixed use development. The project will undertake flood defence improvements to facilitate its redevelopment.

The project will promote the sustainable regeneration of the site and help release its full development potential through the management of environmental risks and constraints. This will be achieved by upgrading the flood defences associated with the River Afan, thereby allowing the development of the site and reducing the flood risk for businesses and the local community

The site will then be redeveloped through a public / private partnership.

The project is part of the wider redevelopment of the Port Talbot Docks and lies within the Sandfields and Aberafan Renewal Area

Email Address: Colin Ede c.ede@npt.co.uk

Geographical Area of Operation: Neath Port Talbot - Swansea Bay

Organisation Core Business: Local Authority

Who will be involved in delivering the project: The delivery of the project will be managed by NPT staff utilising contractors.

Who will be the end beneficiaries: Businesses and local residents.

Spatial area/s to be covered by the project: Swansea Bay, The Waterfront and Western Valleys.

What might the outputs(activity measures Environmental Risk Management Initiatives (No.)

What might be the results of the project: Investment induced (£m)

What would its impact be Income generated (£k), Net jobs created (No.)

Roughly what might be the scale of the project: 2.2 hectares of land developed/redeveloped.

Estimated Cost: £2m

Where might the match funding come from: WAG, Environment Agency, Private Sector, NPTCBC

Date 23/04/08

Organisation Name:  WCVA

Project Description: The project will build on and develop the good practices established under the Objective 1 Strategic Recycling Scheme project by focussing on the long-term sustainability of the social enterprises involved in the delivery of waste reduction, reuse and recycling initiatives. The project will develop a pan convergence collaborative network able to make an impact on the Wales waste management strategy by:

providing multi layered support ranging from access to a loan fund that would enable partners to develop their own income stream and increase their capital; and a grant budget aimed specifically at building the capacity of the groups involved. Links will be made with the WCVA Intermediary Labour Market project to encourage the development of sustainable jobs and the project will develop a national collaborative network able to make an impact in reaching the waste strategy targets and those set down under convergence with reference to employment and qualifications.

The network will initially be made up of WCVA itself and current SRS partners but will expand to other areas in Wales that have expressed interest in such a scheme as well as beyond Wales in recognition of the work of other EU transnational projects.

Email Address: devans@wcva.org.uk

Geographical Area of Operation: Pan Convergence

Organisation Core Business:  WCVA is the voice of the third sector. It represents and campaigns for voluntary organisations, volunteers and communities across Wales. WCVA represents the sector at a European, UK and national level and together with a range of specialist agencies, county voluntary councils, volunteer centres and other development agencies; it provides a support structure for the third sector in Wales.

Who will be involved in delivering the project: WCVA and third sector organisations, local authority partners and the private sector.

Who will be the end beneficiaries: Enterprises in the recycling and waste sector and local authorities

Spatial area/s to be covered by the project: Pan Convergence

What might the outputs(activity measures Social enterprises assisted, collaborative R&D. sharing of good practice through networking

What might be the results of the project: Gross jobs created, investment induced, waste reduced, reused or recycled.

What would its impact be jobs created, enterprises created, waste recovered, sales of products, processes or services, income generated.

Roughly what might be the scale of the project: Pan convergence

Estimated Cost: £25m

Where might the match funding come from: Match from partners, self funding and other sources TBC

Date 17/04/08

Organisation Name:  The Wales Environment Trust

Project Description: Establish a new not for profit compliance scheme for Welsh obligated companies, Welsh reprocessors and Welsh waste producers, in particular local authorities.  The new scheme will bring transparency and deliver long-term financial stability.

Email Address: nmorgan@walesenvtrust.org.uk

Geographical Area of Operation: All Convergence areas

Organisation Core Business:  SME Business Support

Who will be involved in delivering the project: A specialist team of business support personnel

Who will be the end beneficiaries: Eligible companies in the assisted areas

Spatial area/s to be covered by the project: Potentially all areas of Wales covered by Convergence

What might the outputs(activity measures Enterprises assisted

What might be the results of the project: Increase in recycling and energy recovery within Wales; Reprocessing capacity created; Jobs created and safeguarded; Private investment levered;

What would its impact be This project is strategic as it aims to reduce the export of Welsh waste and change the mous operandi of compliance schemes operating in Wales.   Reduction in greenhouse gas emissions; increase in recycling and energy recovery; sustainable economic development.

Roughly what might be the scale of the project: A small team of specialists will deliver support throughout the convergence areas of Wales.  Although the level of intervention is high, it is anticipated that Compliance Wales will be short-lived, existing or lying dormant long enough to effect change.

Estimated Cost: £225,000 per annum

Where might the match funding come from: Private sector

Date: 15/04/08

Organisation Name:  Constructing Excellence in Wales

Project Description: This submission is made up of two proposals which are linked in their aim to provide an infrastructure for the effective handling of construction wastes through the development of a secured market for the largest waste stream. The first project is to develop a network of Trade Amenity Sites to enable micro businesses in the construction sector to effectively and easily dispose of building wastes.

This will involve working with local authorities and/or private companies working in partnership to provide local facilities similar to those provided at civic amenity sites. The facilities may be attached to existing waste management operations or be completely new sites developed for the purpose. Each facility would provide low-cost disposal of segregated and sorted waste arising from the construction sector. The second project will develop a new engineering specification for unbound recycled materials to be mandated for use in unclassified highway works in Wales. An extensive and detailed programme of research and development will be carried out on inert materials derived from construction wastes to clearly demonstrate the engineering properties of these materials. This will involve producing recyclates from a wide range of sources of construction wastes which will have been subjected to a minimum practicable level of re-processing. The aim is to maximize the amount of recycled inert waste that can be diverted from landfill into appropriate engineering use in new infrastructure, whilst minimizing the amount of energy used in the recycling process. The resulting work will lead to the implementation of an all Wales specification to be applied to “unclassified” roadworks, footpath, cycleway, car parks and other pavement construction on all new building development in the public and private sectors in Wales.

Both programmes of work is designed to support the delivery of the Wales Waste Strategy and the associated policy objectives.

Email Address: paul.jennings@constructingexcellencewales.org.uk

Geographical Area of Operation: All Wales

Organisation Core Business: Construction Best Practice

Who will be involved in delivering the project: Local authorities, Waste Management companies, Cardiff University, BRE Constructing Excellence in Wales

Who will be the end beneficiaries: Waste recycling businesses, local authorities and  8000+ smes in construction in Wales

Spatial area/s to be covered by the project: Pan Wales

What might the outputs(activity measures Assistance to SMEs and public sector organisations to improve resource efficiencies and to significantly reduce waste to landfill.

What might be the results of the project: Creation of new secured markets for recycled inert materials. Increased provision of recycling facilities throughout Wales with associated job creation. Reduction in use of virgin aggregates and consequently reduction in energy use. Significant reduction in tonnage of waste sent to landfill, and an increase in the reuse and recycling of wastes. Reduction in fly-tipping.

What would its impact be Greater resource efficiency in Wales, net reduction in GHG emissions, net increase in recycling and recovery of wastes. Employment opportunities in areas of greatest need.

Roughly what might be the scale of the project: Delivery of resource efficiency to more than 8000 small businesses in Wales and to 22 local authorities and other public sector bodies

Estimated Cost: £350,000

Where might the match funding come from: Welsh Assembly Government

Date 26/02/08

Organisation Name: Welsh Assembly Government

Project Description: Resource efficiency and industrial symbiosis management support via more targeted and enhanced level of advice to deliver a step-change in resource efficiency and landfill diversion. This will involve a comprehensive set of services to improve resource efficiency in business, including regional account managers engaging and gaining commitment from organisations to take substantial steps to improve resource use. The project will deliver 1-to-1 support to both business and public sector organisations at a level over and above that available under the current Envirowise programme in Wales. In cases where waste production cannot be avoided there will be close working with the National Industrial Symbiosis Programme (NISP), through a joint management and referrals structure, to ensure that other uses are identified for such waste streams and material is diverted from landfill.
This programme of work is designed to support the delivery of the Wales Waste Strategy and the associated policy objectives.

Email Address: karin.black@environment-agency.gov.uk

Geographical Area of Operation: Pan Wales

Organisation Core Business: Resource Efficiency and Industrial Symbiosis

Who will be involved in delivering the project: Envirowise and NISP

Who will be the end beneficiaries: Businesses and public sector organisations with significant resource efficiency and waste management issues

Spatial area/s to be covered by the project: West Wales and the Valleys (Convergence) areas

What might the outputs(activity measures): Assistance to SMEs, large companies and public sector organisations to improve their resource efficiencies, to reduce waste production and find beneficial uses for unavoidable wastes.

What might be the results of the project: Reduction in resource usage, including energy, by business in Wales and reduction in greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. . Significant reduction in waste production and tonnage of waste sent to landfill, and an increase in the reuse and recycling of wastes.

What would its impact be: More resource efficient businesses in Wales, net reduction in GHG emissions, net increase in recycling and recovery of wastes.
Significant savings for Welsh businesses.

Roughly what might be the scale of the project: Delivery of resource efficiency support to 5000 companies with greater than 9 employees.

Estimated Cost: £1m per annum

Where might the match funding come from: Welsh Assembly Government

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