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MRF - Business Case : you cannot be on time when you do not know what the time is

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MRF - Business Case : you cannot be on time when you do not know what the time is

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This advice report is a continuation of previous research done by students of the University of Applied Science Utrecht. In 2007, a group of students started to work on a project to improve waste management for the Breede River Winelands Municipality (BRWM). This project was founded due a collaboration of the BRWM with Waste Management South Africa (WaMaSa), an organization which provides information and knowledge for municipalities about waste management.

The BRWM has already received different advice reports with a lot of suggestions and recommendations how to improve the recycle process but there was still no actual plan of dealing with the obtained information. The main objective for this report was to translate all the available information into a real business case including the private enterprise, which will run the Materials Recovery Facility (MRF) in Ashton.

In order to achieve this objective, the following main research question was formed: What is the most effective way, in order to gain the highest recyclable waste throughput, to run the MRF in Ashton and what consequences will this have for the financial aspects indicated in costs and profits?

Research was done on previous information and adapted to the current situation, which was checked and discussed with experts within waste management. The BRWM contains respectively high quality waste, which makes it suitable for recycling. Currently, only 2.5% of the household waste is recycled at the landfill by scavengers. In the following five years, this should be increased to approximately 31%. This increase can be achieved with the introduction of an MRF, which will create 21 new jobs, four transfer stations, the introduction of separating at source and buy-back centres. 26% of the total waste will be recycled by 2013. Currently, the prognosis is that the landfill will reach its limits by the end of 2013. In the year 2011, the MRF should be capable of making profits when separation at source is implemented. The prognosis for the break-even point is when 1505 kg are recovered from the business and household waste. These results are outcomes from calculations done in this research and based on assumptions by experts. Therefore, it is important to recalculate these figures when the MRF is operational and figures can be updated to the actual situation. With updated information, strict targets can be generated and the expectations of the MRF can be verified.

The answer on the main research question is that the MRF needs an accurate monitoring system in order to adapt its process towards the incoming waste and a trial and error process will lead to an efficient separating method within the MRF. This process needs to be continuously measured with the following Key Performance Indicators:

- The recovered recyclables meeting the requirements set by the buyer
- Incoming waste and outgoing recyclables are correctly monitored
- The MRF’s use of its full capacity
- Full use of employees capacity
- Incoming waste containing worth full recyclables
- Citizens awareness of recycling Beside the main research question, there is a second part of

this advice report, which concerns the overall process of waste management in the BRWM and the previous research. The previous research struggled with inaccurate data, which resulted in incorrect prognosis. In order to prevent this in the future, data collection is required. The BRWM kept on receiving advice and in the meanwhile no action was taken. Strategies cannot be valuable if they are not based on true facts like the following comparison demonstrates: “You cannot be on time when you do not know what the time is”. It is not possible to make a valuable decision on unreliable information. Therefore, data collection is essential. Recycling is a business based on knowledge and meeting the quality requirements of the buyer.

With this advice report, the business case of the MRF is created. It is important for the BRMW to frequently update this business case when more information is available.

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OrganisatieHogeschool Utrecht
OpleidingTechnische Bedrijfskunde
AfdelingEngineering en Design
PartnerBreede River Winelands Municipality
Datum2009-08-12
TypeBachelor
TaalEngels

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