ENERGY DIGITAL one site we were looking at a £ 20 million cost to get rid of the aggregate and put it to landfill .
“ From a sustainable resources and trusted company perspective we are trying to reduce what we send to landfill . Some fairly junior innovation staff from a business process point of view analysed the situation and said they actually think the aggregate can be washed in a way that could then be used back into our capital programme .
“ So we started partnering with organisations like Lafarge Tarmac who are in the quarrying business . We worked on an innovative project where essentially we were able to turn this £ 20 million liability into an income stream by developing a technique where the aggregate was removed , cleaned and put back into the building / construction trade .
“ So we ’ ve now in effect got a quarry at these sites . The company that won the work is a company called Thompson ’ s . They are taking the aggregate off site and using it in the construction industry , paying us a fee per tonne but then returning the site back to its former glory . Which then allows us to develop that site for housing or light industrial use , highlighting the whole circular economy .”
But Barnes is keen to point out all of this would not be possible without the knowledgesharing and networking events and says really it is about understanding Yorkshire Water ’ s data and what its business processes currently are and what they need to be in the future .
Company Information
INDUSTRY
Public Utilities
HEADQUARTERS
Bradford , Yorkshire , UK
FOUNDED
1989
EMPLOYEES
2,400
REVENUE
£ 980 million
PRODUCTS / SERVICES
Providing and maintaining water services for domestic and business customers
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