Sustainable Waste Management

SLR is a leading global provider of environmental consultancy services to the waste and resource management sector. Our proven expertise has been built up over 30 years of providing pragmatic advice and deliverable, cost effective solutions to a diverse portfolio of clients around the world.

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Overview

SLR’s experienced team works across global waste and resource supply chains delivering independent, commercially focused advice to a range of clients including waste producers, service operators, public sector bodies and the wider waste management industry including its regulators and investors.

Our international presence ensures that we can advise on global best practice from first-hand experience and apply that knowledge to the development of appropriate local solutions.

Our team of resource management, circular economy and sustainability specialists has an unrivalled breadth of collective experience gathered from a combination of consultancy and operational roles.

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Many of our team have previously worked in operational and contract management positions for local authorities and waste contractors, which means we provide real world experience of service design, delivery and management, with a collective industry knowledge that adds significant value to our technical advisory support.

Our large, inhouse team of experienced sustainable waste management experts ensures we have the range of skillsets, experience and capacity to deliver projects on time, on budget and fully in accordance with our clients’ expectations.

SLR also has a significant breadth and depth of inhouse specialists available to support projects from end to end, allowing us to rapidly draw on the expertise of colleagues within engineering, planning, permitting and many other environmental disciplines. This wide-ranging capability ensures we provide comprehensive solutions that deliver optimal outcomes across all relevant aspects of each project we undertake, adding significant value and efficiency throughout the project delivery process.

SLR's Sustainable Waste Management services include:

  • Public sector support
    • service review and optimisation
    • strategy development
    • procurement support
    • waste flow and cost modelling
    • options appraisals
    • infrastructure design / development / reviews
  • Private sector support
    • bid development
    • market analysis
    • infrastructure location / development / upgrades
    • technical due diligence and waste technology advice
    • carbon capture
    • hydrogen solutions
  • Circular economy
    • circular economy business models
    • supply chain reviews
    • life cycle assessments
  • Waste and energy carbon modelling
    • quantification of carbon impacts of waste and energy projects
    • decarbonisation strategies
  • Built environment
    • site waste management plans for construction activities and new developments
  • Alternative vehicle fuels
    • feasibility assessments for transition to lower carbon fleets

Sustainable Waste Management Projects

  • Project

    Cornwall, UK

    Cornwall Council

    Government & Communities

    Waste services technical advisor for Cornwall Council


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  • Project

    London, UK

    LandSec U+I

    Government & Communities

    Waste advice for Lewisham town centre regeneration project


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  • Project

    Scotland, UK

    South Lanarkshire Council

    Infrastructure

    Collections modelling and infrastructure rationalisation for South Lanarkshire Council


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  • Project

    Europe

    Confidential

    Waste audit and recycling strategy for train operator


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  • Project

    London, UK

    Confidential

    Waste services carbon baseline and reduction modelling


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  • Project

    UK

    Confidential

    Manufacturing & Industry

    Biomethane fleet transition business planning


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  • Project

    UK

    Confidential

    Built Environment

    Evidence based research for harbour place vision


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  • Project

    London, UK

    Barking Riverside Limited (BRL)

    Built Environment

    Barking Riverside waste advice for the new outline planning application


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  • Project

    UK

    Confidential

    Manufacturing & Industry

    Anaerobic digestion European market assessment and hotspot mapping


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  • Project

    South East England, UK

    Confidential

    Manufacturing & Industry

    Automated waste collection scheme - feasibility of retrofit within urban area


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  • Project

    UK

    North Somerset Council

    Manufacturing & Industry

    North Somerset Council waste depot strategic business case


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  • Project

    Guernsey

    Guernsey Waste

    Manufacturing & Industry

    Procurement of a food waste treatment solution


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  • Project

    Wales, UK

    Confidential

    Manufacturing & Industry

    Feasibility of transition to an ultra-low emissions vehicle (ULEV) fleet


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  • Project

    Wales, UK

    Natural Resources Wales (NRW)

    Manufacturing & Industry

    Industrial and commercial waste survey for Natural Resources Wales


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  • Project

    Wales, UK

    Natural Resources Wales (NRW)

    Manufacturing & Industry

    WM3 user survey for Natural Resources Wales (NRW)


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  • Project

    Global

    Confidential

    Manufacturing & Industry

    Identifying sustainable waste management improvements via the Circularity of Resources (CORE) Assessment


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  • Project

    Scotland, UK

    Dumfries & Galloway Council (DGC)

    Manufacturing & Industry

    Waste strategy development and capital infrastructure cost benefit analysis


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  • Project

    London, UK

    Brent Council

    Manufacturing & Industry

    Procurement support for Brent Council


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  • Project

    Gloucestershire, UK

    South Gloucestershire Council

    Government & Communities

    Waste PFI contract expiry and transition support


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  • Project

    Various Waste Management Companies

    Infrastructure

    Landfill Leachate Methane Stripping Plants (MSP)


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Recent articles

  • Insight

    09 December 2024

    5 minutes read

    Energy from waste to be included in UK Emissions Trading Scheme: What you need to know

    by Pete Watkins


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  • News

    25 November 2024

    5 minutes read

    SLR joins the Critical Minerals Association (UK)

    by Ben Lepley


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  • Insight

    11 October 2024

    7 minutes read

    How ready is Scotland for the 2026 landfill ban?

    by Richard Garfield


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