News & Articles

Monksleigh create regular news updates and articles, free for use, with the intention of sharing knowledge and creating debate about the waste and resource sector. Our past articles are listed below.

Future EFW Capacity – Is Import a Possibility?

December 15, 2022

An article for MRW by Andy Olie on the possibility of future import of residual waste for EFW.

NHS Data Correction

October 16, 2022

We highlight how small, accidental errors, by three NHS Trusts in their data returns led to a large over-estimation of tonnage under management by the NHS - which required an adjustment by NHS estates

EA Waste Data Interogator Analysis

October 2, 2022

With the publication of the Waste Data Interrogator by the EA for 2021, we have summarised what's changed since 2020.

UK Residual Waste EfW Operational Performance

September 10, 2022

Monksleigh produced a report that collates all of the key metrics and data provisions on the residual waste EFW plants operating throughout the UK in 2021, and this article provides an extract

Will RDF and SRF Exports Continue?

May 24, 2022

We review the historical RDF and SRF export patterns and suggest future possibilities that might be triggered by the consultation on the targets being set under the Environment Act

Time to Take Stock

June 19, 2020

CIWM Article by Andy Olie on the need to consider resilience and future capacity for the sector.

Filling the Gap

April 24, 2020

With the tonnage 'Capacity Gap' reducing as more EFW projects start to move towards financial close and into construction, and new planning applications entering the fray on the back of a consensus of a c. 10mtpa capacity gap, what could be the direction of travel in filling this gap?

Environmental Taxes Miss the Target

December 19, 2016

An Article fro MRW by Andy Olie on landfill tax and environmental taxes more broadly.