Environment Report 2014

ENVIRONMENT REPORT 2014

3.6.2 Waste Disposal Routes Last year, decommissioning wastes were mainly returned to yards/ports in Teeside, in north east England, and Lerwick on the Shetland Islands. Nearly 80 per cent of operational wastes, meanwhile, were returned onshore in Aberdeen, with over 80 per cent of drill cuttings sent to the north east of Scotland ports of Aberdeen and Peterhead. Figure 13 illustrates the waste disposal routes for operational wastes. The proportion sent to landfill has been declining steadily over the decade since 2001 as a result of increased reuse and recycling and alternatives such as waste to energy. In 2013, 28 per cent (41,000 tonnes) of of total operational waste (147,000 tonnes) was reused or recycled, including scrap metal, oils and sludge.

Figure 13: Disposal Routes of Operational Wastes from the UK Continental Shelf from 2001 to 2013

Landfill

Reuse and Recycle Other *

Incineration Waste to Energy

160,000

140,000

120,000

100,000

80,000

60,000

Tonnes

40,000

20,000

0

2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013

*Other: Any other disposal route, includes composting, land spreading and treatment of aqueous wastes

Source: EEMS June 2014

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