In the UK, global waste-to-energy technology specialist DP CleanTech Group has partnered with waste operators Dauson Environmental Group and Brooke Energy Group Ltd to form DP SWIPCo UK Ltd. The new company will develop reliable, lower-cost Small Waste Incineration Plants (SWIP) that specifically address the mounting business pressures faced by small and medium-sized waste operators in the UK.
UK waste policy is shifting from landfill to a circular model — reusing, recycling, and treating residual waste as an energy source rather than a disposal problem.
Shrinking landfill capacity, tighter environmental compliance, stricter sorting standards, and forthcoming waste-tracking and emissions frameworks are adding further cost and complexity across the industry.
For small and medium-sized waste businesses, meeting these requirements while
covering rising operating costs has become a practical and financial challenge. The SWIP regime — designed to make Small Waste Incineration Plants easier to build — was meant to solve this.
In practice, building and operating a SWIP has proved costly, complex, and unsustainable.
Launch of DP SWIPCo UK
DP SWIPCo UK Ltd was created to address this conundrum. Bringing together the
deep technical expertise of DP CleanTech and the first-hand experience of
established waste operators, the company is committed to developing plants that
help smaller operators to overcome structural industry practices and manage their
costs more independently.
We formed DP SWIPCo to apply innovative thinking that fundamentally challenges the business practices that have failed the industry and brought about decimated supply chains, costs that can’t be covered, and technology solutions that don’t work. These consequences — layered on top of urgent environmental demands — have made the current model unworkable, commented Simon Parker, CEO of DP CleanTech Group.
Dauson Environmental Group is a diverse collection of companies specialising in
Demolition, Remediation, Construction and Resource across South Wales, while Brooke Energy Group Ltd specializes in building, operating, and managing Energy from Waste (EfW) plants across the South West of England, with the current portfolio including waste wood combined heat and power (CHP) plants and a refuse-derived fuel (RDF)-fuelled SWIP plant.
The new company and its first product will launch at the upcoming RWM Exhibition, taking place September 16-17 at the NEC in Birmingham, UK.
Our collective belief is that partnerships thrive when interests are aligned and the stakes are shared fairly between all parties, and we’ve brought that philosophy to life with DP SWIPCo. By combining our knowledge and insights and carrying that same shared-stakes approach into how we work with clients, we aim to transform the norms of the industry and deliver real benefits to operators, Simon Parker said.
