is an orphan as no other articles link to it . please introduce links to this page from related articles ; try the find link tool for suggestions . february 2009 fairfield materials management ltd type social enterprise founded 2003 headquarters openshaw manchester uk key people emma smith ian trippier val rawlinson chris walsh karen usher eric lowry number of employees 7 paid staff website http www.fairfieldcompost.co.uk fairfield materials management ltd is a manchester based social enterprise that operates a community waste management project at manchester s new smithfield market focused on minimising waste and bringing social and environmental benefits to greater manchester . 1 by utilising in vessel composting fairfield materials management established the uk s first sustainable biodegradable waste management system to operate on a wholesale market 2 diverted 16 500 tonnes of organic market waste material away from landfill between 2003 and 2008 . 3 fairfield has developed a composting production model that processes fruit vegetable plant and woody waste into peat free british standards institution pas 100 4 accredited compost . 5 it operates on a site fully licensed by the environment agency . 6 in 2003 fairfield was recognised as the most innovative social enterprise within its sector by the composting association . 7 history edit fairfield materials management was founded in 2003 by a small group of ecological activists horticulturists and social entrepreneurs . 8 fairfield materials management was initiated by val rawlinson director after she became involved in an east manchester anti incineration campaign in 1996 . the incinerator was not built but the campaigners realised that they had to show manchester that environmental and social alternatives were available and working successfully throughout the united kingdom and so fairfield composting later to be called debdale eco centre was established . 9 val recognised the need for a commercial sized composting system for new smithfield market and choose a vertical composting unit vcu system as the preferred technology ; emma smith was recruited as a waste auditor in november 2001 to undertake a waste composition analysis of smithfield market s waste . chris walsh joined the team and between 2001 and 2003 the group secured several hundred thousand pounds through grants and loans 10 designed the site obtaining planning permission and a waste management licence . 11 in 2003 fairfield began operating and initially diverted waste from four market traders taking in green waste from manchester city council and producing compost . in 2004 a further two composting units were added and in 2005 a final three units were added to the system . this enabled fairfield to process all of the market s fruit and vegetable waste through the in situ technology . 12 in 2009 the fairfield group in partnership national renewable energy business bio group ltd 13 secured planning permission in bredbury stockport for their second waste management site . 14 references edit http www.fairfieldcompost.co.uk about history.html http www.fairfieldcompost.co.uk about.html http www.fairfieldcompost.co.uk what we do.html http www.wrap.org.uk composting compost specifications bsi pas 100 bsi pas 100 1 . http www.letsrecycle.com materials composting news.jsp story 5785 http www.fairfieldcompost.co.uk about.html http www.compostingconference.com community init award.html http www.fairfieldcompost.co.uk about.html http www.debdale eco centre.com http www.adventurecapitalfund.org.uk content view 28 59 http www.communitycompost.org hotrotters fmm.htm http www.fairfieldcompost.co.uk about history.html http www.crainsmanchesterbusiness.co.uk apps pbcs.dll article aid 20090106 free 301069997 1046 energy http www.englandsnorthwest.com invest news archive 8162 food recycle plant approved.html external links edit fairfield materials management community compost network fairfield ad ltd retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title fairfield materials management ltd & oldid 737107431 categories compostingbiodegradable waste managementmechanical biological treatmentsocial enterprisescompanies based in manchesterhidden categories orphaned articles from february 2009all orphaned articlespages using infobox company with unsupported parameters navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 31 august 2016 at 20 15 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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