Key proposals highlighted in the draft plan are to include a single waste disposal authority in London, intended to replace the more fragmented system.
Issues such as the expansion of recycling are major concerns tackled in the plan, also, with the London Assembly expressing a need for “first class recycling schemes for all Londoners.” The only way to achieve this, says the Assembly, would be through a rebate scheme, which should be developed as an incentive to encourage recycling.”
The Mayor, in partnership with the Association of London Government has secured 21.3 million to invest in recycling in London, which is to be administered through the London Waste Action. (see letsrecycle.com story)
The waste strategy also outlines the problems behind the way the capital’s waste management is currently handled and points out that the city cannot continue to take most of its waste outside London and bury it landfill.
Commenting on the draft strategy, London Mayor Ken Livingstone said: “Our city is producing more and more waste every year and the only way forward is through better co-ordination of waste services and the implementation of a single waste disposal authority in the capital.”
Commenting on a drive to ensure a cleaner environment within London, the Mayor’s environment advisor John Duffy said: “Our four-year Capital Standard street improvement programme with 28 London boroughs includes an educational programme, more enforcement action and training, a London-wide media campaign to benchmark the present situation and monitor improvements in streets cleansing within London.”
The first draft of the strategy was launched in July 2001 and published for consideration by the London Assembly and the GLA group, and this draft has – which takes account of their views, and has now been released as the latest Draft Waste Municipal Waste Strategy for London.
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