In a London Assembly Environment Committee meeting yesterday, Colin Roberts of London Remade, gave a progress report on recycling and waste minimisation in London. The committee heard that despite London Remade's efforts to encourage companies and local authorities to buy recycled, only the London Borough of Camden was actively “closing the loop” and using recycled materials in its projects.
Samantha Heath, chair of the Environment Committee, urged all London boroughs to work with London Remade to improve the capital's recycling performance and said that a step change in attitude towards buying recycled products is needed across London as recycling itself is not enough.
The Environment Committee highlighted this as a “missed recycling opportunity for London boroughs” as out of 33 London councils, only Camden is working with London Remade and using recycled glass and asphalt materials for road construction.
Camden has signed up to London Remade's green procurement code and Hugh Carr-Harris, chief executive of London Remade, congratulated the borough on its use of 15% mixed recycled glass as a road base. He said: “If each London borough followed this initiative and used this product for a small percentage of their resurfacing needs, over the next three years, 75,000 tonnes of mixed glass could be diverted away from landfill and back into the capital's infrastructure.”
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