London Remade has seconded Mr Enright from the council for an initial six-month period to manage its supply infrastructure project. He will work four days a week for London Remade and one day a week for the council.
The supply infrastructure project aims to optimise the collection of recycled materials in London and has been funded by a 50/50 public/private investment. The project will review London's existing collection schemes and costs, develop a benchmarking tool to assist boroughs with investment decisions and identify how to maximise participation in schemes and measure recycling rates.
Mr Enright will look at how kerbside collections can be improved by funding pilot schemes. He will also analyse initiatives that are taking place across London including the GLA incentive recycling schemes that have been set up in Lambeth and Brent to see what would happen if the monetary rewards were removed. And the project will look at how river and canal transport can be better utilised.
Mr Enright said: “Firstly we will talk to councils, waste disposal authorities and waste collection authorities to find out what is going on across London. We know there are a lot of good schemes in the capital and we will look at them to see what we can learn so we can share best practice and if possible share resources.”
Opportunity
He added: “I welcome the opportunity to use my experience of recycling in Camden to pull together many of the excellent schemes that already exist across the capital. These are interesting times for recycling. It is challenging and there is lot of work to be done.”
Hugh Carr-Harris, chief executive of London Remade, said: “With John on board we hit the ground running and – with the pressure on us all to recycle more – there is no time to waste.”
Mr Enright has a wealth of experience of recycling in London having set up Camden's kerbside scheme which started with a paper collection and expanded into a multi-material project serving 50,000 properties. Camden currently has a recycling rate of 17%, the highest in inner city London with a participation rate of 43%. Mr Enright also designed one of the capital’s major bulking facilities for cross-borough working, involving six local authorities and five companies and is chair of the London recycling officers group.
London Remade has 5.4 million of single regeneration budget funding to create stable markets for recycled materials. London Remade is the market development arm of London Waste Action (LWA), established in 1997, which brings together London's private and public sector leaders to promote sustainable waste management in the capital.
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