It will be delivered in partnership by the London Waste and Recycling Board (LWARB) and the Waste & Resources Action Programme (WRAP).
Resource London will provide a range of support to London waste authorities helping them to save money while continuing to maintain high services.
It also aims to help the city move towards the Mayor of London’s 50% local authority waste recycling target by 2020.
‘Delighted’
Councillor Clyde Loakes, chair of the new Resource London Partnership Board, said: “The London Waste and Recycling Board is delighted to be unveiling resource London in partnership with WRAP.
“This is a very exciting opportunity to bring more support to London boroughs at a time when we are striving to deliver excellence in our services against the backdrop of austerity.”
Marcus Gover, director of WRAP, added: “London faces its own very particular challenges in reducing waste and meeting recycling targets, but we know that by really focusing our action on areas such as food waste collections and dry recyclables we can make a genuine impact.”
The work of the partnership will include improving dry recycling for flats and a new look London ‘Love Food Hate Waste’ campaign.
Following the launch of the new scheme LWARB’s work remit will continue. The work of the new Resource London organisation will take on LWARB’s local authority support unit work. In its first year, which starts from April 2015, it will have a budget of £2.25 million, including £750,00 from WRAP.
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