Now the authority is set to disclose its future waste management strategy which will see it continuing to provide treatment and recycling solutions on behalf of seven north London boroughs.
Last month the NLWA said it was working towards an “Autumn timetable” for making an announcement on its plans, which will set out how it intends to manage waste after the existing energy from waste plant at its Edmonton EcoPark reaches the end of its life in 2025.
A Part 2 committee report providing “further information” in respect of the Authority’s future residual waste management arrangements was presented on Friday to the 14 councillors who make up the Labour-controlled Authority.
LondonWaste
The Authority has already finalised a contract with its contractor LondonWaste to cover the period from December 2014, when its existing contract runs out, until 2025. LondonWaste is wholly-owned by north London boroughs.
The 2014-2025 contract is drafted so that waste can be treated at the existing energy-from-waste facility or “any replacement energy recovery facility”. This is because construction of a new incinerator could start before 2020 and be operational before 2025. This would have the advantage of more modern control of emissions and high efficiency generation of electricity and heat.
Included in the 2014-2025 contract is residual waste treatment, organic waste treatment, the reception and transportation of recyclables and the operation of re-use and recycling centres.
The North London Waste Authority (NLWA) is the UK’s second largest waste disposal authority and handles waste disposal on behalf of Barnet, Camden, Enfield, Hackney, Haringey, Islington and Waltham Forest councils. Some 1.7 million residents live in the NLWA area.
NLWA previously sought a different long-term solution for the area’s waste through the procurement of two major waste contracts thought to be worth in the region of £3 billion. However, it controversially ended the procurement process last year with the aim of finding a cheaper solution (see letsrecycle.com story).
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