When the idea of a single waste authority was first suggested by Ken Livingstone, London Remade came out in support of the plans. It has now released a more detailed response looking more closely at specific areas that it feels need touching on.
The organisation operates a recycling programme for the capital, aimed at increasing markets for recycled products and driving the development of an entrepreneurial recycling supply chain. London Remade said in its response that while it supports the need for the creation of more waste disposal and processing facilities there is also a need to encouragement the private sector to play a key role in delivering the vision for waste management.
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Daniel Silverstone, chief executive of London Remade, said: “We would like to see any final changes to the London Plan to be specifically designed to enable London to move from its traditional stance of seeing waste as a problem, to valuing unwanted materials and products as a resource to be recovered and re-used.”
The Mayor of London proposed the building of more than 300 new waste facilities and London Remade agrees with this proposal. The organisation said that there is a real opportunity for co-locating sorting, reprocessing and remanufacturing facilities on same sites.
“This would reduce the amount of land required and the impact on communities and lead to cost efficiencies that would eventually increase the value of recyclables,” London Remade explained.
London Remade also said that the proposal's for the management of London's waste will be heavily reliant on the private sector and financial institutions to achieve the Mayor's goals.
And it called for “challenging but achievable” targets to be set for reprocessing and remanufacturing of recycled material within London.
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