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LWARB Announce Strategy For The Next Four Years

16 June 2011

Innovative waste technology solutions, waste infrastructure, and an "Efficiencies" programme will get top priorities for its funds as the London Waste and Recycling Board (LWARB) approves its 2011-2015 Business Plan at the first Board meeting of the financial year

The Department of Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) confirmed that LWARB will receive £18m for the Spending Review period which covers the next four years. This £18m will be added to £6.3m, which remains available from the previous funding round, plus an estimated £2m of loan income coming in from previously funded projects. This brings the total available funds over the next four years to £26.3m.

The Business Plan outlines support towards the development of innovative waste solutions, giving London the opportunity to showcase technologies such as hydrogen fuel cells, gas to gird and waste derived transport fuels.
Also detailed in the plan is a £4.6m Efficiencies programme for local authorities, which will build on the potential savings that can be generated from joint procurement, framework agreements and shared services and best practice.

Infrastructure

Furthermore, the Business Plan commits LWARB to a more focussed infrastructure programme. To date, LWARB has made fund commitments to a significant amount of waste infrastructure, the majority of it located in east London, such as a gasification plant, anaerobic digestion (AD) plant, and a waste to renewable fuel facility.

LWARB will continue to fund waste infrastructure, with priority given to projects that will make a significant contribution towards closing the capacity gap outlined in the Mayor's Municipal Waste Management Strategy, but is particularly interested in those projects that are located outside of east London.

The Mayor of London, Boris Johnson, said: "I am determined for London to unleash the huge economic and environmental benefits coming from our waste. LWARB's funding is already helping Londoners to recycle more and investing in facilities to manage waste in a cleaner, greener way.

"I welcome this new plan aiming to continue investment into new innovative waste infrastructure and with additional focus on working with boroughs to ensure greater financial efficiencies."

James Cleverly, Chair of LWARB said: "This is a focused plan, with a clear targeted waste infrastructure programme. An estimated £220m is spent each year on waste collection in the capital; the new Efficiencies programme has the potential to generate huge savings for boroughs. With the intention to support innovative projects, the next few years could prove to be very exciting, giving London the chance to host pioneering waste technologies."

LWARB will shortly be putting out a call for expressions of interest to developers of waste infrastructure to come forward with potential projects for LWARB to invest in. The Board are also looking to form partnerships with project developers and other organisations to identify a number of innovative waste solutions.

Details of the application process will be published on the LWARB website www.lwarb.gov.uk