Mayor Of London Sets Out Waste Policy Proposals

21 November 2011

London's Wasted Resource sets out the Mayor's policies and proposals for reducing the amount of municipal waste produced, increasing the amount of waste re-used, recycled or composted, and generating low carbon energy from waste remaining

The Mayor of London, Boris Johnson

The strategy also sets out how the Mayor, through the London Waste and Recycling Board, will help develop more waste management infrastructure in London.

The Mayor's business waste management strategy, Making Business Sense of Waste, is the first Mayoral strategy for London's business waste.

It sets out initiatives to help all kinds of London's businesses, from shops, restaurants, office buildings, manufacturers to construction companies to save money and reduce harm to the environment through better waste management.

The repair and re-use target has been lowered from 120,000 tones-a-year by 2031 to 30,000 tonnes-a-year, with 6,000 tonnes of material currently being repaired or reused yearly. Producing energy from waste from London's organic and non-recycled waste has also received a pointed focus.

Other main targets set by the Mayor were to achieve zero municipal waste direct to landfill by 2025; recycle or compost at least 60 percent by 2031; reduce the amount of household waste produced from 970kg to 790kg per household in 2031; and cut greenhouse emissions by 1m tonnes by 2031.

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