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The Mayor's Municipal Waste Management Strategy

Cover of Waste Strategy The Mayor's Municipal Waste Management Strategy, Rethinking Rubbish in London, was published on 23 September 2003.

The full Strategy and associated documents are available for downloading: as well as the Strategy itself there are three accompanying documents, a 'highlights' document and a leaflet.

We produce enough municipal waste in London to fill Canary Wharf tower every eight days. Most of this waste is taken outside of London and buried in landfill sites. This cannot continue and we must seek other options.

Since the public consultation on the draft strategy in autumn 2002, a great deal has been achieved. This includes:

distribution of a £21.3 million London Recycling Fund, and securing £3.6 million additional funding from government
the development of www.capitalwastefacts.com to improve data on waste in London
the rollout of the Mayor's Green Procurement Code to all boroughs and over 230 companies
the development of the Capital Standard programme with the boroughs, to clean up London's streets, including training of 120 enforcement officers, the 'pick it up' song for schools, and the launch of the London Schools Environment Award
the launch of the Recycle for London campaign.

Over this period the Mayor has also worked closely with London waste authorities to develop waste contracts that deliver a consistent quality of service for all Londoners.

The strategy has been revised to take account of comments made during the consultation period by the public and waste stakeholders.

Printed copies, alternative formats and languages

A limited number of printed copies of the full Waste Strategy document are available at a cost of £25. Please see the publications page for information about purchasing publications.

Printed copies of the leaflet and the highlights document are free. They are also available free of charge in the following formats and languages: large print, Braille, disc, audiotape, Arabic, Bengali, Chinese, Greek, Gujurati, Hindi, Punjabi, Turkish, Urdu, Vietnamese. Please contact the Public Liaison Unit - tel. 020 7983 4100, Minicom 020 7983 4458 - stating the language or format you require.

Further information

www.capitalwastefacts.com contains data and information on municipal waste in London.

www.recycleforlondon.com is part of a major campaign to encourage Londoners to recycle more, developed by the GLA in partnership with London’s boroughs, the national Rethink Rubbish campaign, the Association of London Government and the London Recycling Fund.