From restaurants to railway stations, from student halls of residence to City Hall – as individuals, organisations, Londoners, we can all recycle more.
Recycling waste
In 2010, London’s councils saved £30 million because of the recycling efforts of their residents. The Mayor believes we can up this to a £70 million annual saving by 2015, and is working with London’s boroughs to help achieve this.
Helping you recycle
London’s boroughs are continuously providing new recycling services, and the Mayor’s Recycle for London programme is helping them communicate these services in the most effective ways possible. As of November 2011, Recycle for London has worked with 31 London boroughs to communicate how to recycle and/or the benefits of recycling.
Boosting recycling in London’s flats
Nearly half of London’s housing stock is made up of flats, yet these properties only recycle about 10 per cent of the waste they produce. In June 2010 the London Waste & Recycling Board launched a £5m Flats Recycling Programme funded 29 projects across 26 local authorities to improve recycling and composting performance in flats. LWARB expects these projects to:
- increase recycling and composting performance by 43 per cent on average per project
- provide 520,000 households with new/improved recycling services
- divert around 75,000 tonnes of waste from landfill
- prevent almost 66,000 tonnes of CO2eq emissions from entering the atmosphere.
Businesses can save money too
The Mayor is keen to help London’s businesses make savings on their waste disposal costs. For example, Recycle for London is partnering with DHL Enviro Solutions and SWEEEP recycling facility to launch a new, free service for London organisations to send waste electrical and electronic equipment for reuse and recycling.
Publications
The London Assembly Environment Committee have also published a number of recycling reports
