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Reference:
2012/3499
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Question by:
Jenny Jones
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Meeting date:
21 November 2012
According to statistics published on Lambeth and Wandsworth council websites, they recycled 46 percent of their waste in 2011-12, representing a 19 and 18 per cent increase on the previous year, respectively. The explanation offered for this dramatic improvement is the inclusion of products derived from waste sent to Belvedere Incinerator, such as aggregate for road construction that has been derived from incinerator bottom ash, along with pieces of brick, rubble and sand. Will you contact Lambeth and Wandsworth council to remind them of the definition of recycling and their duty to publish genuine recycling rates?