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Our investigation suggests that the Mayor, through the London Development Agency and London Remade have been putting most of their efforts into supporting larger firms within the private sector to buy recycled goods. Larger firms tend to have more resources to devote to procurement but small and medium sized firms do not have this luxury and therefore require more support.

We have recommended that the LDA should work with other agencies to develop and commission a London-wide portal to provide easy access to information on purchasing recycled goods and to prepare a publicity and marketing campaign to raise awareness of the importance of buying recycled amongst small and medium sized firms in London. We also believe that London Remade should set up a brokerage service to establish buying consortia to offer a cost effective way of increasing the involvement of smaller firms. There should also be greater pressure by the LDA and London Remade on suppliers to encourage them to increase the choice of recycled products in their brochures.