| Label | Content |
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| Meeting: | Plenary on 13 November 2002 |
| Session name: | Plenary on 13/11/2002 between 10:00 and 13:00 |
| Reference: | 2002/0222-1 |
| Question by: | Sally Hamwee |
| Organisation: | Liberal Democrats |
| Asked of: | John Duffy |
Question
Recycling Rates
What funding have you and/or the Mayor been able to secure from Central Government to help improve recycling rates across London? Given all the statements that both you and the Mayor have made on this topic, does incineration have any place in the future disposal of London's waste?
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Answer
The Mayor has secured £21.3m of funding for recycling until 2003/04 for London Waste Authorities.
The draft waste strategy is waste minimisation and recycling led. It proposed that London will aim to meet the recovery targets for municipal waste through prioritising reduction, recycling and composting.
A number of policies and proposals have been developed, to presume against new mass burn incineration capacity in London. However, incineration will continue to have some role to play as we already have two existing Waste Incinerators in London at SELCHP in Lewisham and Edmonton in Enfield. The two plants currently manage just less than 900,000 tonnes of municipal waste from London.
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