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London Waste Action (LWA) seeks to increase co-ordination between the producers of goods, retailers, manufacturers, the public, local authorities and all concerned with the management of waste and reusable materials and equipment.
LWA’s aim is to achieve a more sustainable approach to waste management. This can be achieved through reducing the amounts of waste we produce, at home and at work.
Where waste is unavoidable a sustainable approach is to encourage the refurbishment for reuse or reprocessing, so that the materials in the product can be made into new materials (recycled). Where neither of these approaches is economically possible, waste is processed to recover other intrinsic value such as energy.
London Waste Action is a working partnership between the public, private and independent sectors. We managed the London Recycling Fund (2002-6), established through a partnership between the Mayor of London, the former Association of London Government (now London Councils) and London Waste Action.
The aim of the Fund was to enable a reduction in the amount of household waste generated in London and to ensure that a higher proportion of what remains is recycled or otherwise diverted from landfill. Core funding of £46 million over the four years 2002 to 2006 was allocated by DEFRA from the Waste Minimisation and Recycling Fund for England. Additional funding of £2.588 million was provided by the Waste and Resource Action Programme (WRAP) and £2.0 million by the London Development Agency (LDA).
From 2002-06, using the £46 million provided by DEFRA and smaller amounts from WRAP and the LDA, the Fund awarded 134 grants in partnership with the private, public and community sectors. £43 million of private sector capital was levered for infrastructure projects, supported by £100 million of public sector operational expenditure.
The London Recycling Fund 2002-6 Final Report was published in July 2007. Click here to go to the London Recycling Fund 2002-6 pages.
The company and its development and project programmes are supported by a wide range of businesses, local authorities and independent sector organisations. Our current sponsors and other supporting organisations are listed below.
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