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Other LWA Projects
Our corporate objective is to promote for the public benefit waste management practices which promote the conservation, protection, improvement and sustainability of the physical and natural environment in and around London. As an Environmental Body that aims to promote sustainable waste management we publish on this website all the findings and outcomes of our work.
London Waste Action aims to increase co-ordination between the producers of goods, retailers, manufacturers, the public and the statutory local authorities and all concerned with the management of waste and reusable materials and equipment, with the aim of achieving a more sustainable approach to its waste management.
In the 12 years, since the formation of the company in 1996, we have worked with our partners on a number of important projects. These include:
Market Based Incentives for Sustainable Waste Management: Part A - Context and Conclusions
This over-arching report, prepared by Brook Lyndhurst, discusses market based incentives, the economic and policy background to contemporary waste issues and provides a summary of the main points emerging from Part B of the report
Market Based Incentives for Sustainable Waste Management: Part B - Detailed Analysis
This report, prepared by Eunomia, provides a detailed discussion and analysis of the process by which potential instruments were selected, the analyses of those instruments and recommendations for their deployment.
In broad terms, the instruments discussed in this pair of reports point towards the need for holistic, or “joined up” thinking when considering waste. The report sets out seven possible instruments that are presented as ideas for further debate and discussion
The report (Part A and Part B) is available to download in PDF format by clicking the link here
This project was funded under the Landfill Tax Credits Scheme through a grant made by the Veolia ES Cleanaway Havering Riverside Environmental Trust and the support of Cleanaway Ltd. Stakeholder Engagement – Helping to develop sustainable waste management in London
As part of our aim of achieving a more sustainable approach to the management of waste and resources in London LWA has from time to time engaged its stakeholders to increase and improve coordination across the spectrum of activities from production of goods, their sale, use and when discarded as waste or recyclables, their management.
Since 1999 two main stakeholder dialogue processes have been run, which are described below
Stakeholder dialogue – managing London’s “wider wastes”
Against a complex and rapidly evolving policy background and with the intention of contributing to the discussions around a “wider waste” strategy for the capital, London Waste Action in 2005/06 undertook a stakeholder dialogue with a wide range of interested parties.
A principle aim of this process was to seek views from stakeholders about perceived deficiencies in the management of waste in London and the changes needed to take London into the next stage of recycling and waste management. The outcome was intended to be presented as a formal report to the Mayor in May 2006 as a contribution to the development of his Wider Waste Strategy for London.
The consultation process was devised and managed on behalf of London Waste Action by Dialogue by Design, independent facilitators, who used an online consultation process. Around 200 people took part, representing the main sectors and waste types, with high participation online from companies and first time contributors.
A 30 page report has been produced and published which describes the consultation process, sets out the issues that stakeholders identified and provides an analysis of the key issues which need to be considered in providing a strategic approach when managing “wider wastes” in London.
The report is available to download in PDF format by clicking the link here
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Stakeholder Dialogue - Towards a Municipal Waste Management Strategy for London
In 1999 to provide early information for the incoming Mayor of London, elected into office in May 2000, LWA launched a two part stakeholder engagement process. This process was designed to support the development of the Mayor's Municipal Waste Management strategy for London.
The complete stakeholder engagement process ran from December 1999 to March 2002 and was supported through funding provided by the RMC Environment Fund. The stakeholder engagement process, completed in two stages was run by the Environment Council and the outcomes and conclusions published as two reports.
The two stakeholder dialogue reports
The Mayor of London has a statutory responsibility to publish a municipal waste management strategy for London.
Prior to the first draft of the strategy was developed, London Waste Action brought together stakeholders from a wide range of interests to discuss the main planks of a municipal waste strategy for London. The first LWA stakeholder report supported this process and was produced in August 2000. The report was received by the Mayor of London, Ken Livingstone.
Following this process the Mayor published a draft waste strategy for consideration by the London Assembly. London Waste Action took the opportunity to broaden the discussion during this period by running a second stakeholder dialogue, through a web based process, supported by Dialogue by Design, which enabled a wider range of stakeholders to comment on the Assembly draft. A second report was then produced which helped inform the Mayor’s consultation process.
Both reports and a baseline stakeholder report produced in 1999 to inform the first stakeholder event are all available for downloading by clicking the links below:
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The London Capital Challenge Programme This £12 million programme,
launched with Government support, ran from April 1997 to
March 2000. It was the first city wide programme in the
UK, involving 37 different collection and disposal authorities.
The Capital Challenge Fund, which took the form of £12
million of Supplementary Credit approvals, was spread over
the 3 years of the fund programme and was allocated on the
basis of bids from boroughs. A further £3 million
was invested by the waste management industry into sorting
and bulking facilities during the programme. All 32 boroughs,
the Corporation of London and the four statutory joint waste
disposal authorities cooperated in the operation and coordination
of information exchange during the programme. This resulted
in improved statistical information about recycling performance
and waste management arrangements across London. The full
report can be downloaded in PDF format below:
Towards a Waste Reduction Plan for
London
The quantity of waste generated within
London is increasing steadily. The amounts of waste being
produced in London are increasing by around 3 % per year,
year on year. The best environmental solution is for everyone
at home and at work to cut down on the amounts of waste
being produced.
The Government, the Mayor and the GLA and London Boroughs
have all made waste avoidance and reduction a priority target.
To support this aim and to widen knowledge in the business
sector about this important subject London Waste Action
implemented an action programme in 1999 to research waste
production in the business and public sectors and develop
a waste reduction plan for London.
Success in this initiative
was dependent on increased co-operation between the consumer
goods industry, householders and in the workplace to change
packaging, shopping and marketing practices and also to
change the way we manage waste. A report was published in
1999, which sets out the findings of the research and the
recommended actions that are necessary, if we are to control
the growth of waste and eventually reduce the amounts we
produce. The report is available in PDF format for downloading
below:
Company Annual Reports
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