Adding value to the core funding
A key aim was to lever additional funding from waste authorities applying for grants to develop and run approved projects. The £50 million core funding levered an additional £143 million. Of this, £100 million came from the public sector and £43 million through projects involving private sector partners.

Core Funding (£m)	Public Sector Leverage (£m)	Private Sector Leverage (£m)	Total No. of projects
50	100	43	134

Funding support
All project applicants had to demonstrate their proposals would support the overall aims and objectives of the Fund. Grants were awarded in the following areas:

1 Expanding kerbside collection and recycling for
estates and flats
Household waste recycling cannot be maximised unless all London residents have a door to door or near entry recycling service. The Fund aimed to expand significantly the recycling collection services across London. A specific target was to ensure that equal recycling opportunities were available to all residents, including those living on estates and in flats.

	No. of projects supported	Value of Grants (£m)
Kerbside collection	37	13.6
Recycling for flats/estates	32	9.2

By 2005, every London borough had introduced a kerbside recycling and collection service, generally for at least three recyclable materials and the volume of recycling had almost doubled.

Year	Household waste recycled (000 tonnes)	Household waste recycling rate (%)
2001/02	375	11
2005/06	687	21

2 Building a new strategic recycling infrastructure
High recycling rates cannot be delivered without an integrated network of facilities to process the recyclable materials - which London lacked in 2001/02. The Fund dramatically improved this position by encouraging investment and stimulating effective working partnerships between London waste authorities, the community sector and the private sector. Developing this infrastructure also provided opportunities for job creation and training, through the LDA funded Economic Development Infrastructure Building (EDIB) programme.

	No. of projects supported	Value of Grants (£m)	Leverage Public & Private Sector
			Public (£m)	Private (£m)
Strategic infrastructure projects	8	11.1	16.8	17.6
Economic Development Infrastructure Building programme (EDIB)	8	2.0	0.2	20.8
Local reuse & Recycling Centres	15	4.2	4.0	0.8

3 Improving participation through awareness, education and promotion
The success of all recycling schemes depends on changing householder’s attitudes, so they adopt waste minimisation and recycling as part of their everyday behaviour.

	No. of projects supported	Value of Grants (£m)
	221	7.8

¹ Includes the London-wide “Recycle for London“ campaign

4 Providing resources to develop and expand waste reduction and reuse
Reducing the amount of waste produced in London is a crucial - yet challenging - element of a sustainable waste strategy. This requires a significant shift in behaviour, lifestyles and attitudes but if successful, offers potentially high returns with long term lower costs. From 2001 - 2006 the production of household waste produced in London decreased by 1.8% (2)

	No. of projects supported	Value of Grants (£m)
	10	1.7

5 Opportunities for jobs and training
The local economy of London boroughs can benefit significantly from the establishment of local resource processing and reprocessing operations. Using special purpose funding, the LDA established and supported an Economic Development Infrastructure Building Programme (EDIB). The £2 million contribution from the LDA levered £20.8 million private sector funding. This supported eight projects in resource reuse, processing and reprocessing, creating over 190 jobs and learning opportunities.

6 Helping achieve Government priorities
The Fund made a significant contribution to the Government’s priorities at the time for waste and recycling, including:

London waste authorities recycling performance

	Waste authorities recycling 10% or less	Waste authorities recycling from 10-20%	Waste authorities recycling over 20%
2001/02	21	15	1
2005/06	81	16	20