Recycling November 24 2011 Weekly & WA S T E W O R L D Sign up for our digi tal edi t ion now. Register at digi taledi t ion@recycl ingwastewor ld.com In this issue:


Capital to ‘up its recycling game'


Geraldine Faulkner Editor


The significance of


the all important bin For councils, the decision to deploy a new container can make or break the introduction of a new material in recycling collection. Find out why.


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ENOUGH FOOD to fill the Albert Hall 15 times over is thrown away every year in London, stated the mayor of London, Boris Johnson, at the launch of his municipal waste and business waste strategy. The mayor urged


businesses and the public to sign up to a pledge to reduce the mountains of food thrown away and sent to landfill. Launching the pledge at


the Feeding the 5,000 event in Trafalgar Square, the mayor called on businesses to reduce food waste. The mayor's waste


Sorting out paper trails and legislation


Who should businesses turn to for help when it comes to the disposal of hazardous waste, whether it's oil or lead acid batteries?


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strategies set out how London could save £77m a year and generate 1,260 green collar jobs by upping its game on recycling and opting for the cleanest technologies to deal with rubbish. To facilitate new low


carbon waste management technologies, the mayor has also developed an emissions performance standard (EPS) designed to ensure that technologies achieve the greatest carbon savings. Rebecca Eatwell, director


Lifetime Recycling Village: The objective


Find out about the Lifetime Recycling Village; a one- stop site for the sustainable treatment of up to one million tonnes of waste p.a.


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at specialist communications consultancy PPS Group told RWW: “London’s waste authorities have to act in general conformity with the strategy and the mayor has stated that while the EPS is not a mandatory requirement, he will be judging conformity against the carbon intensity floor.” Eatwell warned that waste


disposal authorities who are currently procuring new EfW infrastructure will need to be mindful of the strategy and be able to demonstrate that their chosen approach “is no more polluting in carbon terms


Biofuels could meet up to 4.3% of our renewable transport fuel target


Advanced biofuels needed, says study


A GOVERNMENT study, written by the NNFCC, the UK’s National Centre for Biorenewable Energy, Fuels and Materials, has predicted that the UK will miss its renewable transport targets without significant investment in a new generation of biofuels. New technologies, like


gasification and pyrolysis, allow biofuels to be made from a wide range of sustainable materials, such as household rubbish. Dr Jeremy Tomkinson,


Boris Johnson at the Feeding the 5,000 event in Trafalgar Square


than the energy source it is replacing”. Labour Assembly member


Murad Qureshi criticised the mayor’s business waste strategy for failing to prioritise access to more local authority run waste facilities by small and medium sized businesses. Qureshi said: “The mayor’s


strategy recognises business waste is predominantly collected and managed privately by waste contractors, it also mentions the escalating cost of landfill tax, but it fails to effectively link the waste stream from small business to the infrastructure which already exists for household recycling. "The strategy should do


much more to enable small and medium sized businesses with fewer resources to access suitable waste and recycling services in their local area.”


Key targets in the mayor’s strategies include: • To have no household waste going directly to landfill by 2025


• To increase London’s capacity to reuse or repair waste from approximately 6,000 tonnes a year in 2008 to 20,000 tonnes a year in 2015 and 30,000 tonnes a year in 2031


• To recycle or compost at least 45% of rubbish by 2015, 50% by 2020 and 60% by 2031. Johnson's determination to


achieve success in his waste strategies was recognised by Eatwell. “As the mayor has shown,


when he determined SITA UK’s Mitcham proposals, he is not afraid to use his powers to intervene in waste infrastructure decisions,” she added.


chief executive of the NNFCC, said: “Biofuels are currently the best way to decrease our carbon emissions from transport.” “This report highlights


the necessity for increased investment in advanced biofuels, which could meet almost half of our renewable


transport needs by the end of the decade,” he added. According to the NNFCC,


by 2020 10% of the energy used in UK road and rail transport must come from renewable sources. This is the equivalent of replacing 4.3 million tonnes of fossil oil each year. Under favourable


economic conditions and strong improvements in policy support, the NNFCC said projections suggest advanced biofuels could meet up to 4.3% of the UK’s renewable transport fuel target by 2020. However, it added this


would require around one million tonnes of woody biomass, two million tonnes of wheat (butanol) and 4.4 million tonnes of household, commercial and industrial wastes.


WRAP to boost reuse


A NEWset of ‘reuse’ protocols launched by WRAP (Waste & Resources Action Programme) aims to underpin efforts to cut the half a million tonnes of WEEE thrown away each year. The protocols support the PAS141 standard, which intends


to reduce the amount of items sent to landfill or incineration by getting more working electrical goods back into service. WRAP’s project manager Lucy Keal said the protocols,


which cover everyday items such as digital cameras, computer equipment and fridges, will provide a useful baseline for anyone involved in preparing electronic products for reuse. “They are primarily aimed at local authorities and charities


looking to extend the life of these items, but will also be useful for authorised treatment facilities,” said Keal.


• The protocols also cover freezers, televisions and vacuum cleaners, and can be downloaded from the WRAP website at www.wrap.org.uk/reuseprotocols


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