Policy information sourced from the Joint Waste Development Plan for the East London Waste Authority
W1: Sustainable Waste Management
The boroughs will aim to drive waste management up the waste hierarchy by promoting waste minimisation, materials reuse, recycling & recovery of resources and help the delivery of national and regional targets for recycling and composting set out in the Waste Strategy for England 2007 and the London Plan by:
- working in partnership with the general public and the business community in the ELWA area to provide information and advice and raise awareness;
- working in partnership with local community and voluntary groups and social enterprises to encourage waste minimisation, materials reuse, recycling and recovery of resources;
- ensuring that developers and contractors design new housing, commercial and other developments to maximise opportunities for future occupiers to minimise, reuse, recycle and recover resources from waste, by providing adequate space and facilities for storage and handling of segregated waste; and
- require the reuse of construction, excavation and demolition waste during new developments, such as the Thames Gateway, with on-site recycling and use of recycled aggregate wherever possible and encourage use of sustainable transport modes where the movement of waste is necessary
For more information please see the Joint Waste Development Plan for the East London Waste Authority