London Wider Waste Strategy - London - Greater London Authority

Figure 6.3: Fate of hazardous wastes in London (SWaT 2002, total disposals
56,364 tonnes)
Treatment, 23970, 43%
SWat 2002: Hazardous waste deposits by fate for London
Incineration with energy
recovery, 157, 0%
Incineration without
energy recovery, 315, 1%
Transfer (Short term),
3919, 7%
Recycling / reuse, 7373,
13%
Landfill, 20509, 36%
Long term storage, 121,
0%
6.40. Figure 6.4 shows the breakdown of wastes (by EWC code) disposed of in London in
2002. Of the 56,364 tonnes of wastes treated or disposed of in London, 75% (41,773
tonnes) arise from 2 EWC categories. Note this is significantly different from the 35,600
tonnes reported by the EA in Table 6.1. These are approximately 40% (22,367 tonnes)
from oil and oil/water mixtures (EWC 13) and 35% (19,604) tonnes of construction and
demolition and asbestos waste (EWC 17). While it appears that London has some local
capability to process oil and oil/water mixtures, any local landfill capacity to accept
hazardous construction and demolition waste and asbestos will disappear from 16 July
2004. The introduction of revisions brought about by the Landfill Directive will result in
significant increases in disposal costs from this date, due to the greater distance to
licensed landfill sites and additional treatment costs. This may act as an incentive to
reduce hazardous wastes from construction sites through better on-site analysis.
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