London Wider Waste Strategy - London - Greater London Authority

Table 4.3: Total commercial and industrial waste in London per sector, 1999
(based on information provided by the Environment Agency from the 1999
National Waste Production Survey)
Sector Sector Name Total Arisings (000 tonnes)
1 Food, drink and tobacco 525.2 (7%)
2 Textiles, wood, paper 628.9 (9%)
3 Chemicals, rubber, mineral products 346.3 (5%)
4 Metals, metal products 102.9 (1%)
5 Other manufacturing 277.1 (4%)
6 Coke, oil, gas, electricity, water 38.2 (0.5%)
7 Transport, storage, communications 581.5 (8%)
8 Miscellaneous 239.6 (3%)
9 Wholesale 537.9 (8%)
10 Retail 928.9 (13%)
11 Hotels, catering 598.8 (8%)
12 Finance 281.8 (4%)
13 Education 296.6 (4%)
14 Other business and public administration 1,706.4 (24%)
Total 7,090.2 (98.5%)
4.17. With regard to the above table, it is interesting to note that wastes from the commercial
sectors (i.e. sectors 9-14) are likely to be similar in composition to municipal solid
waste. In percentage terms, this represents nearly two thirds (61%) of the total
estimated commercial and industrial waste arisings. This is a higher proportion than
may be expected in other areas of the country. In this regard there may be the potential
for a greater degree of integration between the Mayor’s Municipal Waste Management
Strategy and that for wider wastes than applies elsewhere in the country. In particular,
these types of waste management facilities developed to process municipal wastes
would also be suitable for processing these commercial and industrial waste arisings.
4.18. There are a number of potential sources of inaccuracy with regard to the data presented
in the SWMAL as follows:
• Since all the information is based on survey returns rather than absolute data there
is the potential for error due to the level of confidence provided by the sample size.
• With regard to the DEFRA data, a local authority may provide an estimate if it does
not have the required information, and, likewise, DEFRA may estimate data to fill in
any incomplete or missing sections.
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