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London Wider Waste Strategy - London - Greater London Authority

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Miscellaneous<br />

non-combustible<br />

Particles passing<br />

through a 20mm<br />

sieve<br />

1 9.3 0 0 1 20<br />

1 9.3 4 24 1 20<br />

Total 100 928.9 100 598.8 100 1,988.2<br />

Note: Tonnes are in 000 tonnes. Figures have been rounded up.<br />

4.35. From Table 4.7 it can be seen that paper and cardboard make up a very large proportion<br />

of both office (73%), and retail wastes (67%). Whilst this is also an important waste<br />

stream within the hospitality sector (23%), glass is by far the highest with 41%. Glass is<br />

very much lower in retail (3%) and offices (5%). Putrescible wastes are also high in<br />

hospitality (20%) whilst they are half this in office and retail. The other significant<br />

waste stream within these sectors is plastic with 13% in retail, 7% in hospitality and 8%<br />

in offices.<br />

4.36. Consideration should be given to the possible sources of the different wastes identified<br />

in the above tables. A significant amount of the cardboard is expected to come from<br />

packaging in all sectors. A high proportion of plastics are expected to be packaging<br />

wastes in the retail and office sectors, but these are perhaps more likely to be from drink<br />

and food containers in the hospitality sector. The putrescible wastes within offices are<br />

likely to mainly arise from staff canteens, discarded lunches and also hospitality events.<br />

Within retail this will also include food wastes from discarded products, whilst in<br />

hospitality this will also include waste food. This does not include separately collected<br />

cooking oils/fats from pubs and restaurants etc.<br />

4.37. The SWAP report also provides an indication of the amount of each waste stream that is<br />

potentially recyclable and non-recyclable in Westminster based on the survey findings.<br />

This is presented in the Table 4.8.<br />

Table 4.8: Proportion of potentially recyclable elements of retail, hospitality<br />

and office sector waste streams in Westminster 2000/01 (based on SWAP<br />

report)<br />

Material Type<br />

Retail % Hospitality % Offices %<br />

Recyclate(RC) Non-recylate(NR) RC NR RC NR<br />

Paper 20.3 7.2 3.7 7.7 53.6 12.3<br />

Cardboard 37 3.6 9.4 2.1 6.5 0.6<br />

Glass 2.9 0.2 42.4 0.1 4.5 0<br />

Plastic 7 5.9 1.3 5.7 1 6.7<br />

Ferrous metals 0.3 0.3 1.5 0.6 0.3 0.5<br />

Non-ferrous<br />

metals<br />

0.5 0.1 0.5 0 0.7 0<br />

Putrescible 5 4.2 12.1 8.1 8.3 1.4<br />

Textiles 0 2 0 0.6 0 0.6<br />

Miscellaneous<br />

combustible<br />

0 2.1 0 0.8 0 0.4<br />

Miscellaneous<br />

non-combustible<br />

0 0.4 0 0.3 0 1.1<br />

Particles passing 0 1.4 0 3.8 0 1.5<br />

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