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Chapter 2 summarises the principal legislation and policy applying to controlled waste and identifies some of its strengths and weaknesses in respect to wider waste. Chapter 3 provides brief descriptions of the trade associations and organisations promoting and providing assistance for sustainable waste management in London, whose activities are discussed further in Chapter 4. Chapter 4 sets out and reviews the collated existing information on the Commercial and Industrial waste stream in London. Chapter 4 also presents the results of consultations with waste management companies, recyclers, reprocessors, the Environment Agency, local authorities, the organisations described in Chapter 3 and water authorities, that were undertaken to build up a profile of the C&I waste management industry in London and identify the potential to influence and promote waste minimisation, recycling and diversion from landfill. Chapter 5 presents and reviews the collated existing information on the Construction and Demolition waste stream in London. Chapter 5 also sets out results of consultations with construction, demolition and waste management and recycling companies, research organisations and consultants, and the Environment Agency to address the gaps in the literature review, build up a profile of the C&D waste management industry and identify the potential applicability of specific measures and instruments to promote waste minimisation, recycling and diversion from landfill. Chapter 6 sets out and reviews the collated existing information on the Special/Hazardous waste stream in London. Results of discussions with the Environment Agency and the Hazardous Waste Forum during the collation of existing information are incorporated in this chapter. Questions regarding special/hazardous waste management were also posed to the waste management companies during consultations about commercial and industrial waste and construction and demolition waste. Chapter 7 summarises the key findings from Chapters 4-6 and presents an overview of these findings under cross-cutting themes, followed by a summary of the key findings for each of the three waste streams. The recommendations generated from the findings in Chapters 4-6 are also listed in Chapter 7 in consecutive order by waste stream. The resulting actions to be included as part of the development of the GLA’s ‘Wider Wastes’ Strategy are listed in a table. Each action is prioritised and the relevant parties responsible for the implementation are identified. 2
2. Waste Policy and Legislation Overview 2.1. This chapter summarises the main legislation and policy applying to controlled waste and identifies some of its strengths and weaknesses in respect of wider wastes. Appendix A contains further detail on European Directives and UK legislation and policy applying to controlled waste, including those referred to in this chapter (marked with*). 2.2. The purpose of this chapter is to consider the extent to which the current waste planning framework supports or provides opportunities for sustainable management of wider wastes. Strategic national policy and current London policy are considered first, to set the scene, followed by a more detailed analysis of current and pending legislation and initiatives. Strategic Waste Policy National Policy 2.3. ‘Waste Strategy 2000’*is the primary Government policy document on waste management. ‘Waste Strategy 2000’ was followed in 2002 by ‘Waste Not, Want Not’*, a report from the Prime Minister’s Strategy Unit which had been asked to carry out a review of Waste Strategy 2000. The specific tasks for this review were : • to analyse the scale of the challenge posed by growing quantities of household waste; • to assess the main causes and drivers behind this growth now and in the future; and • to devise a strategy, with practical and cost-effective measures for addressing the challenge, which will put England on a sustainable path for managing future streams of household waste. 2.4. Although the original terms of reference focused on household waste, the report included substantial commentary and recommendations on wider wastes in recognition that wider waste volumes are greater than municipal volumes and that the management of municipal and wider wastes is interlinked. 2.5. In 2003 the Government Response to ‘Waste Not, Want Not’ broadly accepted the Strategy Unit’s recommendations and set out the Government’s intended actions. 2.6. Key policy proposals in these documents that are relevant to wider wastes are summarised below. 3
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their companies than the larger com
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such as road construction, it close
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LREs wishing to model the viability
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Table 4.10: Eco-sites established w
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• Support for the development and
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two internationally recognised stan
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London. A phased approach is recomm
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encouraged, and that guidance and/o
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number of employees of perhaps some
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4.230. The NHS provided a detailed
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4.241. For over half of the WCAs th
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5. Construction and Demolition Wast
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5.7. The findings for England and W
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City Limits 5.14. An alternative re
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Figure 5.1: Average total waste ari
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5.23. The hazardous waste component
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5.29. Nevertheless, the data estima
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Consultations 5.38. Consultations w
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to be so in to the future. However
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visit and review specific pages. A
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European Literature Review and Cons
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6. Special/Hazardous Waste Introduc
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‘Technical Assessment for Waste M
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accurate record of hazardous waste
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Figure 6.2: Breakdown of recorded h
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wastes to London are the closest, i
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Figure 6.4: Breakdown of hazardous
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Table 6.5: In-house landfills which
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equirements for the ‘new’ hazar
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options to improve treatment, such
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7.7. London’s total hazardous was
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7.19. There is only limited composi
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waste management obligations and be
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construction and demolition compani
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the precise amount of landfill capa
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measurement of wastes from construc
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Future Actions Table 7.1: Summary o
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Theme 3: Support for Existing Initi
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for contaminated soils within Londo
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Appendix A: Waste policy and legisl
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• whole used tyres (from 2003);
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UK Policy The majority of UK waste
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• Requires consents to discharge
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• Prohibits certain types of wast
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Green Paper on PVC Key Features •
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Table C1. Data by Number (from Smal
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Appendix D: Results of Further Anal
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Appendix E: Local Authority C&I Col
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All of the respondents said that th
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proportion of waste collected from
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Finally, the authorities were asked
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The authorities were asked how the
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All authorities were asked how they
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Table E11: Do you expect to meet th
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Table E15: What is the situation re
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Appendix F: Consultees for Construc
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Appendix G: Policy, legislative and
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Measure Germany Denmark Belgium The
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Measure Germany Denmark Belgium The
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