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142 Mayor of London Proposal Making waste work in London The Mayor’s Draft Business Waste Management Strategy Proposal 21 – The London Development Agency will provide information and advice to London’s businesses about how to change their manufacturing techniques to use resources more efficiently. Proposal 22 – The Mayor will work with the Environment Agency, London boroughs and private companies providing hazardous waste management services to ensure London’s businesses reduce the quantity of hazardous waste they are producing and collect it separately for safe disposal. Proposal 23 – The Mayor expects the London Strategic Health Authority to take responsibility for implementing the waste aspects of the Department of Health sustainable development policy. Proposal 24 – The Mayor will work with the Environment Agency and London boroughs to ensure all London businesses are aware of, and comply with, their Duty of Care responsibilities. Proposal 25 – The Mayor expects London boroughs, in partnership with the Environment Agency, to undertake targeted inspection of businesses, for example in areas prone to incidents of fly-tipping, to ensure they are complying with their Duty of Care responsibilities. Proposal 26 – The Mayor will call a conference of producers, grocery retailers and London boroughs to: ■ commit to reducing product and packaging waste ■ discuss the production and retail of materials that cannot be recycled or composted in London (e.g. compostable packaging) and use their resources to develop processing and reprocessing capacity ■ discuss the issues around the development of consistent and clear product labelling. Proposal 27 – The Mayor expects all public sector organisations based in London (including government offices, their departments, agencies, schools and hospitals) and London's FTSE 250 companies, to sign up to the Mayor of London’s Green Procurement Code. Proposal 28 – The London Development Agency, including (but not exclusively) through the Mayor of London’s Green Procurement Code, will work with London’s businesses to adopt responsible purchasing practices, which: ■ use a procurement strategy to ensure that environmental issues are proactively addressed in all aspects of the procurement process ■ specify environmental criteria when commissioning products or packaging. Proposal 29 – The London Development Agency will promote the take up of standards for environmental management among London’s businesses. Proposal 30 – The Mayor will encourage Capital Standards to expand its membership and involve London’s businesses in programmes that tackle enviro-crime in the public realm.
Making waste work in London The Mayor’s Draft Business Waste Management Strategy Mayor of London 143 Timescale Responsible Degree Monitoring organisation of priority Evaluation Ongoing LDA, London’s Low Number of businesses accessing businesses business support programmes Ongoing Environment Agency, Medium Number of businesses accessing business support waste authorities and programmes, hazardous waste arisings, number of fines London’s businesses for illegal dumping/ hazardous waste pollution incidents 2008/09 London Strategic Health Authority High Guidance issued Ongoing Environment Agency, local authorities and London’s businesses Medium Number of fines for non-compliance within London Ongoing Environment Agency, local authorities and London’s businesses Low Number of fines for fly-tipping offences within London 2009/10 Mayor, London’s businesses, waste authorities Medium Conference held, development of action plan 2008/09 LDA and London’s High Number of businesses signed to the Mayor of London’s businesses Green Procurement Code (business size/sector) Ongoing LDA and London’s Medium Number of businesses accessing business support businesses programmes, number of businesses signed to the Mayor of London’s Green Procurement Code Ongoing LDA and London’s Medium Number of businesses accessing business support businesses programmes, number of signatories to the Mayor of London’s Green Procurement Code with or implementing an EMS/seeking certification to an EMS 2008/09 Capital Standards, waste authorities and London’s businesses Low Membership expanded, Londonwide promotional campaign
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