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Making waste work in London The Mayor’s Draft Business Waste Management Strategy Mayor of London 23
damage. This strategy aims to stimulate change now, to change wasteful
consumption patterns and avoid global climate change catastrophe.
2.51 Significant behaviour change is required to reduce waste and treat waste
as a resource. To manage waste in line with the waste hierarchy will
require a massive amount of fixed infrastructure. This must be linked
to a transportation network that does not add to congestion and be
interlinked with a local supply of energy.
2.52 This strategy goes further than just dealing with London’s business waste.
It forces a rethink at every part of the supply chain and sets out proposals
for action that will commit London’s businesses to a fundamental
improvement in their use of resources.
Linkages with the Mayor’s strategic priorities
Biodiversity
2.53 The Mayor’s Biodiversity Strategy 40 sets out his aim to ensure everyone
has a chance to enjoy and benefit from nature and ensure Londoners
are aware of their responsibility to protect and conserve these areas
for the future.
2.54 Although the London Plan identifies the requirement for approximately
300 waste management facilities, it seeks to preserve land for biodiversity
by prioritising the use of brownfield sites for waste management
activities. Similarly, this strategy promotes the use of recycled materials
in place of virgin materials, which will conserve natural resources and
reduce mining and excavation, although this is very limited in London.
2.55 The London Plan has established the planning framework by which the
correct aftercare treatment techniques are applied to landfill sites at the
end of their working life, ensuring that they are restored to parkland,
proactively providing access to nature. Proposed waste management sites
may be rich in biodiversity and the use of any land in London will be
managed through the planning and waste management licensing process,
actively avoiding conflict with London’s wildlife.
Climate change and energy
2.56 In his Climate Change Action Plan, the Mayor states that ’he has no
doubt that climate change is the single biggest threat to the future
development of human civilisation‘ 41 . London is responsible for eight
per cent of the UK’s total emissions. Given London's forecast economic
and population growth, this will increase to 15 per cent by 2025 42 .