Draft Business Waste Strategy PDF - london.gov.uk - Greater ...
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26 Mayor of London<br />
Making waste work in London The Mayor’s <strong>Draft</strong> <strong>Business</strong> <strong>Waste</strong> Management <strong>Strategy</strong><br />
example from needles) and reduce the likelihood of areas attracting crime,<br />
which can influence the impact that local environments have on people’s<br />
health. Poor management of business waste can have a negative<br />
impact on social cohesion as people may be less likely to want to spend<br />
time out in their local community, local streets and parks, for example<br />
affecting their likelihood to participate in physical exercise.<br />
2.65 Preventing waste prevents the associated need to transport waste,<br />
a major source of air pollution and noise, both of which can affect<br />
people’s health. Additionally, the London Plan 53 has established the<br />
planning framework by which it is ensured that waste management<br />
facilities are designed and located in a way which minimises their<br />
impact on air quality, for example through managing and minimising<br />
vehicle movements and dust.<br />
2.66 The strategy specifically addresses the management of waste from<br />
healthcare facilities. This is important because the healthcare sector<br />
produces vast quantities of waste, a large proportion of which is<br />
hazardous. More widely, this strategy contributes indirectly to the<br />
safe management of all hazardous waste, for example, by promoting<br />
compliance with the Integrated Pollution Prevention and Control<br />
legislation which reduces the likelihood of pollution incidents which<br />
could have negative health impacts.<br />
2.67 Research 54 has shown that the number of fatal incidents within the UK<br />
waste management industry is over ten times the national average and<br />
accident rates over four times the national average. Being struck<br />
by a refuse collection vehicle or a car are the most common workplace<br />
transport accidents. The Environment Agency, local authorities and private<br />
sector waste management companies must work together to minimise<br />
workforce accidents taking place within the waste management industry.<br />
Transport<br />
2.68 The Mayor published his Transport <strong>Strategy</strong> 55 in 2001. A crucial aspect<br />
of the scope of this business waste strategy is its consideration of the<br />
transportation of waste and recycled materials and adopts the approach<br />
being implemented in the Mayor’s Transport <strong>Strategy</strong> and London Freight<br />
Plan ‘Sustainable Freight Distribution: A Plan for London’. Developed with<br />
Transport for London, the London Sustainable Distribution Partnership<br />
and the Freight Transport Association, the plan will improve the quality<br />
of life in London by reducing the negative impacts of freight and<br />
servicing in London, such as noise, vibration and emissions of local<br />
air pollutants and carbon dioxide.