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74 Mayor of London Making waste work in London The Mayor’s Draft Business Waste Management Strategy 4A Managing commercial waste Introduction 4.7 Through commercial and public sector activity, London’s businesses produced 5.6 million tonnes of waste in 2003 of which just 40 per cent was recycled 163 . The government expects levels of commercial and industrial waste landfilled to fall by Municipal Construction/ demolition/ excavation Hazardous 20 per cent by 2010 compared to 2004 and will be setting a new national target for the reduction of commercial and industrial waste going to landfill 164 . The Mayor expects London’s commercial sector to reduce, reuse, compost or recycle their waste to meet the London Plan targets. Although these targets are set for London, to achieve them, every business must aim to meet them within their own organisation. 4.8 Waste audits are a useful tool for a business to assess the quantity and composition of its waste stream to determine the areas that give the greatest scope for cost savings and the development of a waste management plan. Undertaking waste audits regularly enable businesses to measure improvements in their resource management performance. If waste can be cut down anywhere within the business, savings will go straight to the bottom line. Envirowise have developed a free waste audit checklist 165 that can be adapted to suit particular business needs. Commercial Industrial 4.9 The government has announced 166 it will develop a Resource Efficiency Appraisal and Development (READ) tool to help businesses appraise their resource management and improve performance. Whilst the development of a single tool is welcome, any tool or methodology can be used. What is important is that a business analyses their performance over time, using the same tool each year. Practical actions can then be implemented to achieve progress, a year on year reduction in waste for example, rather than comparing their performance with another organisation that may have different priorities and resources. Take action 4.10 Businesses can take action to prevent waste by changing their systems and the behaviour of their employees and through reviewing the design of their products and the behaviour of their suppliers and customers. Waste reduction - through design and through procurement decisions - given its more targeted audience and specific opportunities, is discussed separately in Chapter 5. Many waste prevention examples may appear obvious or simple but they are not being implemented consistently by London’s businesses. For
Making waste work in London The Mayor’s Draft Business Waste Management Strategy Mayor of London 75 example, a survey showed that British office workers print, on average, 22 pages each day and a quarter said they do not give much thought to printing documents with eight per cent printing emails before they have read them 167 . 4.11 There are a number of initiatives coordinated by the LDA that provide information and advice to businesses to help them manage their resources more productively. Businesses should utilise this support as they implement the proposals in this strategy. 4.12 For example, Envirowise offers one-to-one practical support and aims to ensure that solutions are driven by the specific needs of individual firms. This assistance enables companies to increase their profitability by making more productive use of materials in order to reduce their economic costs and environmental impact. Savings of around £1,000 per employee are typically made through resource productivity programmes 168 and the average payback periods for such initiatives are measured in months, rather than years. Since 1994, Envirowise has helped UK industry save more than £1 billion 169 . Case study 17 - Waste prevention initiatives at City Hall Environment Champions, developed and delivered by Global Action Plan, was run at City Hall between May 2005 and March 2006 and continues to be delivered by an internal team. The project aimed to reduce the level of waste produced by the GLA and to raise staff awareness of environmental sustainability. Through two audits the team was able to measure progress against a challenging target that was set at the start of the project, which was to achieve a ten per cent reduction in waste to landfill. Through initiatives such as reducing the use of plastic cups (achieving a reduction of 27 per cent or 3,000 cups a month) this target was exceeded and waste reduced by 30 per cent. Purchasing of white copier paper also went down by three per cent, saving the equivalent of 16 trees per year, and £522 in costs each year. As a result of this project, staff now use just 43 sheets of paper each per day. Work continues, however, to support staff to exceed the benchmark of 40 sheets of paper per day. Source: Global Action Plan Case study 18 - HSBC launches new programme to cut paper use HSBC customers who have registered for Personal Internet Banking can elect to stop receiving their monthly current account, quarterly savings account and twice-yearly mortgage account statements. The campaign, which aims to cut down on paper use has reached a major milestone. One million accounts have now opted to stop receiving statements,
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