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76 Mayor of London Making waste work in London The Mayor’s Draft Business Waste Management Strategy which HSBC have estimated will save more than 13 million pieces of paper and about seven million envelopes in one year. Source: Easier Finance Banking News Case study 19 - Resource efficiency club reduces waste and costs In the London boroughs of Lambeth, Lewisham and Southwark, Envirowise established the Waste Alert South Thames Club. A partnership of small businesses, the Club provides support on waste prevention through a range of workshops, seminars and on-site support. Many waste prevention measures cost nothing, but yield big results. In its first year, the Club has reduced waste sent to landfill by 121 tonnes and produced savings of around £620 per company. Following the success of the Club, others have been established in the London boroughs of Camden, Bromley and Bexley, Harrow and Surrey. Source: Envirowise: GC262 Case study 20 - Changing behaviour among employees As part of the Recycle Western Riverside campaign London Remade and Waste Watch implemented a waste prevention programme throughout the council offices of Hammersmith and Fulham, Wandsworth, Lambeth and Kensington and Chelsea. The programme aimed to meet internal waste reduction targets and deliver cost savings, increase recycling and meet the aspirations of the council environmental policies. After conducting baseline waste audits, printer paper and plastic disposable cups were selected as the initial waste streams to tackle as part of the campaign. A paper reduction campaign started in 2004 and, as a result, Wandsworth Council saved £85,705 annually in hidden print costs. Removing plastic disposal cups from two of Lambeth Council’s office buildings has resulted in savings of £430 a year. Source: Recycle Western Riverside, London Remade and Waste Watch 4.13 The Mayor wants to see better use of wastes such as those produced during premises refurbishment and relocation. Furniture and electrical equipment, together with carpeting and paints are thrown away because businesses are unaware of opportunities to reuse these items or are unable to locate suitable collection and refurbishment services. In addition to diverting waste from landfill and preventing the need to produce new products, reuse and refurbishment often enables small businesses or consumers to acquire products at a reduced price.
Making waste work in London The Mayor’s Draft Business Waste Management Strategy Mayor of London 77 Case study 21 - Reuse reduces capital costs CRISP, established by Elephant Jobs in 1993, works to realise the environmental benefits and local employment opportunities of sustainable resource use. CRISP runs Office Furniture Fittings and Equipment Recycling Scheme: Ex-IT a social enterprise, which, with Southwark Council, will reuse over 1,000 tonnes of Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) in the borough by March 2007. The WEEE goods collected are sorted and tested by CRISP, and those suitable for reuse either as working goods or as parts are sent to the re-manufacturing workshop after which, recipient groups (including third sector organisations and small start-up businesses) can purchase the goods which may reduce the capital costs of providing their services or starting their businesses. Source: London Community Recycling Network 4.14 When considering commercial waste, London’s businesses can be divided into three main groups: ■ offices, for example, business and professional services ■ retail, both goods and grocery ■ hospitality, including contract catering, hotels, pubs and restaurant businesses. 4.15 The main materials produced by the three business groups are: paper, card, glass, metals, plastics and organic kitchen waste and are key materials on which to focus. The proportion of each waste differs greatly between the business types (Table 5). Table 5 Proportion of potentially recyclable elements of retail, hospitality and office sector waste streams Offices Retail Hospitality (%) (%) (%) Paper 53.6 20.3 3.7 Card 6.5 37 9.4 Glass 4.5 2.9 42.4 Metals 1 0.8 2 Plastic 1 7 1.3 Organic kitchen waste 8.3 5 12.1 Total 74.9 73 70.9 Source: London Wider Waste Strategy Background Study: Technical Report to the Greater London Authority, SLR Consulting Limited, 2004.
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