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92 Mayor of London Making waste work in London The Mayor’s Draft Business Waste Management Strategy 4C Managing industrial waste Introduction 4.55 Large industrial processes are heavily regulated and industry must comply with the Integrated Pollution Prevention and Control legislation, which introduced a new integrated permitting regime for major industrial and waste sites covering air, water Municipal Construction/ demolition/ excavation and land pollution. It targets industrial sectors considered to have a high potential to cause pollution and aims to provide a high level of protection for the environment. 4.56 London has increasingly become a service-based economy. The two decades to 2004 have seen significant increases in employment in business services (up 560,000) and hospitality (up 300,000) 204 . Over the same period, employment in manufacturing has decreased by 410,000 205 . A similar pattern is expected for the next two decades 206 . However, London’s industry still generated 1.9 million tonnes of waste in 2002/03, of which over 50 per cent was recycled 207 . Industrial waste is typically a more difficult and diverse material stream than commercial waste and requires specialist treatment. This provides a strong economic incentive for industry to implement sustainable waste management practices. 4.57 The government expects levels of commercial and industrial waste landfilled to fall by 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 208 . The Mayor expects London’s industrial sector to reduce, reuse, compost or recycle their waste to meet the London Plan targets. Take action 4.58 Envirowise is working with industrial businesses to prevent waste by developing more efficient industrial and manufacturing techniques. Such techniques can be a simple, cost effective way to improve productivity and boost profits, for example by: ■ increasing yield of saleable product ■ improving product quality ■ improving productivity and reduced process time. Hazardous Commercial Industrial
Making waste work in London The Mayor’s Draft Business Waste Management Strategy Mayor of London 93 4.59 The London Manufacturing Advisory Service, funded by the LDA and delivered by manufacturers provides practical hands-on support to help businesses become more competitive. London is home to 16,000 small and medium sized manufacturers 209 , therefore, the service could have an enormous impact on waste prevention but this has not been the focus to date. Case study 33 - Taking action after waste audit delivers cost savings The introduction of a system to ensure accurate waste reporting has allowed Kappa Packaging to progressively reduce its process waste. Kappa has used the waste data to identify and control the main sources of process waste. A detailed study of the machines found that the two main problems were poor glue application and machine jams. New gluing systems have virtually eliminated the glue problem, while a new brush system (for removing tabs) and new sensors have reduced the amount of waste generated as a result of machine jams. Following the introduction of the waste reporting system and initiatives to reduce waste, the overall figure for process waste fell progressively from the base-line figure of 14.6 per cent to 13.1 per cent by the end of 2002. The annual cost savings of over £199,000 achieved by the end of 2002 equated to over £1,000 per employee. Source: Envirowise: CS406 4.60 The National Industrial Symbiosis Programme (NISP), launched in April 2005, aims to identify wastes within one business that can be reused as a feedstock by another business so that previously unwanted or low value wastes or by-products become useful and competitively priced resources for others. NISP has helped to divert more than 1.1 million tonnes of waste from landfill and prevented the use of 1.9 million tonnes of virgin materials leading to a reduction in carbon dioxide emissions of over 1.3 million tonnes 210 . The programme has led to £34 million of private capital investment in reprocessing and recycling technologies, created 356 new jobs and generated £39 million in additional sales for its members. 4.61 NISP, through the LDA, promotes industrial symbiosis in London. Since its launch in September 2005, the programme has helped its 507 London members to divert nearly 300,000 tonnes from landfill, and prevented the use of nearly 200,000 tonnes of raw material leading to a reduction in carbon emissions of nearly 80,000 tonnes.
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