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Section 11 Waste
11.12 Using the best available forecasts, Policy WM3 implies imports from London will reduce from a base of approximately
2.5m tonnes per annum to 0.76 m tonnes by 2015. The methodology which underpins the apportionment of London’s
waste between waste planning authorities is set out in the Jacobs Babtie report, June 2006 and the Addendum Report,
January 2007 published on the Regional Assembly’s website.
11.13 The apportionment takes account of sustainability considerations, notably groundwater, geology, engineering and other
environmental constraints and proximity to London, as well as the availability of suitable landfill void. Major Aquifers and
Source Protection Zones are the most influential factors in the methodology, together with the potential for using
sustainable transport modes. Figure 11 shows areas constrained by groundwater vulnerability due to the presence of
major aquifers. No account was taken of existing contracts, although for the early part of the plan period, these will have
a significant impact. Authorities should plan for imports in a pragmatic way. Over time the actual and planned
apportionment should move into closer alignment, but the policy does not preclude movements of broadly equivalent
volumes of locally arising or imported waste between waste planning authority areas where, for example, this reduces the
long distance movement of imported waste or allows treatment at the most appropriate facility.
11.14 Waste from London makes up the bulk of imports into the East of England but there are also movements between the East
of England and other regions. So that future reviews of RSS achieve closer alignment between the waste strategy for the
East of England and those of adjoining regions, EERA should work with the South East Regional Assembly and the Mayor
of London to ensure a coordinated approach to monitoring and strategic planning for waste management across the
three regions.
Figure 11: Groundwater Vulnerability