London - Why do recycling rates vary so widely across London? What can be done to help boroughs recycle more? Gareth Bacon AM will lead a special investigation on behalf of the London Assembly’s Environment Committee to examine what can be done to help improve recycling rates across the capital.

The review will look at how waste is managed, at existing financial drivers and how the attitudes of local people influence how much gets recycled.

Recycling and composting of municipal waste in London has improved significantly over the last decade, but the overall London figure masks a large variance in rates across the 33 boroughs. Current figures show a difference of 35 per cent between the lowest and highest recycling rates achieved, and only four boroughs achieved recycling rates above the national average.

Gareth Bacon, Member of the Environment Committee, said: “Recycling is one of the best ways for people to have a positive impact on the world in which we live, so it is important that we look for practical ways to improve rates across the capital by finding out what works and what does not. Waste is a resource that we should be using to our economic and environmental advantage. Understanding the challenges and barriers to recycling will help us to do that.”

This review will feed into the Committee’s work on the Mayor’s Municipal Waste Management Strategy, and a full report of the findings will be published early next year.

Quelle: London Assembly

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