From 1st April 2004, the Mayor of London’s Waste Strategy states that all London councils should introduce a borough-wide kerbside collection scheme for recycling. The Greens have today published league tables showing each borough’s progress, based on latest available official figures.
Cllr Darren Johnson AM, Leader of the Green Party Group in the London Assembly, said, “April 1st 2004 will be an important day for recycling in London but quite frankly many boroughs just don’t seem to be geared up for it. The Mayor has set a deadline of 1st April 2004 for every household to have a door-to-door recycling collection service but in more than a dozen boroughs, over half the households don’t have any collection scheme at all.”
“In order to maximise the amount of rubbish that is recycled, all Londoners desperately need an easy way of recycling. Kerbside collections that take rubbish from outside residents’ homes are the most simple, convenient and effective way of maximising the amount that householders can recycle.”
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NOTES TO EDITORS
1. The Mayor’s draft Waste Strategy states that by 1st April 2004 all councils should introduce a borough-wide kerbside collection scheme for recycling covering at least three materials, one of which should be paper.
2. All statistics taken from capitalwastefacts.com, November 2002
3. The kerbside collection recycling table is available from Helen Cox at the Green Party Group in the London Assembly, helen.cox@london.gov.ukou