London Mayor sets goal of making London zero-waste city

The Mayor of London has set the goal making London a zero-waste city by 2030.

According to statistics from the Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs, only 30 per cent of household waste in London is recycled - well below the national average of 43 per cent.

As the city grows, London will need to significantly increase household recycling if it wants to reduce its waste bill.

To explore how to reach that goal, the London Assembly Environment Committee will ask about: increasing London’s capacity to recycle food waste by 2020; reducing residual bin size and collections frequency to increase recycling; improving and simplifying recycling so London’s waste can be turned into the products of tomorrow; and establishing a good recycling service in flats.

The committee is to hold the second round of three meetings into its waste management investigation. The meeting will focus on how to encourage Londoners to recycle more and better.

Guests attending the meeting include Feryal Demirci, labour councillor for Hoxton East & Shoreditch; Andy Richmond, environment team, GLA; Robert Hunt, chief corporation officer, Veolia; Antony Buchan, head of resource London, LWARB; Bassam Mahfouz, labour councillor for Ealing; and Paul Killoughery, group managing director and owner, Bio Collectors.

The meeting will take place on Thursday 9 November from 10am in the Chamber at City Hall. All are invited to attend.