- What is the NLWA?
- What does the NLWA do?
- Is NLWA the same as LondonWaste Ltd?
- Does NLWA own or operate the Edmonton Incinerator?
- Can I visit your waste disposal facility?
- Why should I recycle?
- What materials can I recycle?
- Why can’t some things be recycled?
- Where can I recycle my waste?
- Where can I recycle electrical items?
- What happens to my recycling after it is collected?
- What happens to waste that cannot be recycled after it is collected?
- My rubbish or recycling hasn’t been collected.
- Does my recycling get incinerated or sent to landfill?
- Do you pay reuse and recycling credits?
- How is reducing and reusing waste different from recycling?
- Do you have any information or resources for educators?
- I want to tell you about my product or service.
- Why is a procurement process needed?
- How is the procurement being paid for?
- What is Private Finance Initiative funding?
- How will the authority decide what facilities to build?
- What would the new facilities look like?
- Where would the new facilities be built?
- How have you consulted with residents?
- How does the North London Joint Waste Strategy fit in with the procurement and the North London Waste Plan?
What is the NLWA?
The NLWA is a waste disposal authority that arranges the disposal of waste collected in the seven boroughs of Barnet, Camden, Enfield, Hackney, Haringey and Waltham Forest.
For further information about who we are please go to our home page.
What does the NLWA do?
The NLWA arranges the transport and disposal of waste collected by the seven north London Boroughs.
To find out more about what we do please visit out About Us page.
Is NLWA the same as LondonWaste Ltd?
No. The North London Waste Authority is a local authority and LondonWaste Ltd is a private waste management company.
Further details about LondonWaste Ltd can be found at the company’s website.
Does NLWA own or operate the Edmonton Incinerator?
No. The Edmonton incinerator is owned and operated by LondonWaste Ltd, not the NLWA. Please see their website for further details.
Can I visit your waste disposal facility?
The NLWA does not operate any sites itself. You might want to contact LondonWaste Ltd which operates several waste management facilities in the North London area as our contractor.
Why should I recycle?
In North London we throw away almost a million tonnes of rubbish every year. That’s enough to fill eight football stadiums to the roof.
Throwing away rubbish is expensive and damages the environment as it wastes the energy and materials needed to make the products we all use and can cause pollution.
Recycling is easy!
Many residents in North London have already been provided with a doorstep recycling service. All boroughs have recycling banks on the street and most boroughs have a local re-use and recycling centre.
To find out more about recycling in your borough please contact your local council.
What materials can I recycle?
There is a difference between what individual councils collect and not all materials can be recycled in every borough. To find out what you can recycle where you live please contact your local council visit www.recyclenow.com.
Materials that can typically be recycled at re-use and recycling centres include:
- Glass bottles and jars
- Paper including newspaper, junk mail and magazines
- Cardboard
- Yellow pages
- Books
- CDs and DVDs
- Plastic bottles
- Food and drink cans
- Aluminium foil
- Aerosols
- Car and household batteries
- Mobile phones
- Computers
- Domestic appliances
- Furniture
- Metal
- Engine oil
- Food and garden waste
- Wood
- Clothing, textiles and shoes
- Soil and rubble
A more limited range will be collected from your home or at nearby recycling banks.
Why can’t some things be recycled?
It is not possible or cost effective to recycle every type of waste. Some waste is too contaminated or there may not be enough to make it economical to recycle.
As mentioned previously there is some difference between councils, please contact your local council or click on the links below to see what can be recycled in your area.
Where can I recycle my waste?
To find out where you take your recycling please contact your local council, visit our recycling area or click on the links below where you can find information on all the sites in your area.
Where can I recycle electrical items?
Electrical items such as mobile phones, computers, kettles and shavers can be taken to your local reuse and recycling centre. To find your local reuse and recycling centre please go to the sites below
What happens to my recycling after it is collected?
This depends on where you live. All the separately collected kitchen and garden waste collected in North London from your property or recycling centre is made into compost. Mostly this happens at the Edmonton site operated by LondonWaste Ltd but if there is too much it will be taken to another composting site in the surrounding area. It should never be incinerated or sent to landfill.
Dry recyclables are either sorted at the kerbside or taken to one of the existing Material Recycling Facilities (MRF) in London where it is sorted into the various components. After sorting by either method the materials are then taken to reprocessors to be recycled into new products.
What happens to waste that cannot be recycled after it is collected?
Currently, waste that cannot be recycled is either used to generate electricity or is transported to a landfill site.
This may change in the future as the NLWA embarks on a major procurement project for future waste disposal services.
These services will include the construction and operation of new facilities that are required to tackle waste growth, increase recycling and reduce the waste that goes to landfill sites.
My rubbish or recycling hasn’t been collected.
NLWA does not collect waste. Please contact your local council by clicking the link below
Does my recycling get incinerated or sent to landfill?
If your council collects waste for composting or recycling it will not be incinerated or sent to landfill unless it is too contaminated to be processed. It is important that residents do not put the wrong things in the waste collected for recycling or composting. NLWA and the Boroughs plan ahead to make sure that there are enough facilities available to recycle and compost all of the waste that is collected separately for this purpose. Waste that cannot be recycled is either used to generate electricity or sent to landfill.
Do you pay reuse and recycling credits?
Reuse and recycling credits are paid to third parties that remove items from the municipal waste stream for reuse or recycling that would otherwise have been sent for disposal at the Authority’s expense. Please see the Reuse and Recycling credits section on this website for further information.
How is reducing and reusing waste different from recycling?
Reduction
Waste reduction is about preventing waste before it is created. There are ways we can all reduce the amount of waste we create these include:
- Taking your own bag when you go shopping can help reduce the 10bn plastic bags that are handed out by supermarkets each year
- Registering with the Mailing Preference Service allows you to avoid unwanted junk mail being sent to your home. This is a free service, to register visit www.mpsonline.org.uk/mpsr/
- Buying only the food you need
- Buying unpackaged products
- Using washable nappies instead of disposable ones
To find out more about what we are doing to reduce waste in north London please see the North London Waste Prevention Plan here
Reuse
Before we consider recycling an item we should look to see if we can reuse it.
Many items can be reused – from carrier bags to clothes and books to furniture.
Reusing an object uses far less energy than recycling it.
There are many local organisations who want to reuse items that you no longer need or want for example:
Charity Shops are a great way to re-use and recycle unwanted items. To find charity shops in your area please see www.recyclenow.com or www.charityshops.org.uk
Freecycle™ is a way that people who have things they want to get rid of can find people who can use them. Freecycle™ operates on the internet, membership is free and it is run at a local community level by volunteers. Simply sign up and either search for products you want, or post a description of the product you want to get rid of. This helps keep unwanted products out of the waste-stream and gives them a new life with a new owner.
Give and Take days are run by a number of Councils through out the year. Residents are invited to bring along things they no longer want for other people to take away (free of charge). To find out when the next give and take day is where you live please contact your local council.
ReStore Community Projects is a registered charity which recycles and reuses domestic furniture and appliances for the benefit of people in need. ReStore collects furniture and appliances from households, hotels, recycling centres and other locations, including fridges, freezers electric cookers (if disconnected), 3 piece suites, settees, sofa beds, wardrobes, chest of drawers, beds (base and mattress), chairs, tables, bookcases and wall units.
Do you have any information or resources for educators?
Please contact your local council by clicking the link below or contact
I want to tell you about my product or service.
NLWA is currently involved in a major procurement process. If you wish to discuss supplying a product or service please look at the “Procurement” section of our website
Why is a procurement process needed?
The Authority’s existing contract with LondonWaste Ltd ends in December 2014. Legally, the Authority must run a competitive tendering process before letting a new contract.
The contract may include the construction and operation of new facilities that are required to tackle waste growth, increase recycling and reduce the municipal waste sent to landfill.
How is the procurement being paid for?
The cost of the procurement exercise will be met by the NLWA and its constituent boroughs. The NLWA is expecting to seek financial support from the Government through Private Finance Initiative (PFI) funding.
What is Private Finance Initiative funding?
PFI is a method of funding long term public sector contracts. Previously this type of initiative has been undertaken to provide new schools and hospitals. In terms of waste management, PFI exists in the most part to finance the building of new residual waste facilities through long term contracts.
How will the authority decide what facilities to build?
The Authority is currently working on an Outline Business Case which is a working document prepared to establish the need for procurement and the Authority’s approach to this process.
In the Outline Business Case will be a reference project which highlights a potential suite of facilities the Authority may require to effectively manage north London’s waste. The reference project will have been through various evaluation and consultation processes to asses its environmental impact and cost effectiveness.
This outline business case then goes to Government and following Government approval the Authority starts the formal procurement process by a notice to the London Mayor and then a tendering process starts in which companies and organisations offer solutions to the Authority’s waste management needs.
These bids may not necessarily be exactly the same as the reference project but would still fulfill the waste management needs of north London.
These bids are then evaluated by the Authority (again taking in to consideration cost, efficiency and environmental impacts) and it is at this stage the Authority will know what facilities it will be building.
To view a timetable of this process please view our procurement timetable.
What would the new facilities look like?
It is very early in the procurement process so at present we do not know what the new facilities will be (please see information above).
What we do know, as mentioned above, is that major new facilities are needed to maximise recycling, recovery and divert as much waste as possible from landfill.
As a guide for residents we have put together a booklet which provides images and information about modern waste facilities.
A copy of the booklet is available here
Where would the new facilities be built?
Again it is too early to know where any new waste facilities will be built.
The building of facilities will be guided by the North London Waste Plan. The North London Waste Plan is the land use planning document being developed by the boroughs in their capacity as planning authorities to tackle the 2.5 million tonnes of waste produced every year in North London.
(N.B. The NLWA only handles waste collected by the local borough councils; the North London Waste Plan covers all waste and so includes everything collected by all the private waste companies too, which in total is 3 or 4 times more.)
For further information on the North London Waste Plan go to www.nlwp.net
How have you consulted with residents?
The NLWA works hard to ensure residents are kept informed about waste issues and are given the opportunity to input into decisions. Residents have and will be consulted where appropriate in relation to waste and waste planning.
Residents can sign up to NLWA news updates which will keep them informed about any consultation taking place and how they can get involved. See our news area for further information.
Forthcoming consultation:
Strategic Environmental Assessment
A strategic environmental assessment (SEA) is being undertaken by the NLWA to enable a better understanding of the environmental impacts of different waste facilities. From May residents will be asked to give their views on the environmental impacts of the waste management approaches put forward in the North London Joint Waste Strategy. Residents will have six weeks to take part in the consultation. Information on the SEA consultation will be on the NLWA’s website in coming weeks.
How does the North London Joint Waste Strategy fit in with the procurement and the North London Waste Plan?
The North London Joint Waste Strategy is the ‘how’ and will set out how municipal waste is going to be dealt with in North London through to 2020.
The North London Waste Plan is the ‘where’ and will identify where in North London sites to deal with all waste could be situated.
The Procurement Process is the ‘what’ and is the identification of what facilities are needed to manage the municipal waste.
Each of these processes contributes to a new environmentally sustainable approach for managing waste in north London into the future.
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