ELWA is responsible for waste disposal in its area, which covers the four London boroughs of Barking & Dagenham, Havering, Newham and Redbridge. The boroughs have a combined population of approximately 870,000 living in over 340,000 households. The councils are each responsible for the collection of household waste in their areas. ELWA receives approximately 550,000 tonnes of waste each year from the four councils and their residents.
ELWA is funded by the four councils by way of an annual levy, which in 2003/04 was £27.078m. Most of these costs relate to the fees and taxes charged for disposing of the waste.
Until recently ELWA made its own arrangements for disposing of the waste and the vast majority was sent to landfill sites on the outskirts of London. However, ELWA realised some years ago that a continued reliance on landfill was not a viable long-term option for dealing with waste and embarked on a new approach which would dramatically increase recycling and composting levels and reduce the amount of waste sent to landfill.
The culmination of
this work, which took several years, has been ELWA's Integrated Waste
Management Service (IWMS) Contract which it signed with Shanks Waste Services
Limited on 23 December 2002.
Under the contract, which will run for 25 years, Shanks will be investing
over £100 million in new and improved facilities as well as creating almost
100 new jobs in the first five years.
Each of the four councils appoints two members onto ELWA every year. To view member biographies and photographs please click the relevant image below. The ELWA members for 2006/07 are:
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Chair - Councillor Milton McKenzie London Borough of Barking & Dagenham |
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| Councillor Pat Twomey London Borough of Barking & Dagenham |
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Vice Chair - Councillor Steven Kelly London Borough of Havering |
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| Councillor Barry Tebbutt London Borough of Havering |
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| Councillor Pat Sheekey London Borough of Newham |
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| Councillor Patrick Murphy London Borough of Newham |
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| Councillor Peter R. Goody, BSc BA London Borough of Redbridge |
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| Councillor Alan Weinberg London Borough of Redbridge |
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| Barking & Dagenham | Havering | Newham | Redbridge |
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About
Barking & Dagenham The borough has a population of 164,000 and nearly 62,000 households. In 2002/03 the borough presented 113,630 tonnes of household waste for disposal, mainly from its weekly refuse collection rounds and at its civic amenity site at Frizlands Lane, Dagenham, and a further 4,892 tonnes were recycled or composted. The borough also presented 11,252 tonnes of commercial/trade waste for disposal in 2002/03. |
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Barking & Dagenham has a statutory target to recycle 10% of its household waste by 2003/04 and 18% by 2005/06. Across Barking and Dagenham there are 57 bring bank sites, where residents can take their recyclables. Depending on which bring bank site is visited, residents can recycle paper, glass, cans and textiles. Contact details: If you would
like any further information on recycling services, please contact:
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Havering The borough has a population of 230,000 and has nearly 93,000 households. In 2002/03 the borough presented 114,678 tonnes of household waste for disposal, mainly from its weekly refuse collection rounds and at its civic amenity site at Gerpins Lane, Upminster. A further 10,273 tonnes were recycled or composted. Havering also presented 15,094 tonnes of commercial/trade waste in 2002/03. |
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The borough has a statutory target to recycle 18% of household waste by 2003/4 and 27% by 2005/06. The borough operates a door-to-door weekly recycling collection service. The materials collected are all types of paper and card, tins and cans, plastic bottles, clean aluminium foil, carrier bags and textiles. The borough uses ten kerbside collection rounds. Clear plastic bags are delivered free of charge which can be filled with the above materials. The clear sacks are themselves recyclable. Residents should leave the sacks out alongside their normal refuse sack on the same day. The borough has a network of 23 bring sites, where residents can recycle a range of materials including textiles, cans, glass, and paper. Havering also has a green sack collection service for garden refuse; these are removed with the normal black sack refuse collection. The green sacks can be purchased from the council offices. Alternatively, the borough encourages home composting and the use of the facility for recycling light garden waste at the Gerpins Lane CA site. Havering acknowledges the support of the Cleanaway Havering Riverside Trust through the Landfill Tax Credits Scheme. Contact details:
If you would like any further information on recycling services in Havering please contact: StreetCare Tel: 01708 432 563 |
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The borough has a population of 243,884 of high diversity, with 61% of people from minority ethnic communities, and 91,821 households. In 2002/03 the borough presented 125,155 tonnes of household waste for disposal, mainly from its weekly refuse collection rounds and its civic amenity site at Jenkins Lane, Barking. A further 8,997 tonnes were recycled or composted. Newham also presented 25,656 tonnes of commercial/trade waste for disposal in 2002/03. The borough has a statutory target to recycle 10% of household waste by 2003/04 and 18% by 2005/06. Within the borough, there are currently 105 bring recycling sites, including several adopt-a-sites situated in local schools. The majority of the sites are able to accept newspapers and magazines, food and drink cans and glass bottles and jars while a number are also able to accept textiles for recycling. Newham council has recognised the importance of home composting and diverting biodegradable wastes from ultimate landfill disposal. To date, 8,400 subsidised home compost bins have been sold to residents, which equates to around 11% of the borough's households with gardens. A green waste recycling scheme has also recently been launched, which enables residents to take their garden waste to specified collection points for 5 months of the year, from where it is taken for recycling. In addition, a number of schools run recycling schemes. During the past two years over 30,000 children in 63 schools have collected over 5 tonnes of greetings cards, whilst others have collected almost 4 tonnes of yellow pages for recycling. 46 schools also receive a fortnightly collection of office waste paper. Contact details:
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Redbridge The borough has a population of 233,700 and over 95,000 households. In 2002/03 the borough presented 99,957 tonnes of household waste for disposal, mainly from its weekly refuse collection rounds and its civic amenity site at Chigwell Road, Woodford. A further 12,684 tonnes were recycled or composted. The borough also presented 13,498 tonnes of commercial/trade waste for disposal in 2002/03 |
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The borough has a statutory target to recycle 14% of household waste by 2003/4 and 21% by 2005/06. The London Borough of Redbridge operates a door-to-door collection service, which serves approximately 80,000 households, with a fortnightly box collection. A collection vehicle operator sorts the paper from the other materials at the kerb, into the recycling collection vehicle. The materials collected are mixed glass, paper, steel and aluminium cans and plastic bottles from five collection rounds (50,000 households). A further 30,000 households receive a door-to-door collection service for paper only. Paper is collected fortnightly from two collection rounds. In Redbridge, residents can bring their waste for recycling to any of the 67 public bring sites. At these sites, residents can leave glass bottles and jars, paper, steel and aluminium cans, plastics and textiles (at certain sites) for recycling. In addition, there are 87 schools in the borough that have a recycling site - that's all the borough-run schools and most independent schools as well. An active programme of educational talks, lessons and activities can also be provided upon request for all age groups. Redbridge encourages home composting and distributes composter units to residents. 2,526 units were distributed in 2002/03, bringing the total to date to more than 12,000. The borough estimates that as a result, over 8% of households are composting, which equates to over 1,500 tonnes of compost. The council also supports a garden waste recycling scheme which operates from three locations during the summer. A pilot scheme to collect garden waste for composting from two large areas of the borough was launched in summer 2003. It is hoped that if this scheme proves a success it can be extended to other areas later in the year or in summer 2004. Other initiatives currently underway include:
Contact details: If you would like any further information on recycling services in Redbridge please contact: Cleansing Services Tel: 020 8708
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