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Climate Emergency in Waste Presentation to LB Redbridge Members Panel 11 th March 2020 James Fulford Director – Local Environment Eunomia R&C

Agenda 1. What are other authorities doing 2. ELWA 3. What can you do? 4. The importance of choosing the right measure

Emissions Performance Standard • GLA asked in 2010 for an alternative measure to recycling rates • Emissions Performance Standard (EPS) looks at: – Each borough’s recycling system – Each borough’s recycling performance – What we know about the treatment systems being used in each area

Emissions Performance Standard

What are other Authorities doing? • Devon – Look at what achieving a 65% recycling rate AND carbon reduction would look like – What about Carbon Capture and Storage? • Bristol – How can the City achieve net zero GHG emissions by 2030? • LB Hounslow – What are the pathways to net zero carbon for the whole borough?

What do we find? • Most of it relates to disposal and recycling – Landfill is currently worst • Plastic is critically important – Even at 65% recycling, there will be loads of this left in the residual waste stream • Textiles and food come next

What do we recommend? • Dispose of less – waste prevention • Maximise recycling • Target plastics – High recycling performance – The best possible pre-treatment • And focus on commercial waste

Vehicles – Beyond Diesel • Retrofit E-RCVs – They’ve extended the life of the national fleet – They’ve started to create the market – The financial case isn’t there yet

Vehicles – Beyond Diesel • True E-RCVs – More trials are needed, of all aspects – Initial evidence is positive – Charging infrastructure is a consideration

Vehicles – Beyond Diesel • Hydrogen – Technology isn’t quite ready – Hydrogen is highly explosive – Hydrogen isn’t yet low carbon

Vehicles – Beyond Diesel • The benefits? – Noise – Air quality – Maintenance – And potentially low carbon

What else? • Good recycling – Good communications – Wide range of materials collected – We expect support from packaging producers • Waste prevention – Deposit Refund? – Litter picks – Promote reusables

Single Use Plastics • Getting the Council’s Own House in Order – Procurement – No disposables • Helping residents to do their bit – Water fountains • Getting businesses to do their bit

Single Use Plastics for businesses • Promoting good practice • Water fountains – again! • License conditions for events

Waste Prevention Actions

Choosing the Right Measure • Net zero or zero(!) carbon… of what? – The borough’s own activities? • Scopes 1, 2… and 3? – Territorial emissions? • What is the declaration intended to achieve? • Maybe there’s a better way to be ambitious

Greenhouse Gas Protocol

What does that miss?

A possible alternative challenge • Net zero of the borough’s scope 1 & 2 • And the Council uses its influence through purchasing and service delivery to maximise the reduction of other emissions

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ANDREW LAPPAGE, MANAGING DIRECTOR AND JON HASTINGS, HEAD OF STRATEGY & DEVELOPMENT Redbridge Climate Panel 11 March 2020

East London Waste Authority (ELWA) • ELWA established on 1st April 1986 following abolition of GLC. o Statutory Joint Waste Disposal Authority (WDA) o Two elected Members per borough make up the Authority o London Boroughs of Barking & Dagenham, Havering, Newham and Redbridge Constituent Councils are • responsible for waste collection. ELWA is responsible for waste • disposal and RRCs.

Objectives – until now http://ec.europa.eu/environment/waste/framework/

How ELWA delivers services 25-year PFI contract signed in 2002; Contractor • (SPV) is ELWA Ltd; Renewi (formerly Shanks) is the Operator Governance by eight Members; also through A- • Director on ELWA Ltd, Cllr D Akwaboah Approx 450,000 tonnes delivered to ELWA facilities • by the Constituent Councils annually, from over 400,000 households (over 1m residents) RRCs x4, MBTs x2, bring sites x600 approx. • Performance in 2019/20 year-to-date (Jan): • Recycling: Contract 26.5%, Household 28.8% Diversion (from landfill): 99.8%

Frog Island, MBT Facility, Rainham Jenkins Lane MBT Facility, Newham

2020/21 Budget Expenditure £m Income £m Staff, support & £1.023 PFI Grant £3.991 premises Contract & supplies £67.760 Bank interest & £0.429 other Payments to £3.121 Commercial £3.023 Constituent waste charges Councils Capital financing £2.332 Levy £67.488 Contingency & £0.695 transfer to reserves Total £74.931 Total £74.931

2020/21 Levy Apportionment Delivered RRCs and Levy Waste other 2020/21 £m £m £m LBBD £10.397 £2.134 £12.531 LBH £12.659 £3.704 £16.363 LBN £16.844 £3.400 £20.244 LBR £14.531 £3.819 £18.350 Total £54.431 £13.057 £67.488

Recycling Performance Household Reuse & Recycling Rate (NI 192) 40.0% 35.0% 30.0% 25.0% 20.0% 15.0% 10.0% 5.0% 0.0% 2010-11 2011-12 2012-13 2013-14 2014-15 2015-16 2016-17 2017-18 2018-19 Barking and Dagenham Havering Newham Redbridge ELWA

Contract Efficiencies and Improvements • Reviews of PFI contract and key conclusions – Commissioned between 2011 to 2014, covering various issues – Limited scope for savings, but some agreed – Early termination financially unviable • Recent and ongoing work – Diversion performance is exceptionally high – Considering with Constituent Councils widening material acceptance in recycling streams – Recycling improvements at MBTs, RRCs, transfer stations, mixed recycling contamination

Upcoming Improvements • Upcoming projects – Implementation of Resources & Waste Strategy, such as food waste – Increasing reuse at RRCs – Improving recycling rate at RRCs – Capture more recycling from residual waste • East London Waste Prevention Programme – Two-year trial approved from 2020-2022 – Three staff, plus a resources and project budget – Complement existing work in the four boroughs – Explore joint working opportunities with neighbouring waste authorities

DEFRA Resources & Waste Strategy

Government’s Key Proposals • DEFRA - Extended producer responsibility for packaging • DEFRA - Introducing a deposit return scheme • DEFRA - Ensuring a consistent set of recycling materials is collected from households and businesses (next slide) • Treasury – Tax on plastics with less than 30% recycled content

DEFRA’s Consistency Framework • Kerbside (note green waste too): • Multi-stream – source- segregated dry, food, garden, residual • 5 stream – separate fibre, dry mixed, food, garden, residual • 4 stream – dry mixed, food, garden, residual • Residual frequency minimum fortnightly localpartne 35 rships.org.

London Environment Strategy • Published in June 2018, replacing individual strategies Used European targets, albeit looking at all local authority collected waste (LACW) • Recycling targets (50% LACW by 2025; 65% MSW by 2030) and carbon pressures through ULEZ • ‘Expected’ service standards from the London Mayor, including separate food and pots/tubs/trays • Reduction & Recycling Plans (RRPs) – ongoing process, new cycle from 2020

Objectives - future http://www.wrap.org.uk/about-us/about/wrap-and-circular-economy

ELJRWS Aims & Objectives Aims • To promote and implement sustainable municipal resources and wastes management policies in East London • To minimise the overall environmental impacts of resources and wastes management • To engage residents, community groups, local business and any other interested parties in the development and implementation of the above resources and wastes management policies • To provide customer-focused, cost-effective, best value services

ELJRWS Aims & Objectives Objectives • To minimise the amount of municipal wastes arising • To maximise reuse, recycling and composting rates • To maximise the diversion of resources and wastes from landfill, particularly organic wastes that would produce greenhouse gases • To co-ordinate and continuously improve municipal wastes minimisation and management policies in East London cont/

ELJRWS Aims & Objectives • To manage municipal wastes in the most environmentally benign and economically efficient ways possible through the provision and co- ordination of appropriate resources and wastes management facilities and services • To ensure that services and information are fully accessible to all members of the community • To maximise all opportunities for local regeneration • To ensure an equitable distribution of costs, so that those who produce or manage the waste pay for it