The report into the new waste contract coming up on Monday is written in terms of improving Brent's recycling rate, but I think it is more interesting in terms of its relations with the waste hierarchy as a whole.
The contract is quite forward looking in having explicit waste reduction targets. Traditionally, we we have tended to focus too much on upping the recycling rate. The introduction of the blue top bins led to a big jump in recycling. The package of measures introduced in April this year should hopefully raise the recycling rate to 50%. As the rate gets even higher, pushing it higher still; becomes more and more difficult.
I think over time, we will need to think more in terms of landfill diversion, by reduction or other means.
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