Waste and Recycling in Brent

Another area that I thought would be controversial in Brent but turned out not to be was the various changes we made to waste management.  This started with the introduction of the blue top bins.  A second wave of more incremental change followed in April 2013.  We also introduced improvements to the Council's internal processes, amended the old waste contract and negotiated the new Public Realm contract. 

Less visibly, West London Waste has gone through a transformation with the award of a new contract to Sita, which will see the waste from West London shift from being sent to landfill at Calvert to being burnt for energy. From the later part of 2016, the proportion of West London waste sent to landfill should fall below 5%.