Waste authorities in Greater London

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Greater London has a number of waste authorities, responsible for waste collection and disposal. There are four statutory joint waste authorities, as follows.[1][2]

  1. East London - Newham, Barking and Dagenham, Redbridge, Havering
  2. North London - Barnet, Camden, Enfield, Islington, Hackney, Haringey, Waltham Forest
  3. West London - Brent, Ealing, Harrow, Hillingdon, Hounslow, Richmond
  4. Western Riverside - Hammersmith and Fulham, Kensington and Chelsea, Lambeth, Wandsworth.

The joint authorities are made up of councillors nominated from the borough councils. They are funded by a levy on the local authorities.

The other boroughs — that is to say the City of Westminster and the City of London along with Bexley, Bromley, Croydon, Greenwich, Kingston, Lewisham, Merton, Southwark, Sutton and Tower Hamlets — are independent waste authorties in their own right.

Prior to the abolition of the Greater London Council in 1986, it was the waste authority for Greater London. The ODPM have recently proposed, as part of other transfers of powers to the Greater London Authority, to give it a waste function.

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[edit] Calls for single waste authority

The Mayor of London has made repeated attempts to bring the different waste authorities together, to form a single waste authority in London. This has faced significant opposition from existing authorities.[3]

[edit] See also

[edit] External links

[edit] References

  1. ^ Waste strategyies, www.london.gov.uk, Retrieved 21.12.06
  2. ^ Office of the Deputy Prime Minister, www.odpm.gov.uk, Retrieved 21.12.06
  3. ^ London Mayor re-ignites bid for single waste authority, www.letsrecycle.com, Retrieved 21.12.06


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