London's demographics
- Greater London covers an area of 1,586.7 square kilometres.
- Its population (in 2003) was 7.355 million, and there are 3.1 million households. The Mayor's Economic Development Strategy estimates that by 2016 about 800,000 more people will be living in London.
- Londoners average productivity is 20 times higher than any other UK regions (source: Economic Development Strategy).
- 47 per cent of the housing stock in London is purpose-built or converted flats.
Democracy
Use the links below to locate the details of elected politicians in your local area.
London's waste management arrangements
London’s municipal waste management arrangements are complex with all 33 London boroughs responsible for waste collection and 12 also having responsibility for waste disposal in their area. The remaining 21 London boroughs manage their waste disposal collectively through four statutory joint waste disposal authorities. Click here to view a list of how the waste collection and disposal arrangements are managed.
Headline waste data - London
|
|
2000/01 (thousand tonnes) |
2007/08 (thousand tonnes) |
|
Municipal waste arisings |
4,438 |
4,149 |
|
Household waste arisings |
3,390 |
3,342 |
|
Household waste recycled |
304 (9%) |
851 (26%) |
|
Municipal waste recycled |
344 (8%) |
925 (22%) |
|
Municipal waste incinerated
with energy recovery |
886 (20%) |
919 (22%) |
|
Municipal waste landfilled |
3,207 (72%) |
2,209 (53%) |
Click here for detailed information.
Recycling services
- London has 41 reuse and recycling centres operated by London waste authorities and their contractors.
- There are approximately 4,000 bring banks in London (source: WasteDataFlow 2006/07).
- Over 90 per cent of London households receive a recycling collection of at least two materials (source: BVPI 91a 2006/07).
To find your nearest recycling site go to your borough’s Fact File within this site by clicking here or www.recycleforlondon.com.
- In the first two years of the Landfill Allowance Trading Scheme, all of London’s 16 waste disposal authorities met their landfill diversion targets (source: Environment Agency), click here for more information.
Londonwide Waste Strategy
In September 2003 the Mayor's Municipal Waste Management Strategy: Rethinking Rubbish in London was published and in May 2007 a draft Business Waste Management Strategy: Making Waste Work in London was published for public consultation.
In February 2004, the Mayor published the London Plan - the Mayor's Spatial Development Strategy. Its publication provides London with its first planning and development strategy in a generation and set regional self-sufficiency targets to ensure that facilities with sufficient capacity to manage London’s waste are provided and to reduce our reliance on treatment and landfill facilities outside London.
Best Practice Guidance
The Greater London Authority has published the following Best Practice Reports, which you can download by clicking here.
- Best Practice for Waste and Recycling in London: Scoping Report
- Compilation of London Recycling Fund Summaries
- Raising Waste Awareness through Doorstepping
- Trade Waste Recycling Best Practice Guide
- London University Halls of Residence Recycling Project