Recycling street cleansing waste

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Recycling street cleansing waste

• Phil Robson - Recycling Manager

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Content

• Background
• Street Leaves
• Commuter Paper and Magazine Bins
• Sweepers segregation
• The Future

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Background

• 120,000 tonnes of commercial waste
• 80,000 tonnes household waste
• 20,000 tonnes street cleansing waste
• 112,000 households (89 flats no gardens)
• 1.0 million visitors daily
• Security zone, listed buildings, conservation.
• 120 languages spoken in Westminster schools
• 18 annual population turnover

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Street leaves collection
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Street Leaves

• Readily accessible tonnage
• PAS 100 Standard - Study undertaken 2003/4
• Mater Bi starch based bags 90 litre and 240
  litre.
• 104k bags 90 litre bags (sweepers barrow) 160
  per k
• 16k bags 240 litre bags (sweeping team) 600 per
  k
• Dedicated teams 2 RCVs 2 driver/loaders 20
  sweepers
• Scheduled sweepers - 370
• 300 tonnes of leaves collected. (87 per tonne)
• Disposal
• Compost 51 per tonne Incineration 35 per tonne

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LEAF IT UP TO US!
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Street Litter Collections
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Street Litter Paper and Magazine Bins

• 104 sites - Tube stations and retail areas
• Consultation - Met Police, Transport Police,
  Highways and Transport for London.
• 15 - 20kg per bin per tip.
• Contamination low due to aperture size.
• Put a litter bin near it.
• Collected once or twice per day.
• 380 per bin (140 litre capacity)
• 5 year life (although looking good after 3
  years)

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Street Litter Paper and Magazine Bins (cont.)

• Washed 4 times a year.
• Bin Condition Survey twice a year.
• Usage Monitoring - Annually before summer
  holidays.
• Problems
• First batch - locks were jamming.
• Tagging and flyposting of the facias.

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Street Sweepers

• Segregation paper, glass, cans and plastic
  bottles
• Sweepers sack bins (on beat)
• Commingled bins at street sweeper depots.
• 4-5 kg per bag.

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Service Development

• More Linpac Envirobanks (Paper and Magazines)
• Commingled on-street paper litter bins (Camden)
• RENEW _at_ www.mediametrica.com
• Special Events - London Marathon, Notting Hill
  Carnival, Trafalgar Square events,
  Demonstrations, Hyde Park concerts.
• Promotion - Part of the furniture.

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Future Issues

• Questions?