The mayor of London Boris Johnston has announced plans to boost the capital’s recycling rates.
Outlined in the waste strategy plan, London’s Wasted Resources, Johnson sets out several measures to help Londoners access recycling schemes in a bid to totally eradicate household waste from landfill by 2015.
With a large proportion of Londoners living in multi-share occupancies, such as high-rise flats, the Mayor said he plans to make it easier for people in such residencies to recycle their household waste.
In order to implement recycling facilities such as collection points and bin chutes in these buildings, Johnson pledged to utilise his role as chair of the London Waste and Recycling Board to seek funds.
Households who do not conform to recycling targets will not be penalised financially under the strategy, but those who meet the demands will be rewarded for their efforts.
London will run a trial of an American scheme called Recycle Bank, which gives householders shopping vouchers or donations to charity to the value of how much they recycle, according to a report in the Guardian.
The UK capital is currently lagging in the UK recycling race, disposing just 25 per cent of all waste produce by environmental means.
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