North London local authorities collect nearly 1 million tonnes of rubbish a year, from all homes and some businesses in their area. This is called municipal waste and is equivalent to more than 1 tonne per household. Businesses, building sites, hospitals and other facilities generate approximately 3 million tonnes of waste which also has to be dealt with.

Currently, around half of North London’s municipal waste and a quarter of business waste goes to landfill sites outside London but this can not continue. We now need to reduce the amount of waste being produced, increase recycling and find alternative ways of using and treating waste within North London.

Seven North London local authorities (Barnet, Camden, Enfield, Hackney, Haringey, Islington and Waltham Forest) have joined forces to prepare the North London Waste Plan.

The North London Waste Plan will consider what to do with all waste in the area up to 2020. It will identify sufficient sites to deal with this waste, potentially using a mix of facilities including recycling, composting and using waste to produce energy.

To find out more about the North London Waste Plan, visit our about the NLWP section. You can find out more about North London’s current waste management activities in the Background section. To give us your views, visit Have your say. All of the documents produced as part of the NLWP can be found in the Document Centre.

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The official period of consultation on the issues and options report for the North London Waste Plan has now closed. A report on the findings from this consultation is now available in the Document Centre.

Strategic Flood Risk Assessment now available in the Document Centre.