Question 1

Learn more about Waste Disposal in East London

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East London is a populous area of the city that was once known for its industry and manufacturing. Over the last few years, East London has undergone a large amount of redevelopment, with new residential projects, tech start-ups and a wealth of independent shops popping up in the area. Most of the waste disposal in East London is conducted by the individual borough councils in the East London area. Local authorities offer free rubbish collection for residents and a varying degree of additional waste management services, like bulky waste removal and free collection of clinical waste.

The East London Waste Authority (ELWA) owns and operates four recycling centres in East London that provide a disposal service for the people living within East London boroughs. The ELWA recycling centres are Frizland’s Lane RRC in Barking and Dagenham, Gerpin’s Lane RRC in Havering, Chigwell Road RRC in Redbridge and Jenkins Lane RRC in Newham. These recycling centres take household, electronic and even small amounts of hazardous waste. The services at these recycling centres are free for residents to use, and commercial waste can be disposed of at Frizland’s lane RRC and Jenkins Lane RRC as a paid for service.

Over two million people live in East London, and last year the area produced over 906,000 tonnes of waste. East London’s councils achieved a recycling rate of close to 50%, which is above the national average; however, the East London borough councils are eager to increase this figure. With many of the independent businesses in commercial areas of East London making plans to go ‘zero waste’ soon, East London could help lead the way to reduce landfill waste in the city.

One way to reduce the rate of landfill for you or your businesses waste is to use specialist and compliant waste carriers. There are many of these private waste disposal companies at work in and around East London, offering their services across the city. Here at Wayst, we are committed to high recycling rates and only work with top performing and highly responsible waste management companies that take the work they do and their levels of professionalism seriously. Over 90% of the waste collected by our specialist waste partner network is recycled, reused, or recovered.

Question 2

Waste disposal in East London

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With so much waste being generated by the people and businesses of East London, having a variety of specialist recycling options in the area is essential. One of the most in-demand forms of specialist waste recycling in East London is the recycling of electrical waste. This includes PCs, laptops, printers, and monitors that are often discarded after office refits and refurbishments. Over the last year, it is estimated that almost 2.5 million electric goods were discarded in East London alone. While the ELWA RRC sites can successfully recycle TVs and monitors, residents are unable to take every kind of electronic waste to the centres. Alternatively, many of these electrical goods can be reused by specialist IT recycling companies in East London.

Another waste stream that often accumulates because of refits and refurbishments happening every day in East London, is furniture. Around 4 million items of office furniture were discarded last year, usually through house or office clearances. ELWA sites only take soft furnishings with fire safety labels still attached, so businesses will have to look elsewhere if they wish to dispose of large amounts of used furnishings.

Here at Wayst, we offer recycling options for all waste streams handled by our specialist waste management service providers. We use reputable companies that offer specialised recycling services to dispose of the waste in accordance to strict protocols, this is paramount when dealing with hazardous, clinical, electrical or confidential waste.

Question 3

Confidential waste disposal

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Confidential waste can come in many different forms and must be identified and disposed of correctly to avoid any security risks or legal trouble. Usually kept on paper or electronically on a computer hard-drive, confidential waste can consist of CVs, bank information, invoices, payroll information and anything else that may put personal data at risk of being stolen or sold.

Many businesses accumulate confidential data on computer hard drives, and for the large number of tech companies laying their foundations in East London, tech security is an integral part of daily life. Several companies in East and Central London offer secure data wiping with industrial software as well as total hard-drive destruction.

There are many paper shredding companies in East London and all offer the secure destruction of confidential paper waste, however the importance of choosing a professional waste company is paramount in today's world of data protection. Regardless of the type of confidential waste that your business has accrued, it is essential to use a trusted waste management company.

At Wayst, all our trusted waste management partners have undergone security screenings to ensure the reliability of our waste transportation and disposal services, with some of our service providers providing secure shredding at the client’s premises for added security, to be then moved on to a recycling facility using a secure waste transport service, our service providers also offer lockable bins and containers for the storage of confidential material before its destruction.

Question 4

Hazardous waste disposal in East London

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The people of East London generate almost 200,000 tonnes of hazardous waste on a yearly basis. Hazardous waste is one of the most problematic waste streams to dispose of safely. Many environmental laws govern the disposal and handling of hazardous waste, so to avoid damaging the environment or getting into legal trouble, it is always worth using a licensed waste carrier to deal with your hazardous waste. Landfilling or incinerating hazardous waste can have serious negative consequences for the environment. However, some hazardous waste can be safely landfilled or incinerated but the preferred options are always to be recycled and recovered.

At Wayst, we manage our specialist waste partners to ensure they recycle and reuse as much as possible from the waste generated and collected by our customers in East London, including hazardous waste. Our network of rubbish removal and waste disposal partners offer professional hazardous waste services that are continuously innovating the ways they collect and dispose of their waste to ensure the rates of landfill diversion re being reduced

ELWA sites at Beckton and Rainham are used to turn waste like cooking oil into biofuel. You can take hazardous material like paint and various types of oil to Frizlands and Jenkins Lane RRCs for disposal. If you wish to dispose of asbestos, it can be taken to any of the ELWA sites apart from Chigwell Road RRC. Where some East London boroughs will organise a collection for asbestos, most will point you in the direction of the City of London service that collects asbestos across the city. A list of accepted materials is present on the websites for each of the EWLA facilities to confirm what you can take to the premises, and which items or materials are prohibited.

Question 5

Clinical waste disposal

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Clinical waste is generated by healthcare services like care homes, dentists, and veterinary surgeries. This waste is critical to dispose of correctly via specialist and licensed waste carriers like those patering with Wayst, however, most East London boroughs offer some level of clinical waste collection and disposal for residents. Private healthcare organisations will have to use some of the independent clinical waste disposal companies in the city for their waste. These companies offer secure and hygienic removal and disposal of clinical waste, along with the recovery of any possible recyclable elements.

Question 6

Waste disposal regulations in East London

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Across London, individual borough councils are responsible for the collection and disposal of waste from their specific area. For East London, the boroughs of Redbridge, Havering, Newham, and Barking and Dagenham joined to form the East London Waste Authority. The ELWA works to implement the London Environmental Strategy along with enforcing The Waste Management Act to protect the environment and limit pollution from waste in the East London area.

Compliance is a huge topic to cover within the waste management world and the level of compliance differs amongst most operators. A contractor becomes compliant with waste disposal regulations in the following ways:

Is licensed by the Environment Agency for the work they do

Ensures they allow you to adhere to your duty of care by providing you with all the necessary paperwork from a waste collection which needs to detail the waste trail to ensure transparency from producer to a carrier to disposal, this includes:
- A Waste Transfer Note for ALL waste clearances which details the producer (you) the carrier (the waste contractor) and the disposal site (the waste transfer facility)
- A Consignment Notes for hazardous waste clearance (if disposed from a business address)
- Waste and environmental reporting providing recycling, re-use and landfill figures

Insurances are key for compliance too, the level of insurance a waste contractor is covered for should align with the level of work they are undertaking this includes:
- Public liability insurance
- Employer’s liability insurance
- Vehicle insurance

Question 7

What you need to know about East London

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East London has traditionally been known as the centre for manufacturing and trade in the city. Less wealthy than west central areas, people have historically come to this part of London to work in the docks and factories along the banks of the Thames. The work was often incredibly arduous and in dangerous conditions that wealthy neighbourhoods wanted kept away from the city centre. Bone processing, rope making, tanning and gunpowder making were among some of the early East London industries that would have resulted in fumes and air pollution in the area, and fish farms and slaughterhouses would have contributed to putrid odours that would have made much of east London unpleasant to live and work in. The Victorian era of industrialisation also affected the quality of living conditions for London’s East Enders, as many workers from outside the city were bought in resulting in overcrowding and crime as many working-class communities struggled to make ends meet. After the second world war, many of London’s East End industries died out making way for new housing developments, improved standards of living for working class communities, and more social mobility. Nowadays, East London’s Canary Wharf is the home for banking and finance in the city, generating and bringing in vast amounts of wealth to the area. Shoreditch, Dalston and Stratford have been regenerated in recent years and are now considered to be young, trendy, and affluent with many bars, clubs, and pedestrianised shopping areas characterised by quirky independent shops such as those found on Broadway Market. Although it is still the industrial heart of the city, East London has experienced a huge amount of development in recent years from housing to business investment and a growing number of digital technology start-ups. Suppliers and manufacturers now conduct much of their business online and have extended their reach beyond the city, increasing their revenue and economic value. East London based building contractors provide thousands of jobs in construction and related industries in and around the city, and waste disposal in London is another essential service that provides employment for hundreds of workers in the area.

Question 8

What are the different ways to dispose of waste in East London?

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Rubbish disposal services like other businesses are fast becoming digitised, allowing them to enter the global market and provide far reaching commercial and domestic solutions for waste management, whilst caring for the environment.15 of the best waste disposal sites in East London can be found in Hackney, Shoreditch, Whitechapel, Barking, Leyton, Woodford Green and Thames Wharf, and offer a full range of rubbish collection and refuse services including house clearance and independent skip hire.

Question 9

Where are the nearest recycling centres in East London

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Barking and Dagenham, which is one of the largest boroughs in East London runs the Frizlands Lane reuse and recycling Centre on Rainham Road in North Dagenham, Gerpins Lane RRC in Havering, Chigwell Road in Redbridge, and Jenkins Lane recycling centre in Newham. These sites are only available to residents living in an East London Waste Authority (EWLA) borough and proof of address such as a council tax bill or driving license is required to access the site. Frizlands Lane also accepts cash payments from residents outside the ELWA for using the facility, bearing in mind that there are often long queues outside as this facility, along with the other aforementioned sites operates on a first come first served basis.

Question 10

What rubbish collection services are available in East London?

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East London Councils provide free and competitively priced household waste services for residents, although the provision may vary slightly between boroughs depending on the local authority and the rate of council tax paid by people living in the area. Aside from general non-recyclable rubbish collection, Council run rubbish removal services in East London provide standard recycling collection, assisted rubbish collection and clinical waste collection services free of charge. Most Local Authorities in East London also provide organic waste disposal caddies for food waste. Garden waste collection normally needs to be paid for and is usually available as a subscription service. Bulky and large item collection is also a fee-paying service unless the council has a special arrangement for specific items such as free fridge/freezer collections.

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Question 11

How is the local authority in East London handling your waste?

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The East London Waste Authority (ELWA) oversees several local authorities in East London, and sets out waste management policies, provides planning, and works in partnership with local borough councils to manage waste effectively. The ELWA manages facilities in Rainham, and Beckton where fuel is generated through various treatment processes.

East London Council's Waste Management Performance:

- Overall annual spend on waste management: £108,059,991.65
- Per person spend: £50
- Reuse and recycling rate: 49.63%
- Landfill rate: 50.37%

Question 12

What are the plans for a greener future in East London?

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In terms of their commitment to the environment and sustainability, many start-ups and SME’s in East London are leading the way, even though it is often more costly for them to do so. With one entrepreneur recently featured in the Made In Shoreditch website for launching a campaign to start the first zero waste, plastic free shop in the area, to tech companies like Bulb, who now provide over 1 million homes with renewable energy, environmentally friendly businesses represent the future both on and offline.

Independent businesses that seek to consider the environment as a key part of their business strategy are also becoming extremely popular with consumers as we continue to notice the adverse effects of manmade climate change. The loss of natural habitats for so many marine and land animals because of rising temperatures and noticeable shifts in seasonal weather patterns is made all the more painful for regular consumers who often have no choice but to opt for single use plastic. The simple lack of choice and provision from big supermarket chains generates huge amounts of nonrecyclable waste which is fast becoming untenable, and this is something start-up companies in east London are capitalising on to pave the way for real commercial and environmental change.

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