The West London Waste Authority is the statutory body responsible for waste disposal in the London boroughs of Brent, Ealing, Harrow,

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and

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. The authority was formed in 1986, taking over functions previously held by the Greater London Council, and is overseen by an elected councillor from each of the boroughs in which it operates.

History

The waste authority was established on 1 April 1986 as a joint arrangement under part II of the

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. It replaced the Greater London Council in part of west London. The establishment of joint committees for this purpose was voluntary. The boroughs could have become individual waste disposal authorities. Each was already, and continued to be, responsible for waste collection.

Waste processing

The majority (96%) of residual waste (waste that cannot be recycled) produced in the area that the authority covers is sent by rail to be incinerated at Energy Recovery Facilities, providing energy for the National Grid. Most of this is processed sent by rail to Suez's Severnside plant in

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, the remainder is processed by

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at its shared

Lakeside EfW The Lakeside EfW is located in Colnbrook, Slough, and is the largest facility of its kind in England. It incinerates residual waste, and since 2010 it has also been authorised to incinerate low-level radioactive waste Low-level waste (LLW) o ...

facility near Heathrow Airport. The remaining waste is sent to landfill. Suez Recycling and Recovery UK (formerly SITA UK) has provided the service to the authority since it signed a £760 million public-private partnership contract in November 2013 to last 25 years.

References

External links

* {{official website, http://westlondonwaste.gov.uk/ Greater London Council replacement organisations Local government in London Waste management in London Waste disposal authorities 1986 establishments in England Waste organizations Organizations established in 1986