Joint Waste Disposal Authorities Brexit position paper JWDA work, findings and recommendations MARK ASH MANAGING DIRECTOR EAST LONDON WASTE AUTHORITY North London Waste Prevention Exchange 2017

Who or What are the JWDA’s There are 6 JWDA’s established by The Waste Regulation & Disposal (Authorities) Order 1985 ELWA – London Boroughs of Barking & Dagenham, Havering, Newham and Redbridge; GMWDA – Bolton, Bury, Manchester, Oldham, Rochdale, Salford, Stockport, Tameside, Trafford and Wigan; MRWA – Knowsley, Liverpool, St Helens, Sefton, Wirral; NLWA – Barnet, Camden, Enfield, Hackney, Haringey, Islington and Waltham Forest WLWA – Brent, Ealing, Harrow, Hillingdon, Hounslow, Richmond upon Thames; WRWA – Hammersmith & Fulham, Kensington & Chelsea, Lambeth and Wandsworth. Collectively we deal with around 16.1% of England’s local authority collected waste

London Context Collectively manage 2.16Mt of London’s LACW waste annually. WRWA ELWA WLWA NLWA Projected Tonnes of MSW 390,997 447,000 541,575 780,111 Facilities MRF 3rd party 1 TLS 2 3 HWRC 4 6 9 EfW MBT IVC Total 5 7 11 14

What Happened? The Coming Together! Practical and Financial Concerns 2 December 2015 EC adopts new CE Package Common EU target of 65% reuse and recycling of municipal waste by 2030 GMWDA limited lobbying progress DEFRA statistics showed recycling rate for English authorities was 44.8% of household collected waste in 2014 According to LGA report May 2015 spend to achieve targets had doubled by English local authorities to £3.28 billion since 2000 Achievement would require significant service investment and long lead times Unprecedented budget cuts taking effect and more planned Wider range of materials would need to be collected with no existing markets available, etc., etc. etc.….

Our Shared Views A belief that blunt, weight based targets are no longer appropriate for the waste industry. Environmental benefits not necessarily justified by the higher cost of making gains. Brexit could provide an opportunity to take a more focused approach to achieve the highest economic and environmental benefit. Very supportive of the principles of a Circular Economy. Recognise that the CE has the potential to bring significant environmental and economic benefits. Believe that the UK can lead the world in product sustainability. Propose that an English Resource Strategy is developed.

Initial Focus on Required Outcomes Work with Government to identify best solutions for meeting the challenges of implementing the CE. Planning and leadership to generate long term certainty. Policies to ensure cost burden was not placed on local authorities. Targets and measures to encourage best environmental and economic outcomes. Clarity on whether IBA will be included in UK recycling statistics. Enable local authorities to impose duty to recycle and power of enforcement. Collections driven by market development. Development of realistic timescales for transformation.

Commissioning of Evidence Base Jointly with CIWM the JWDAs commissioned Anthesis to provide underpinning evidence. The report considered: Definitions and calculations The financial and operational impacts for LA’s in meeting the CE requirements Determining what would be required in terms of capture of materials Consideration of existing markets and the impact of this on performance Consideration of future markets to enable a movement towards higher targets Existing and required infrastructure and transition times

The Call for ‘An English Resource Strategy’ A product policy that fully incorporates material eco design Development of markets through supporting secondary material prices and rewarding recycled content and eco design Reducing trading risks that lead to high recycling market failure rate Developing sustainable capacity to recycle materials in the UK Design of meaningful metrics based on environmental and economic benefits rather than simply weight based Harmonisation of collection systems over time driven by market potential Full exploitation of potential opportunities of having low carbon economy outside the EU, creating economic activity and jobs for the nation.

Getting the Message Out Maintaining support from respective Authorities Lobbying of MPs and MEPs Representations to APSRG Letsrecycle.com article Dialogue with CIWM Representations to Deputy Mayor for Environment and Energy DEFRA And of course…..today