Learn more about Waste Recycling in Sunnymeads
Sunnymeads spans 0.631 square kilometres and is a significant number of people so work needs to be done to make Sunnymeads more environmentally friendly. On top of that With 14 active businesses all having an impact on the way Sunnymeads’s commercial waste is treated..
Waste recycling after waste clearance is a vital process for the health and condition of our environment. WLWA (West London Waste Authority), which has been set up between Hillingdon, Brent, Harrow, Ealing, Hounslow and Richmond-upon-Thames to deal with waste more efficiently in West London along with a mix between the waste contractors Serco and Veolia ES UK they achieve a recycling rate of 49.86%, which is relatively low, other European areas, we should be aiming to get to 60%+. Sending 50.14% of waste to landfill needs improving
To ensure we change the way industries think of waste, waste recycling must improve and needs to be done in a way that is effective and in alignment with certain standards, once we can improve its performance then the industry can evolve. £148,493.52 is a substantial amount for the local authorities in Sunnymeads to spend on public waste management annually, however if divided by 2,652; the population of Sunnymeads then it is only £56 per individual, which considering we need to improve could more money be allocated to public waste processing?
There are two different types of waste and both have two different angles of responsibility once the waste collection has been carried out:
1. Household waste comes from residential properties. Which Sunnymeads produces 554 tonnes of domestic waste and only recycles 49.86%, this means 558 is sent to landfill each year. In this instance it is the overall responsibility of Sunnymeads’s councils or boroughs to treat it properly.
2. Business waste is classified as any type of waste generated from commercial activity. Which 14 active businesses in Sunnymeads produces 1,100 tonnes of commercial waste and 228 tonnes of hazardous waste. It is the responsibility of the business that has produced it to perform proper waste clearance and waste treatment.
Waste recycling after waste clearance is a vital process for the health and condition of our environment. WLWA (West London Waste Authority), which has been set up between Hillingdon, Brent, Harrow, Ealing, Hounslow and Richmond-upon-Thames to deal with waste more efficiently in West London along with a mix between the waste contractors Serco and Veolia ES UK they achieve a recycling rate of 49.86%, which is relatively low, other European areas, we should be aiming to get to 60%+. Sending 50.14% of waste to landfill needs improving
To ensure we change the way industries think of waste, waste recycling must improve and needs to be done in a way that is effective and in alignment with certain standards, once we can improve its performance then the industry can evolve. £148,493.52 is a substantial amount for the local authorities in Sunnymeads to spend on public waste management annually, however if divided by 2,652; the population of Sunnymeads then it is only £56 per individual, which considering we need to improve could more money be allocated to public waste processing?
There are two different types of waste and both have two different angles of responsibility once the waste collection has been carried out:
1. Household waste comes from residential properties. Which Sunnymeads produces 554 tonnes of domestic waste and only recycles 49.86%, this means 558 is sent to landfill each year. In this instance it is the overall responsibility of Sunnymeads’s councils or boroughs to treat it properly.
2. Business waste is classified as any type of waste generated from commercial activity. Which 14 active businesses in Sunnymeads produces 1,100 tonnes of commercial waste and 228 tonnes of hazardous waste. It is the responsibility of the business that has produced it to perform proper waste clearance and waste treatment.
