Western Riverside Waste Authority (WRWA) was established in 1986 as an autonomous statutory local government body to undertake the waste disposal functions prescribed by the Local Government Act 1985 and the Waste Disposal (Authorities) Order 1985.
The Authority assumed responsibility for waste disposal on behalf of four London Boroughs;
Hammersmith and Fulham,
Lambeth,
Wandsworth and the
Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea. It is managed by a Committee made up of two elected
Councillors from each of these four borough councils.
Waste disposal
We manage around 500,000 tonnes of waste and recyclables per year, in a safe and cost effective manner. Most of this is household waste generated by a population of some 850,000 residents within our four constituent boroughs. The borough councils have the duty to arrange for the collection of this waste.
Historically, the majority of waste has been transported by river to a landfill site located on the Thames Estuary at Mucking, Essex but since February 2011 the majority of waste has been received at the newly constructed Belvedere Energy from Waste Facility. The Facility provides for the combustion of waste, and the use of the heat from the process to generate electricity through steam generation in boilers.
Joint Municipal Waste Management Strategy
The Authority and its constituent councils are pleased to sign up to the aims and objectives as detailed in its
Joint Municipal Waste Management Strategy and fully endorse the policy statement below.
“The Riverside Waste Partnership – namely the Western Riverside Waste Authority and the London boroughs of Hammersmith and Fulham, Lambeth, Wandsworth and the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea – will establish integrated waste management systems which ensure the Best Practicable Environmental Option is pursued for each particular waste stream and that these:
- embrace the concepts of waste prevention;
- seek to achieve a sustained reduction in the amount of waste arising;
- minimise the use of landfill;
- increase, as far as is practicably possible, the amount of waste that is re-used, recycled and composted;
- recover energy from waste that cannot be recycled or composted;
- maximise the use of sustainable river transport;
- assist in achieving regional self-sufficiency for the London area;
- minimise disruption to others and involve a 'good neighbour' approach to the management
- of waste facilities; and
- represent all round Best Value for the local community without excessive cost.”