{"id":113881,"date":"2025-05-19T08:33:08","date_gmt":"2025-05-19T08:33:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/113881\/"},"modified":"2025-05-19T08:33:08","modified_gmt":"2025-05-19T08:33:08","slug":"have-your-say-on-the-proposed-submission-east-london-joint-waste-plan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/113881\/","title":{"rendered":"Have Your Say on the \u2018Proposed Submission East London Joint Waste Plan\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>                                                <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"image image--feature\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/ELJWP_Logo_RGB_Screen_2x_1.jpg\" alt=\"East London Joint Waste Group logo showing the initials of the group ELJWP in black\"\/>                            <\/p>\n<p class=\"summary\">Consultation now open to determine how waste is strategically managed in East London.<\/p>\n<p>From Monday 19 May to Monday 30 June 2025 Barking and Dagenham, Havering, Newham, and Redbridge will be consulting on the \u2018Proposed Submission East London Joint Waste Plan\u2019, setting out how waste should be managed in East London until 2041.<\/p>\n<p>The Plan outlines how waste can be managed sustainably in East London; will ensure that there will be enough capacity to manage waste; and that waste facilities are located in the right areas to reduce the impact on local communities and the natural environment.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The Plan also includes policies on how developers should consider the management of waste during demolition and construction of buildings, and when a development is occupied.<\/p>\n<p>The<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>Plan helps the East London boroughs make decisions such as<strong>:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Ensuring waste sites are well designed to minimise environmental impacts and avoid disruptions to local communities<\/li>\n<li>Protecting existing waste sites, including those that help make sure waste is diverted from landfill wherever possible<\/li>\n<li>Releasing existing waste sites from safeguarding where they are poorly located or underutilised, or conflict with the boroughs respective Local Plans<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The East London Joint Waste Plan will seek to significantly reduce waste production overall in East London \u2013 keeping materials in use as long as possible before they are re-used or recycled, reducing the amount of waste that goes to landfill. The plan also supports developments that work towards net zero and plan for effective storage of waste, including recyclable materials and food waste.<\/p>\n<p>The Plan also includes policies to help meet East London\u2019s household recycling target of 35-50% by 2030.<\/p>\n<p>Visit the <a href=\"https:\/\/consultation.havering.gov.uk\/planning\/east-london-joint-waste-plan-regulation-19\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">consultation website<\/a> to submit comments and view the East London Joint Waste Plan and its supporting documents. The consultation page is hosted on Havering\u2019s citizen space consultation hub on behalf of the east London boroughs.<\/p>\n<p>For queries, please email <a href=\"https:\/\/www.havering.gov.uk\/news\/article\/1530\/mailto:eljointwasteplan@havering.gov.uk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">eljointwasteplan@havering.gov.uk<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The consultation closes at 11:59pm on Monday 30 June 2025.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Consultation now open to determine how waste is strategically managed in East London. 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