Board paper title Paper 16/07/15 04 Report by Clyde Loakes Job Title LWARB Board Member and Chair of Resource London Partnership Board Date of decision Board Meeting 16/07/15 Summary This paper provides Members with an update on the Resource London Programme. Recommendations Members to note the progress of the delivery of the Resource London Programme and associated work streams. Risk Management Risk Resource London does not achieve recognition or traction with it support offering with London waste authorities which has reputational implications for LWARB. Action to mitigate risk LWARB has delegated responsibility to the Resource London Partnership Board to manage the resource London programme. Significant engagement with waste authority officers has been achieved through attendance at the various networks (LEDNET, ALCO and LROG) as well as holding a number of service review meeting. Officers are now working up a number of bespoke support offerings for individual waste authorities. - 1 -
Implications Legal The establishment of Resource London in partnership with WRAP are consistent with LWARB s objectives under the London Waste and Recycling Board Order, which states that for the purposes of achieving its objectives, the Board may secure, or assist in securing, the performance of any function of a London borough council or the Common Council relating to waste. The Resource London Partnership Board is established as an LWARB committee. Under its establishing Order the Board may establish committees (article 8) and delegate certain functions to a committee of the Board (article 12). Financial LWARB committed 1.5 million contribution (inclusive of staffing, administration and programme delivery) to the Resource London programme budget for 2015-16. WRAP committed 750,000 (inclusive of staffing, administration and programme delivery). The obligations on both parties as part of this partnership are defined a Grant Funding Agreement signed on 31March 2015. Equalities None Originating Officer Contact details Antony Buchan antony.buchan@resourcelondon.org.uk - 2 -
Why the paper is being presented Under the Resource London Partnership Board s terms of reference, it must provide a report of its activities to the LWARB Board Update Resource London Partnership Board Since the March LWARB Board meeting the Partnership Board has held two meetings on 13 April and 13 July. The next meeting is scheduled for 26 October 2015. Programme update The Resource London grant agreement setting out the obligations on LWARB and WRAP as part of this partnership was signed on 31 March 2015. Following the development of the Resource London brand a new Resource London website (www.resourcelondon.org.uk) was launched in early June. The website is structured across the four programme workstreams (service reviews; income generating services; behaviour change; and Innovation and development) and is intended as a stakeholder facing (rather than public facing) resource. To complement the website Resource London officers now have @resourcelondon.org email addresses. Resource London has established a list of seven KPIs: KPI 1a KPI 1b KPI 2 KPI 3 KPI 4 KPI 5 KPI 6 KPI 7 Levels of recycling (local authority collected waste) Levels of recycling (Household) Greenhouse gas emissions CO 2 equivalent emissions Tonnes of waste sent to disposal, including energy from waste applications. Tonnes of food waste recycled Total kg per household of household waste collected by London boroughs Percentage contamination in recyclate Total tonnes of trade waste recycled It should be noted that the primary mechanism for measuring the KPIs will be WasteDataFlow. Therefore reporting against audited data will only be available the November following year end. In order for the Partnership Board to monitor progress against the programme delivery plan a number of output indicators have been established. Budget Resource London has already made a number of significant commitments against the budget for 2015/16. Resource London anticipates spending the budget for most workstreams, however this will depend on the uptake of workstreams. To date the main areas of commitment have been within the Behaviour Change and Development and Innovation work areas. All commitments are in line with the programme budget. The Partnership Board review a detailed budget at its meetings. - 3 -
Programme activity Service Reviews Officers have prioritised London boroughs for the initial phase 1 service review meetings. The prioritisation is based on analysis of current performance; contract arrangements incl. recent or planned service change; indicators i.e. near neighbour analysis; support received including efficiency review findings; identified gaps in service provision, political will and Return on Investment (ROI) potential in terms of performance improvement. As of 30 June, meetings have been held or are scheduled with all priority one authorities and a number of priority two authorities. Meetings are held with the Director or Assistant Director and Head of Service/Waste Manager and are an opportunity to introduce the Resource London programme and to the discuss individual authority priorities, critical service issues and potential RL support opportunities. As a result of these meetings a number of support opportunities are being explored. Income Generating Services WEEE LWARB has recently conducted research on the market opportunities for WEEE handled by London s waste authorities (which is estimated to be c.17,000 tonnes per annum from HWRC and bulky collections). Based on the conclusions of that research and following initial discussions with a number of waste authorities, Resource London is looking at opportunities to establish a city-wide Producer Compliance Scheme (PCS) contract that generates economies of scale and strikes a better deal for London, bringing in additional investment such as communications or infrastructure that can support London in reaching its targets. Clinical Waste Resource London is working with NHS s appointed consultant, Anenta, who are currently working to establish a framework for the procurement of clinical waste services to identify opportunities through the collection framework for London waste collection authorities. Development and Innovation Workshop and Surgery programme Resource London is establishing a workshops and surgeries programme for 2015/16; optimising food waste and materials sales workshops are scheduled for 15 July and 8 December respectively. Routemap to 2020 Resource London has commissioned an analysis of individual waste authority performance and local conditions to better understand the impact which different waste and recycling collection scenarios have on recycling rates and the impacts these have on the Mayor of London s 50% target for local authority collected waste recycling by 2020. The analysis will help inform support mechanisms for local authorities in London that can be developed into Resource London work programmes. This work will be completed in late autumn 2015. Dense Urban Recycling Project Resource London is up-weighting national research seeking to increase understanding of the options to maximise performance and increase capture in dense urban environments. - 4 -
The project will be delivered as a partnership between WRAP, Zero Waste Scotland and Resource London. The project will be delivered throughout 2015/16, with the project conclusions drawn together in 2016/17. LEDNET research On the 8 June officers presented to LEDNET a number of research opportunities and proposals for LEDNET with Resource London to continue and develop an existing relationship of co-funding research through a more formal relationship. LEDNET agreed to commit an annual research budget of 40k (to be reviewed annually) to co-fund with research projects with Resource London. Leaves The Surrey Waste Partnership (SWP) has been in contact with London waste authorities (via ALCO) regarding the 2013 the Environment Agency (EA) guidance prohibiting the use of autumnal street swept leaves from being used as part of feedstock to make Quality Compost to measure local authority appetite to challenge it. This guidance has had a significant impact on recycling rates for a many local authorities including a number of London authorities, and SWP are seeking to challenge the validity of the EA s research underpinning the guidance and thereby the guidance itself. Given the potentially significant implications for London borough recycling rates Resource London will coordinate London involvement. Recycle for London Resource London is currently consulting with waste authorities on the development of new brand guidelines for Recycle for London (RfL) (which are firmly based on the Recycle Now refresh) which allow for enough flexibility to encourage those waste authorities currently using their own brand and messaging approach to migrate to a more consistent approach. The RfL relaunch is timetabled for October 2015. Recycle Now and Recycle Week Nine boroughs (Ealing; Greenwich; Hackney; Havering; Hounslow; Merton; Newham; Wandsworth; and Westminster) were funded to deliver localised campaigns during Recycle Week 22 28 June 2015, using the refreshed Recycle Now guidelines and templates. Activities funded vary from community events and door-knocking to poster & leaflet campaigns, local press advertising, fleet branding and bus-back advertising. A full list of funded boroughs is attached at Appendix 1 with brief details of what they are each doing, and for how much. Love Food Hate Waste (LFHW) Resource London has committed to deliver a five year tailored London focused LFHW campaign based on WRAP s successful 10 Cities campaign. James McGowan has been appointed as the dedicated London LFHW manager. James has a strong communication and marketing background and is currently completing an MSc Environment and Sustainability where his dissertation is on household food waste prevention in the UK. James will be employed by WRAP and will join the team on 15 September. James will be embedded in the LFHW team but will work out of the Resource London office. - 5 -
The Resource London Head of Programme, Communications and Behaviour Change Manager and the Programme Area Manager for LFHW met with ELWA on 9 June to discuss the London LFHW programme and discuss opportunities for ELWA to be the first area of sub-regional delivery. ELWA were very receptive and have offered additional resource to support the campaign. - 6 -