Building and Estate Waste
Canary Wharf Management Limited (CWML) manages all the waste from the Canary Wharf estate infrastructure (roads, parks etc) and also all the waste generated from retail and the tenants, who occupy the buildings, managed by CWML.
Working with the main contractor responsible for waste throughout the estate, CWML is focused on driving recycling levels higher and is already considerably exceeding the established Government targets.
The main principles that drive the recycling and waste management across the estate are:
- To reduce the amount of waste produced wherever possible.
- To divert as much waste as possible from disposal to landfill.
Since the end of 2008, a simplified two bin system has been implemented throughout the estate for general office waste. Simplification of the system has helped to improve the amount of waste sent for recycling. However residual (mainly food waste) was still ending up in landfill which was not acceptable. From Spring 2009 residual waste was diverted from landfill and sent for incineration to energy. This means that 100% of CWML waste is now diverted from landfill.
However, we are always looking for ways to improve our management and disposal of waste and on April 1st 2010, we have started a trial scheme of composting with one of our tenants. The scheme will run for several months.
Construction Waste
Canary Wharf Contractors Ltd (CWCL) have operated programmes during the last major construction projects to minimise the impact on the environment and to reduce the waste diverted to landfill through on-site segregation of the main waste streams and further off-site segregation at the waste transfer stations. In 2009 an overall recycling figure of 94% has been achieved for construction waste.
Each project has its own Site Waste Management Plan (SWMP). The SWMP aims to reduce the production of waste to a minimum, to re-use or recycle waste where practicable and to promote best practice within the projects.
