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Alternative Methods Will Increasingly Be Used For Waste Management Including ...

Alternative methods will increasingly be used for waste management including reducing rubbish at source (for example by using less packaging), recycling, composting and incineration. New methods of waste management, such as producing energy from waste, will also need to be considered.
The Mayor's Municipal Waste Management Strategy, Rethinking Rubbish in London, was published on 23 September 2003. Measures so far include:
distribution of a £21.3 million London Recycling Fund, and securing £3.6 million additional funding from government
the development of www.capitalwastefacts.com to improve data on waste in London
the rollout of the Mayor's Green Procurement Code to all boroughs and over 230 companies
the development of the Capital Standard programme with the boroughs, to clean up London's streets, including training of 120 enforcement officers, the 'pick it up' song for schools, and the launch of the London Schools Environment Award
the launch of the Recycle for London campaign.
(quoted from http://www.london.gov.uk/mayor/strategies/waste/index.jsp)
Construction Materials
A problem with some of the energy efficient measures being employed in the construction industry is that the process of making them, and the disposing of them is proving to be extremely costly to the environment. A good example is UPVC Double Glazing - designed for maximum insulation but not economical on the environment in its production or disposal.
However, these effects have to be weighed against the impacts of other materials. For example, wood and aluminium - both of which have their own impacts on the environment, such as production, and in the case of wood - preventative treatment during use.
The Building Research Establishment published a paper in 2000 called a ‘green' guide to construction materials in which Life Cycle Assessment studies of various materials are used to produce a point of reference for house builders and designers on what their environmental impacts are.
Energy Efficiency Best Practice in Housing have established through research that there is global pressure to ensure that construction materials are sustainable. An EEBPH guide to good practice has described the Building Research Establishment Green Guide as ‘definitive [] developed over 20 years and supported by the National House Building Council.' (EEBPH 2002). However, trying to ensure that these materials are used in the building of new social housing is a very different matter as these homes need to be affordable to both the Local Authority who are funding them and to the prospective inhabitants.
How cost effective is energy saving for the consumer?
Table 3 shows how long it takes to payback the original money outlay for retrofitting domestic measures from the savings made in fuel costs.

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