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• Reference: 2002/0231-1
• Question by: Darren Johnson
• Meeting date: 13 November 2002

Is the Mayor's waste strategy strong enough to avoid the need for new incinerators in London? .

• Reference: 2002/0234-1
• Question by: Darren Johnson
• Meeting date: 13 November 2002

Are the Mayor's advisors committed to a strong policy for waste minimisation and reduction? .

• Question by: Darren Johnson
• Meeting date: 13 November 2002

Just quickly on the wheelie bins. Is it not the question of how large or small the wheelie bins are and that local authorities have tended to invest in wheelie bins that have turned out to be far too big, that people can shove everything in. If instead they had gone for smaller bins it would have created a lot less problems. When they look at replacing bins, as part of the general replacement programme, they need to look at the smaller size in place of the big ones.

• Reference: 2001/0237-1
• Question by: Darren Johnson
• Meeting date: 14 November 2001

Are you aware that the Thermoselect HTR (High Temperature Recycling) flagship Plant at Karlsruhe, (quoted in the Draft Waste Strategy as having `emissions of less than 10% of those permitted by the German Regulations') was closed down in October 2000 for at least seven months because of a breach of German emission regulations? How will this affect the Waste Strategy's stance on new combustion technologies? .

• Question by: Darren Johnson
• Meeting date: 14 November 2001

So other changes will be made during the public consultation stage, not during the Assembly consultation stage? You'll really just be noting the London Waste Action stakeholder dialogue comments at the moment, you won't be making any changes on those until they go to public consultation?

• Question by: Darren Johnson
• Meeting date: 14 November 2001

So you think there's generally no problem then? It's the sort of plant that you'd like to see research in for getting in to London then?

• Question by: Darren Johnson
• Meeting date: 14 November 2001

Of course there are new technologies and new technologies. In the Environmental Committee's scrutiny report it talks about some alternatives to thermal treatment as part of new technologies and the Mayor looking into that to deal with residual waste issues. How do we intend to take that recommendation forward?

• Question by: Darren Johnson
• Meeting date: 14 November 2001

So in terms of dealing with the residual waste, if you could deal with residual waste using non-thermal new technologies, would that be your preference?

• Question by: Darren Johnson
• Meeting date: 14 November 2001

Have you considered any other non-thermal new technologies? Are you looking at any of those, such as mechanical biological treatment?

• Question by: Darren Johnson
• Meeting date: 14 November 2001

But you will take seriously the Environment Committee's recommendation to look at non-thermal new technologies?