A spokesman speaking on behalf of the London Assembly has incited the mayor’s office to improve upon available recycling facilities for London’s public transport system.
According to Mike Tuffrey, environment spokesman for the Lib-Dems in the assembly, Transport for London’s free morning newspaper deal was required to provide fully-integrated recycling facilities. However, Mr Tuffrey says that those services were never rolled out throughout the city, and are now seriously lacking. He added that each day more than 1.5 million newspapers are given away fro free across the city. Commuters do not have access to the facilities to properly recycling unwanted newspapers, he added. Mr Tuffrey also attacked TfL’s ability to raise the recycling rate, saying that there had been no noticeable increase in commercial or industrial waste recycling efforts.
The comments came at the height of Recycle Week, which was organised to promote recycling and raise awareness on proactive recycling habits. Recycle Week will also be using the forum to promote an array of items that are produced with concern for the environment in mind.
In similar news, Coca-Cola has made a large impact on recycling in London. The beverage company announced that it was collecting over four tonnes of recyclable containers per day with its new Recycle Zone waste bins. The soda maker rolled out the scheme across the capital last year and since has managed to recycle a large portion of its own products.
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