New plea on London's rubbish mountain

A campaign to encourage Londoners to help reduce the growing rubbish mountain is to be launched today.

The Recycle for London campaign is to be unveiled by Mayor Ken Livingstone and environment minister Elliot Morley at the GLA headquarters, City Hall.

The aim is to persuade everyone who lives in the capital to recycle junk mail, newspapers, glass jars as well as bottles, food, cans, drinks containers,
unwanted clothes and linen and to compost garden and kitchen waste.

The problem is that landfill space is running out and only 9% of Londoners' rubbish is recycled.

But the Government says figures show this must increase to 25% by 2005.

The London Recycling Fund, set up by the Mayor, the Association of London Government and London Waste Action, is distributing a total of £24.9 million to the boroughs, specifically for projects that will make recycling easier for all capital dwellers.