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London CRN calls for transparency in recycling audit arrangements - 06.12.05  
Last night’s BBC1 programme “Real Story” has left householders feeling betrayed and questioning the purpose of their recycling efforts. The programme has opened up the debate on how we can ensure the public keeps recycling and that the materials households recycle are reprocessed in worthwhile and environmentally beneficial ways.  

Debating the future of waste planning in London - 30.11.05  
Published in September 2005, the “Scoping Paper on the proposal for a London single waste authority” set out to underline the need for a new body of the GLA that would gain responsibility for the planning and disposal of waste in London.

London Community Recyclers in Promotional Booklet - 28.10.05   
Sustainable waste management is playing an increasingly important role in our lives: both as householders and as stakeholders involved in the debate about how it can best be delivered.

Community Waste Works - 05.10.05  
London Community Recycling Network (London CRN) is celebrating the launch of the new member case study booklet, “Community Waste Works”. The official launch will take place at the Function Room at the Old Kings Head, Borough High Street, SE1 from 6pm on Thursday 6th October 2005.

No More Predict-and-Provide Facilities - 30.09.05
Waste minimisation is no longer the preserve of people in woolly jumpers making pen holders out of egg box cartons, or the distributors of those small unbleached cotton shopping bags, of which many households will have at least one.

Launch of New Fund to Support Community Composting in North London -06.09.05
The London Community Recycling Network (London CRN) and the North London Waste Authority (NLWA) today announced a new Fund to encourage community composting in seven London boroughs.

Why is London still rubbish at recycling? - 31.08.05  
The recently published national recycling league tables show London languishing in second-worst place, better only than the North-East. 

Community recycling schemes can help improve recycling rates - 29.07.05 
England and Wales is still at the bottom of the league table with its 17% recycling rate shoulder to shoulder with Greece (9%).

Reuse delivers the solution for furniture and appliances - 17.07.05  
Six months after the launch of the London Furniture Reuse Network (London FRN), the furniture reuse message appears to be getting across to the general public.

People are still not doing enough to recycle and reduce the UK's waste mountain, warns the government! - 30.06.05
Is it the people, a lack of available services, too little awareness or just a bad attitude to waste?

Is it Just About Shifting Tonnage? - 29.06.05
If the UK fails to meet its Landfill Directive targets it will be fined £0.5 million per day by the EU. In addition, due to a number of factors, London has a target to be 85% self-sufficient in waste management capacity by 2020: this against a backdrop of ever increasing waste arisings.

Newham a greener, cleaner and healthier borough - 13.06.05
Councillor Pat Sheekey showed her support for making Newham a greener, cleaner and healthier borough by signing the London Sustainability Weeks (LSW2005) electric car on Thursday June 9th at HomeStore.

Celebrating London’s recycling and reuse day - 09.06.05
Across London a wealth of community based recycling and reuse activities are helping to make the capital a cleaner, greener and healthier city.

Celebrating London's Community Recyclers - 25.05.05 05
London CRN is running two events for London Sustainability Weeks 2005 (LSW2005) to support and celebrate the work that its members are doing to help make London a cleaner, greener city.

Hot topics - 08.05.05
With ever-more stringent tonnage-based targets for local authorities to reach, the pressure is on to recycle as much waste as possible.

Master Composters - 14.04.05
According to figures published by the government recently, Britons currently waste roughly a third of the food they buy.

enhance live! - 08.04.05
enhance is ready to go live and offer its complimentary services, support and advice to London-based organisations working along the recycling, reuse and remanufacturing supply chain.

London CRN Compost Networks expand to Havering and Redbridge - 04.04.05
London CRN has secured funding from Defra’s Waste Partnership Fund to create the Havering and Redbridge Composting Network.

London CRN secures funding to continue Building Partnership project - 04.04.05
London CRN has secured funding from Defra’s Waste Partnership Fund to continue its successful Building Partnerships project, which aims to create relationships between community groups and local authorities. As a result of its work, over £2.5 million

London CRN secures funding to expand home composting in Tower Hamlet - 04.04.05
London CRN has secured funding from Defra’s Waste Partnership Fund to create the Tower Hamlets Composting Network.

End of Sharing Resources - 31.03.05
Launched in the spring of 2002, Sharing Resources – the no-cost, tailor made consultancy and training programme from London CRN – has come to an end.

Croydon ARC grows in Strength - 23.03.05
Croydon ARC (Appliance Reuse Centre), which London CRN played an integral part in securing funding for, has continued to grow and benefit from the London CRN business support service.

London CRN helps TRAID set out their long-term strategy - 18.03.05
In the summer of 2004 TRAID (Textile Recycling for Aid and International Development) approached London CRN for consultancy advice and received an organisational review of the current strategy and structure.

Flexibility - the way forward for waste management - 12.03.05
On the 15th of March, as London CRN hosted a seminar tackling the ‘great commingled vs. source-separation’ debate’, London’s waste exports crisis deepened.   

London CRN launch the London Furniture Reuse Network - 24.02.05
London CRN will launch the London Furniture Reuse Network (London FRN) on Thursday 3rd March 2005.

Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) explained - 22.02.05
Almost 300 delegates learned about the possible implications of the Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) Directive, due to come into force this summer.

London CRN announce new Managament Committee - 14.02.05
At the Annual General Meeting (AGM), the Management Committee presented their annual report and members elected a new Management Committee for 2005.

Building Partnerships and Procuring Social Enterprises - 07.02.05
It’s not often you can say that LB Tower Hamlets is an example for others to follow.

enhance best practice in recycling - 02.02.05
The eagerly anticipated new business support service for London’s recycling sector, has arrived. Organisations can now apply online for support through the enhance programme.

London Community Recycling Network’s AGM & Social - 14.01.05
London Community Recycling Network (London CRN) will be holding its Annual General Meeting and ‘First Thursday Social’ for Community Recyclers and Local Authorities

The recipe for ‘Building Partnerships and Procuring Social Enterprises’ - 11.01.05
Social enterprise procurement is one of the hot topics of the moment, but what does it actually mean? How do you go about putting into practice a procurement strategy that actively includes social enterprises without breaching procurement guidelines?