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What's new? Pollutants and their sources
Air quality monitoring A daily summary of air quality in the borough can be heard by calling our air quality line on 020 8871 6433 or by visiting the link above. Air quality review and assessment
As a result of the first round of the air quality review and assessment process we have declared the whole of the borough an air quality management area. In 2004 the borough was required to complete an Updating and Screening assessment of Air Quality under the second round of review and assessment, to fulfill its objectives. The report provides a new assessment to identify those matters that have changed since the last round of review and assessment, and which might lead to a risk of the objectives being exceeded. The outcome of this report is that no further detailed assessment is required as the exceedences of the air quality objectives were already identified in the first round of review and assessment. The Updating and Screening Assessment can be downloaded below.
In 2005 we were required to complete a Progress Report on Air Quality under the second round of review and assessment. The aim of the Progress Report is to report progress on implementing local air quality management and report progress in achieving concentrations below the air quality objectives. In order to do this the progress report provides information on new monitoring results, and any new local developments that might affect air quality since the time that the Updating and Screening Assessment was produced. The Progress Report can be downloaded below.
In 2006 we were required to complete an Updating and Screening assessment of Air Quality under the third round of review and assessment, to fulfill its objectives. The report provides a new assessment to identify those matters that have changed since the last round of review and assessment, and which might lead to a risk of the objectives being exceeded. The outcome of this report is that no further detailed assessment is required as the exceedences of the air quality objectives were already identified in the earlier rounds of review and assessment. The Updating and Screening Assessment can be downloaded below.
2007 Air Quality Progress Report
2008 Air Quality Progress Report
Air Quality Action Plan An air quality action plan should include those measures that the local authority intends to implement to ensure that, in future, air quality will meet national air quality standards. The Air Quality Action Plan for Wandsworth can be downloaded from the link below, together with the maps refered to in the document, Appendix C. The document and maps are available in Adobe's pdf format and you can download Adobe Reader free of charge from Adobe.
In 2006 we were required to complete a progress report on the progress towards the completion of actions designated within the air quality action plan to achieve air quality improvements within the borough. The progress report can be dowloaded below.
Waste management The Environment Agency is the authority responsible for the regulation of the waste industry. They are responsible for ensuring waste produced in England and Wales is correctly disposed of. They work with industry, local authorities and Government to ensure that hazardous waste is dealt with so that it does not pose a threat to human health or the environment. They encourage reuse and recycling and support the development of facilities to deal with hazardous waste. The Environment Agency has a duty to maintain a public register of waste management licences that they grant, and current or recent applications to the authority for licences. The registers are available on the Environment Agency website. They are fully searchable and companies can be traced by entering various fields including Postcode, Town, Company name or Licence, registration or permit number. In addition, the Environmental Protection Act 1990 also places a duty on waste collection authorities to maintain a public register containing copies of the waste management licences as they relate to the treatment, keeping or disposal of controlled waste within the local authority's area. The Environmental Services Division maintains the public register.
The register is available for inspection free of charge from the One Stop Shop, 5th Floor The Town Hall, Wandsworth High Street, London SW18 2PU during normal office hours. Members of the public are entitled to take details of entries on the register, or request photocopies, for which a reasonable charge will be made. Radioactive substances Copies of all applications, authorisations and registrations under the Radioactive Substances Act, and other relevant documentation, including details of enforcement or prohibition notices, and records of any convictions are required to be made publicly available by the Environment Agency. Register information is available on the Environment Agency website. The information is fully searchable and companies can be traced by entering various fields including Postcode, Town, Company name or Licence, registration or permit number. In addition a public register containing this information is maintained by us, and updated with information from the Environment Agency, as necessary. The register is available for inspection free of charge at the One Stop Shop, 5th Floor The Town Hall, Wandsworth High Street, London SW18 2PU during normal office hours. Members of the public are entitled to take details of entries on the register, or request photocopies, for which a reasonable charge will be made. Smoke control areas All properties within the borough are within a smoke control area. You can download an advice leaflet on smoke control areas in Adobe's pdf format.
If you live in an Smoke Control Area you are committing an offence if you:
There are some exceptions, for example where:
Only 'authorised smokeless fuels' are allowed to be used within the borough, these include solid smokeless fuels [such as coke, coalite, sunbright etc],gas and oil. Your fuel supplier will be able to advise you on the most suitable fuel for your heating/cooking appliance. Get a list of authorised fuels and view a list of exempted fireplaces. Smoke control legislation does not apply to garden bonfires, we do however try to discourage people from having garden bonfires which can cause serious nuisance to neighbouring properties. Further advice is available in the bonfires section on this site. |