Waste streams are not unalterable

An interesting point, in light of Albany's landfill woes:

"The London Borough of Ealing issued a contract for a total waste minimisation solution, not simply a contract for refuse collection and another one for recycling. In this instance, the Council was buying an outcome, waste minimisation, with the precise approach to meeting that outcome left up to the contractor."

Although a lot of what they are doing (MS Word file) is education stuff or lobbying for legislative changes, there's some interesting concrete items in there, such as delivering free composters to households and schools; subsidizing cloth diaper ("real nappies") purchases and laundering services; and conducting its own waste audit and waste reduction plan for government operations.