Our environment services priorities and contract documents

Environment Service priorities

Camden Reduction and Recycling Plan: 2023-2025

Camden’s vision is to be a clean, vibrant and sustainable borough.

To achieve this, we will work with our residents, communities and businesses to reduce the use of packaging, particularly plastic, recycle more of our waste and move towards a more circular economy.

A 'circular economy’ is one where we use things for as long as possible, and those that we no longer need or want are repaired, reused, shared or traded to help our community and reduce waste.

Our Reduction and Recycling Plan (RRP) sets out how we intend to do this from 2023 - 2025.

Camden's Reduction and Recycling Plan: 2023-2025

Previous report:

Camden's Reduction and Recycling Plan: 2018-2022 [PDF]

Towards a low waste north London

The North London Waste Authority and member boroughs are preparing a new Joint Waste Strategy to provide the framework for waste management in north London up to 2040.

Environment Service priorities and contract

Camden has four priorities for its environmental services:

managing Camden’s local environmental quality to an agreed standard
minimising rubbish and maximising participation in reuse and recycling
generating additional surplus from business recycling and waste services
increasing local employment opportunities and local economic development

Our initial environmental services contract with Veolia was in place until 2024-25. This contract has been extended for 8 years from 1 April 2025, as permitted under the original terms of the contract.

The key environment services contract documents are:

The contract is reviewed annually. The latest available report is for 2022-23:

Environment services contract Annual Service Review 2022-23 [PDF]

Previous reports: