Waste will be taken through the newly opened Three Mills Lock on the Prescott Channel by 350-tonne barges to a specialist recycling centre in Rainham, Essex.
Materials set
aside for recycling and reuse, including timber, cardboard, plastics and
packaging, will be loaded at a new jetty on the Waterworks River opposite the
Aquatics Centre and travel down to the Thames.
ODA Environment Manager Richard Jackson said: ‘The waterways will be a key feature of the Olympic Park, characterising the parklands and open spaces for spectators in 2012 and the local communities after the Games.
‘During the “big build”, they will also play a key role in our logistics strategy, with barges bringing construction materials into the Park and waste out again. This is vital in helping us meet our sustainability targets and will cut down on the number of lorries travelling on the roads.’
The target set out in the ODA’s Sustainable Development Strategy, published in 2007, stated that 50 per cent of materials (by weight) would be transported by rail or water. In April 2009, the ODA announced that it was achieving 57 per cent of deliveries by rail alone.
