Questions to the Mayor of London – answered at on 21 September 2022.
Can you please confirm where the waste from the Olympic site in Stratford was transported to and was any of it taken to Arnolds Field, in Launders Lane, Rainham Essex.
The Olympic Delivery Authority (ODA) oversaw the demolition of over 215 buildings at the Olympic Park site in Stratford, alongside a number of walls, bridges and roads, plus extensive works to the landscape.
When the Enabling Works contracts for the Park remediation and demolition programme were awarded, a target was set for 90 per cent of waste materials to be re-used or recycled. This target was exceeded, with the programme achieving a 98.5% re-use and recycling rate.
Those materials which could not be re-used or recycled were transferred to various landfill sites. Information on specific storage locations was held by the Olympic Delivery Authority (ODA), before transferring to the National Archives in the Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) when the ODA was dissolved in March 2014. While some limited ODA planning data is held by the London Legacy Development Corporation (LLDC), the majority of ODA information, including that on waste storage, is now held by national government.