In response to e-Government initiatives relating to recycling, Western Riverside needed a system that would collate information on the type and amount of waste and recyclable rubbish that is discarded by the residents of four London boroughs. The information needed to be centrally collected and maintained, communicated efficiently to the individual boroughs and consolidated on a website to be made available to the general public. Previously, information was collected via a computerised weighbridge system and emailed to the constituent councils on a daily or weekly basis. Problems occurred with accuracy and the communication of corrections.