Issue - decisions

It is recommended that:

(i)               The 139 paper only mini recycling sites at schools be closed from 31 August 2012.

(ii)              The waste service include with the Action and Communications Plan provision of information and advice to Local Authority schools about options for dealing with their recyclates.

(iii)             Plastic bottle and cardboard collections be withdrawn from all relevant mini recycling sites, from 1 October 2012.

(iv)            Promotion of the kerbside collection of these materials should form part of the preparations for this change.

(v)              The current plastic bottle and cardboard recycling sites should instead accommodate the paper, glass, cans and textile bins currently deployed at 23 least well performing traditional sites, which will be closed from 1 October 2012.

(vi)            In response to owner requests, sites at Ogbourne St George and Shaw Primary School be closed from 1 October 2012.  These should be replaced by two sites on the southern fringes of Salisbury, which would otherwise be closed, to retain a good network in this area.  However, negotiations should be undertaken with Ludgershall Town Council, to retain a site in the town.

(vii)           The cessation of summer evening opening (Wednesday and Thursday evenings 5.00 p.m. to 7.00 p.m., from April to October) at Household Recycling Centres be confirmed.

(viii)          The scope for changing Household Recycling Centre opening hours to provide access in the early evenings and the same hours at all sites should be reviewed, and secured as part of the procurement of a replacement service in July 2016, or earlier if possible.

(ix)            These changes are implemented according to the Action and Communications Plan in Appendix 6.

A list of the resulting changes to local recycling sites is attached, at Appendix 5.