Issue details

At the Cabinet meeting held on 21 July 2015 members considered a report

which set out the process to be followed to achieve compliance with the

Waste Regulations. This described testing whether it is necessary to collect paper, glass, metal and plastic separately to increase the quantity of high quality material collected for recycling. It then set out the application of tests to establish if it is technically, environmentally and economically practicable (TEEP) to collect these materials separately. These tests were applied to the most economically advantageous tenders submitted for Lot 1 (provision of a materials recovery facility for managing dry recyclable material collected under Lot 5 and the design and build of two household recycling centres), and Lot 5 (waste and recycling collection services).

Further work has now been undertaken on the application of these tests and a further report was considered by Cabinet on 10 November. At the meeting Cabinet members resolved:

(i)              To note the results of the application of the necessity and TEEP tests carried out to date on the tendered collection services, note that it is not environmentally or economically practicable to collect the four materials separately, and agree that further work should be done on the environmental practicability test to take account of air quality and the impact of the reprocessing of the recyclable materials.

(ii)             To agree that the Cabinet Member for Strategic Planning (Strategic and Development Management), Property, Waste and Strategic Housing will sign off the final report in accordance with the protocol for Cabinet Member delegated decision making, subject to the work carried out in accordance with the proposal  above confirming that the system for collection of dry recyclables should be co-mingled using the blue lidded bin for all materials excluding glass which should be collected from the black box, and subject to there being no material objections raised.

(iii)            To agree that the system for collection of dry recyclables should be co-mingled using the blue lidded bin for all materials excluding glass, which should be collected from the black box.