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Report of the Director of Built Environment

The Cabinet considered the report of the Director of Built Environment which sought approval to the adoption of the Joint Recycling and Municipal Waste Management Strategy for Merseyside and the Sefton Council Waste Action Plan.

This was a Key Decision and was included in the Council’s Forward Plan of Key Decisions.

RESOLVED:

That approval be given to:

(1)       the adoption of the Joint Recycling and Waste Management Strategy for Merseyside set out in Appendix 1 to the report; and

(2)       the adoption of the Sefton Council Waste Action Plan set out in Appendix 2 to the report.

Report of the Director of Built Environment.

Link to Appendix 1 referred to within the report:-

http://modgov.sefton.gov.uk/moderngov/documents/s36618/JRWMSAnnex1.doc.pdf

Link to Appendix 2 referred to within the report:-

http://modgov.sefton.gov.uk/moderngov/documents/s36616/JRWMSAnnex2.doc.pdf

The Committee considered the report of the Director of Built Environment which featured details of the Joint Recycling and Municipal Waste Management Strategy for Merseyside, which was first published in 2005 and then subsequently updated and approved by each Merseyside Authority in early 2008.

It was reported that a full review of the strategy began in 2009 with various workshops being held in March 2010 and January 2011 in order to contribute to the development of the strategic objectives, targets and prioritised delivery options presented in the Strategy.

It was further reported that a programme of presentations were delivered to all Overview and Scrutiny Committees across Merseyside including Sefton and that they had all supported the direction of the Strategy.

The report set out that the Merseyside Waste Disposal Authority had approved the final draft strategy “Resources Merseyside”, appendix one to the report, in November 2011 and required formal adoption by each Merseyside Metropolitan Authority to become the agreed joint strategy.

It was reported that the headline objectives and targets for the Merseyside Strategy were to:

·        Recycle 50% of household waste by 2020;

·        Reduce the amount of Local Authority collected Municipal Waste landfilled to 10% by 2020 and 2% by 2030;

·        Demonstrate continuous improvement in the reduction of carbon emissions from the local authority collected municipal waste management service on Merseyside (from a baseline of 33,384 tonnes of CO2 in 2011);

·        All waste management choices should seek to optimise carbon reduction and prioritise and capture materials that offer greater carbon benefits, wherever practicable;

·        Maximise waste prevention and reduce the total amount of waste arising produced per household on Merseyside by 8% by 2030 (from 1,300kgs in 2009/10 to 1,227 kgs in 2020 and 1,180kgs in 2030);

·        Raise awareness and understanding of waste management issues to encourage and support residents and business organisations to change their behaviour and take part, particularly in waste prevention and resource efficiency activities; and

·        Demonstrate continuous improvement in reducing the ecological footprint of local authority waste management services on Merseyside (from a baseline of 0.038 hectares per person in 2011).

The following key elements of the Sefton Council Waste Action Plan were reported:

To meet 50% recycling and composting of household waste by 2020 (currently 40%) by: -

·        Supporting waste reduction initiatives;

·        Introducing plastic and cardboard kerbside collection, by no later than the 2014 statutory deadline;

·        Increasing the amount of food waste collected and composted;

·        Recycling collected bulky item materials; and

·        Recycling/composting street sweepings.

Members raised concerns regarding the collection of side waste.  It was reported that the various refuse collecting crews were aware of the Councils Policy on side collection.

Members raised concerns regarding behaviours and the issue of residents reverting back into old habits, over filling bins leaving the lids up and not following or using the recycling procedure correctly.  It was reported that there was a requirement to consistently remind residents of the Refuse/Recycling Collection Scheme and Policy which operated within Sefton, to encourage the desired behaviour, however the cost associated with such  ...  view the full minutes text for item 48