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Garden Waste Collections

Meeting: 25/11/2015 - Environment and Urban Renewal Policy and Performance Board (Item 28)

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Minutes:

The Board considered a report of the Strategic Director, Community and Resources, which provided an update on the Council’s garden waste collection service.

 

Members were reminded of the introduction of a charge for the collection of garden waste which was introduced as part of the 2015/16 budget setting process. This report provided Members with an update on the scheme since the introduction of this charge on 1 June 2015.

 

Service take-up was reported to be 36% of eligible households (15,215 households), with the cost of the service set at £30 per bin per year (£25 if paid for online).It was noted that income received from subscriptions was sufficient to cover the operation, management and administrative costs associated with the service, which meant that the objective of making the service self-financing had been achieved. The report set out details on the payment rates, incidents of fly tipping, the administration of the scheme and an analysis of kerbside collections and of garden waste deposited at the Council’s Household Waste Recycling Centres.

 

 The Board wished to place on record their thanks to Officers that had introduced and managed the implementation of the scheme and to those Members of the Waste Topic Group for their contribution.

 

RESOLVED: That the report be noted.