The Resource and Waste Management Strategy sets out the Council’s strategy for managing waste and resources to help meet the priorities set out in the Community and Corporate Plan. In light of, the emerging Community and Corporate Plan 2023-2043 the Resource and Waste Management Strategy will be reviewed to ensure the strategy continues to align with current priorities.

As the Resource and Waste Management Strategy forms part of the Council’s Policy Framework, there is a requirement to undertake consultation on any changes.

That the Council be recommended to:

1.    Amend the sixth paragraph under Action 2 of the Resource and Waste Management Strategy to read:

“Whilst we will maintain fortnightly residual waste collections, Wwe will develop operational waste collection policies.  This will ,includeing a robust side waste policy with associated reporting by collection crews, which will help to target support to the correct households.  Controls over residual waste delivered to the Household Waste Recycling Centre will also be implemented.”

2.    Extend the timeframe for the strategy to 2025 so that work can continue against the Actions within the Strategy.

To provide clarity within the Council’s Policy Framework about the future plans for the collection of residual waste.

The alternative option would be to make no changes to the Resource and Waste Management Strategy.  However, it was felt that the amendment in relation to the frequency of collection of residual waste provides clarity of the Council’s future plans in this regard.

The recommendation of the Cabinet will be considered by Council in due course.

The Resource and Waste Management Strategy 2020 – 2023 was approved by Council in February 2021.  Amendments were agreed to the Strategy in August 2022 to remove reference to undertake a trial of a reduction in the frequency of residual waste collections.  The Members of the Cabinet expressed a wish to make a further amendment to the Strategy to include a positive statement that fortnightly residual waste collections would continue.

At the meeting Councillor Billings proposed and Councillor David Thomas seconded the motion that was agreed unanimously by the Cabinet, as set out above.

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