Issue - meetings

1.1 

That the Waste Minimisation and Recycling Service Aims and Objectives for 2015/16 as set out in paragraph 3.4 of the report, be agreed.

1.2 

That as part of the Budget Proposals 2015-16 report, Council, at its meeting of 26 February 2015, agreed the following budget items, be noted:

·         Review recycling points on estates to make them more accessible and, following pilots, move to communal recycling on the estates where doorstep recycling is currently still offered.

·         Introduce the ‘village principle’ into Street Environment Services by creating area-based teams.

·         Reduce the number of refuse collection vehicles by, following pilots, moving towards communal kitchen waste and green waste collection.

·         Complete planned reduction in the Bright Sparks service’s reliance on Council funding.

1.3.

That borough-wide changes to food waste and garden waste collections after a pilot, and to communal recycling on Estates, all as set out in paragraphs 4.6 and 4.7 of the report be noted.

1.4.

That authority to agree the 2015/16 charges for bookable garden waste home-collections and for garden waste bags be delegated to the Corporate Director of Environment and Regeneration in consultation with the Executive Member for Environment and Transport be agreed.