Issue - meetings
Addendum to the West London Joint Municipal Waste Management Strategy
Meeting: 15/09/2009 - Executive (Item 5)
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This report presents an addendum to the previously adopted 2006 West London Waste Authority (WLWA) Joint Municipal Waste Management Strategy (JMWMS) and seeks Executive approval for the adoption of that addendum.
Additional documents:
Decision:
(i) that approval be given to the adoption of the Addendum (attached as Appendix A to the report from the Director of Environment and Culture) to the existing Joint Waste Management Strategy;
(ii) that the measures required by constituent boroughs to increase recycling be noted;
(iii) that the WLWA proposal to review civic amenity site provision in the WLWA area be noted;
(iv) that the proposed changes to operational governance of the WLWA and borough partnership be noted.
Minutes:
The report from the Director of Environment and Culture provided an addendum to the previously adopted 2006 West London Waste Authority (WLWA) Joint Municipal Waste Management Strategy (JMWMS) and sought Executive approval for the adoption of that addendum. The WLWA had already adopted the addendum subject to its co-adoption by the constituent boroughs. The report also set out other, very preliminary, proposals that were to be considered by Brent and the other constituent boroughs as part of a longer-term vision for sustainable waste management in the WLWA area.
Councillor Van Colle (Lead Member, Environment, Planning and Culture) in commending the report to the Executive for approval, stated that he looked forward to the implementation of the recommendations, pointing out that the target of recycling and composting 70% of municipal wastewas fundamental to the strategy. When questioned on the market place’s capacity to use recycled waste, Councillor Van Colle conceded that this was a difficult issue but assured that technology to improve recycling was under active consideration. He was pleased that recycling rates in the borough continued to improve. Councillor Blackman (Lead Member, Resources) commented on a lack of clarity within the financial implications and Richard Saunders responded that approval of the strategy at this stage did not commit to extra costs and that the aim was to encourage a reduction in residue waste as future land fill tax rises would lead to increased costs.
The Executive agreed the report.
RESOLVED:-
(i) that approval be given to the adoption of the Addendum (attached as Appendix A to the report from the Director of Environment and Culture) to the existing Joint Waste Management Strategy;
(ii) that the measures required by constituent boroughs to increase recycling be noted;
(iii) that the WLWA proposal to review civic amenity site provision in the WLWA area be noted;
(iv) that the proposed changes to operational governance of the WLWA and borough partnership be noted.