Issue - meetings

At its meeting in August the council’s Executive approved public consultation on a revision of the council’s Waste Strategy which had been undertaken as part of the council’s Improvement and Efficiency Programme. This report presents the outcome of that consultation and seeks Executive approval to implement the Strategy.

Appendix B circulated separately.

Appendix also below.

(i)         that the response from the public consultation on the revised Waste Strategy as described in the report from the Director of Environment and Neighbourhood Services at Appendix A be noted;

(ii)        that approval be given to the formal adoption and implementation of the revised Waste Strategy as described in the report and at Appendix B;

(iii)       that the proposed draft implementation plan for the revised Waste Strategy as described in paragraph 7.0 of the report be noted;

(iv)       that the programme of procurement required to implement the revised Waste Strategy as described in paragraph 8.0 of the report be noted;

(v)        that agreement be given to the variation to the existing Waste Services contract with Veolia as set out in Appendix C of the report.

Councillor Powney (Lead Member, Environment, Planning and Culture) introduced the report from the Director of Environment and Neighbourhood Services on the new Waste Collection Strategy and reminded the Executive that at its meeting in August 2010 agreement had been given to go out to consultation on proposed revisions. The report presented the outcome of the consultation and sought approval for implementation. The Executive also had before them an appendix to the report which was not for publication for the following reasons set out in schedule 12(A) of the Local Government Act 1972 namely:

Information in respect of which a claim to legal professional privilege could be maintained in legal proceedings.

Councillor Powney responded to the deputation earlier in the meeting from Brent Friends of the Earth and stated that consideration had been given to several collection streams and that the council had been advised that at this time given the composition and mobility of the Brent population it would be simpler to co-mingle dry recyclables. Additionally, the current green boxes would be too small for the required tonnage. Contamination would always be a problem but a market could be found for recycled materials. Regarding fortnightly collection, Councillor Powney stated that it had been made clear that the council would be collecting the various bins on different weeks. Other issues that had been raised in the consultation related to the design of the bins which had now been changed, and he confirmed that most waste would be disposed of within Europe.

Councillor Powney proposed the recommendations in the report.

RESOLVED:-

(i)         that the response from the public consultation on the revised Waste Strategy as described in the report from the Director of Environment and Neighbourhood Services at Appendix A be noted;

(ii)        that approval be given to the formal adoption and implementation of the revised Waste Strategy as described in the report and at Appendix B;

(iii)       that the proposed draft implementation plan for the revised Waste Strategy as described in paragraph 7.0 of the report be noted;

(iv)       that the programme of procurement required to implement the revised Waste Strategy as described in paragraph 8.0 of the report be noted;

(v)        that agreement be given to the variation to the existing Waste Services contract with Veolia as set out in Appendix C of the report.