Issue - meetings
Waste/ Recycling Collection- Updated Policies for Householders
Meeting: 24/07/2012 - Cabinet (Item 35)
35 Waste/ Recycling Collection- Updated Policies for Householders 
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(Cabinet Member with Special Responsibility Councillor Smith)
Report of the Head of Environmental Services
Additional documents:
Minutes:
(Cabinet Member with Special Responsibility Councillor Smith)
Cabinet received a report from the Head of Environmental Services to seek approval for a set of updated policies for household waste collection / recycling.
The options, options analysis, including risk assessment and officer preferred option, were set out in the report as follows:
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Option 1:To adopt the set of policies outlines |
Option 2: To adopt only parts of the policies outlined |
Option 3: Not to adopt the policy outlined |
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Advantages |
Clear guidelines for officers to work to.
Consistent service to householders.
Encourages householders to maximise recycling.
Achieve the success measures set out in the corporate priority Clean, Green & Safe Places.
Continue to deliver the objectives of the Lancashire Waste Strategy 2008-2020
Supports the control measures for monitoring costs of replacing wheeled bins and recycling boxes .
Can be delivered within existing budgets.
Tried and tested and adapted to local needs.
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Clear guidelines for officers and consistent service to householders where parts of the draft Policy have been adopted.
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Disadvantages |
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Lack of clarity and consistency, where parts of the draft Policy have not been adopted.
Potential of not achieving all the objectives of Clean, Green & Safe Places.
May not be possible to deliver within existing budgets.
Not tried and tested
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No clear guidelines for officers to work to.
No consistency in service to householders.
No restraint to grey bin capacity to householders.
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Risks |
Dissatisfaction of some householders that the quality of the service falls below their level of expectation |
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Dissatisfaction of some householders at perceived differences in level of service
The potential to lead to continued budget requests, through the budget process, if requests for replacements continue to rise.
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Option 1 – to formally agree the tried and tested set of policies as set out above was the officer preferred option. The adoption of these would provide clear and consistent guidelines for both officers and householders, encourage householders to maximise recycling and make the most efficient use of limited Council resources.
Councillor Smith proposed, seconded by Councillor Hamilton-Cox:
“(1) That Cabinet approves the waste / recycling collection updated policies for householders as appended to the minutes.”
Councillors then voted:-
Resolved unanimously:
(1) That Cabinet approves the waste / recycling collection updated policies for householders as appended to the minutes.
Officers responsible for effecting the decision:
Head of Environmental Services
Reasons for making the decision:
The decision will enable the waste/recycling collection policies, which have been designed to take account of the diverse needs of the residents of the district, to be applied consistently throughout the district. The policies have evolved over a long period of time and have been reviewed and updated to take into account feedback from residents, elected members, staff and best practice from other areas.