Issue - meetings
Waste Collection Review
Meeting: 16/07/2018 - Communities, Transport and Environment Policy Development and Scrutiny Panel (Item 23)
Waste Collection Review
There will be a presentation on this item at the meeting.
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Minutes:
The Team Manager, Strategy & Contracts gave a presentation to the Panel, a copy of which can be found online as an appendix to these minutes or on the Panel’s Minute Book. A summary is set out below.
What Changed?
• 57,600 households received 140 litre bins / 3,200 households issued larger 240 litre bins
• 10,500 received 140 litre reusable rubbish bags (fortnightly) / 6,360 received 70 litre reusable rubbish bag (weekly)
• 1,350 properties on weekly black sack collection (city centre and small proportion bin rooms) / 5,000 households serviced by bulk communal bins
• Recycling Service in-house
Why did we make these changes?
• To keep our streets cleaner
• To recycle more
• To save money
Background – Service model
• Extensive benchmarking & research into recycling performance and waste collection services offered by other local authorities
• Financial assessments into 5 alternative collection models, narrowed down to 2 that met 3 key objectives.
Changes requested during planning
• Increase in the number of properties eligible for a weekly collection service from the original modelling
• Increase in the amnesty period for the collection of side waste extended from 4 weeks to 12 weeks / Increased education during extended amnesty period.
Implementation
• Letters sent with Council Tax bills in March 2017 to advise of bin/bag allocation and asking residents to get in touch if they had concerns.
• From May – October 2017 Waste Doctor visits to residents who felt their property was unsuitable for wheeled bins or those requesting bigger bins. Hundreds of visits and telephone consultations undertaken.
• The Council’s recycling service brought in-house on 9th September 2017. 85 staff were TUPE’d across from Kier to B&NES council, along with plant, equipment and offices
• The new service began on 6th November 2017
Publicity
• An extensive communications plan “Together we can all make a difference” was implemented including a proactive campaign to encourage people to recycle more
• 106 Roadshow events & community group talks / Over 5000 people reached though face to face contact / 42,000 new recycling containers ordered
• Waste doctors visited 491 properties to discuss personal arrangements
Education & Enforcement
• Two temporary waste awareness officers employed
• Since stopping side waste: 539 properties visited / 181 education letters issued / 665 Breech Notices issued / 8 intent to serves issued
• Many of the bags being dumped were found to be commercial waste being passed off as domestic
• 9 Business issued with warning notice / 2 FPN’s issues for business leaving black sacks by litter bins / 80 new business waste customers
Key Objective – Achieve Financial Savings
• End of the DCLG grant of £450K per annum to retain weekly black sack collections
• 18/19 Budget has been reduced by £450K to reflect this
Key Objective – Increase Recycling
2016/17 tonnes 2017/18 tonnes Difference
Kerbside Recycling 17,975 20,099 +2,124
Food (included above) 4,153 5,323 +1,170
Domestic waste 27,815 23,311 -4,504
collected
April/May 2017 April/May 2018 Difference
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