Issue - meetings

Councillor Ann Beech, portfolio holder for Environment and Recycling, introduced a report updating the Cabinet on the extension of the range of material recycling opportunities for residents collected on the kerbside.  The report aimed to highlight the importance to reuse and recycle waste via the new revised waste hierarchy and demonstrate that the current service provided residents with a system that met their needs, complied with legislation and ensured that waste was dealt with in an environmentally responsible, safe yet simple and flexible manner.

The change extended the number of bring sites where batteries and waste electrical and electronic equipment could be recycled from three to six, and the portfolio holder also proposed that the provision be added to the existing bring site at Loggerheads.

Resolved:

(1)               That the extension of the range of materials (Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) and batteries) that can be presented in the council blue box for recycling and reuse, be acknowledged;

(2)               That the increase in the number of bring sites that have capacity to recycle WEEE from three to six, be acknowledged; and

(3)               That the provision also be added to the existing bring site at Loggerheads.