Waste Select Committee 6 June 2005

Introduction 1 Waste Select Committee Report - Recycling In Norwich: 25 th January Recommendations endorsed by full Council Amendment: -Full Council Meeting: 1 st March Agreed Revenue Budget of £90k for additional services

Introduction 2 Capital Programme –Agreed May –Capital for recycling, 225K Capital for full programme –Select Committee report and amendment, 456K

Overview Team news Actions Update Additional Schemes Capital Summary Long Term Objectives

Team News Recruitment successful – for 3FTE –Start dates: Mid July to Mid August Structure –0.6 Senior Street Scene officer –3.4 Street and Waste Services Officer Roles and Responsibilities –Allocated Wards and Projects –Whole concept (Holistic) approach –Contract management –Service Improvement

Actions Update 1.Increase participation, coverage and impact of existing green box scheme 2.Provide alternative service where green box is not appropriate 3.Provide service to council flats 4.Provide mini banks in city centre 5.Add more recyclable commodities

1. Increase Participation Promotion in “Citizen” Leaflet –distributed week of 21 st March and 3 rd April with indoor baskets to 2000 homes Website review – delayed pending Capital money decision. Target June 13th Trial areas (rounds in Heartsease, Bowthorpe and Mile Cross)

2. Extend Existing Service Green boxes “infill” –Ongoing, no extra cost. Local bins –91 more sites surveyed Leaflets & baskets –72 sites with local bins already provided - distributed. New developments, supplied as required Sites still to be surveyed – Defra funded consultant (Waste Watch) obtained for research – options for provision to private flats. Report target date – September 2005

3. Service to Council Flats Working Group with Housing formed, initial meeting included tenant reps. CityCare seconded staff member working with Housing for service to council flats, in preliminary stages. Priority – deck access flats. For report in December 2005 if extra funding required, otherwise to be implemented when solutions agreed.

4. Services in City Centre Mini Recycling Banks Trial Scheme Target date for trial: October 2005 For report in December 2005 Full scheme can await further capital decisions? (200K)

5. Add more Commodities Green Waste –No budget allocation. Research task for new staff. Cans in Green Boxes –Target start date July 2005

Additional Schemes £90k Revenue Funding Agreed Cans for Flats Plastic Bring-Banks –Development of both roll-out programmes awaiting capital decision

Cans for Flats Known sites: –72 sites already in place –91 sites recently surveyed –Target start date October 2005 Not included: –Over 1,000 sites still to be surveyed, mostly private, part of WasteWatch audit.

Plastic Banks Two city-centre supermarket sites planned –Contractor quote obtained and checked –Ready to contact supermarkets. –Target start date July 2005

Capital Summary Cans in Green boxes – 56K Local bins – surveyed areas – 7K Cans for flats – 65K Trial Mini Recycling Banks – 9K Plastics – bring sites – 4K Second Green box for targeted areas – 84K TOTAL – 225K

This leaves –Extending MRB (200K) –Risk that not all who want a second box can have one.

Long Term Objectives Waste Select Committee terms of reference: –Waste Resource Management and Education Park –Joint scheme for processing recyclables Preliminary talks -Norfolk Waste Partnership meeting June 7. Wheel bins –Waste reduction and alternate week collections

Issues for Officers 1 Research 2001 (Attitudes to Waste Management) –No to alternate week collections –See alternate weeks a reduced level of service –Changes that are not universal - unfair to smaller households (discriminatory) –Concern about how much LA can influence waste generated Research 2004 (Tenants and Leaseholders) –Easier for bulky items to be collected by caretaker –Not willing/able to travel to take bulky items away.

Issues for Officers 2 BVPIs require more recycling and less waste overall. Twin bin schemes appear to reduce waste overall Re-use - reduction to landfill and change in credits payment due April Organics – facility for processing – increase waste collected (garden waste) – diversion from landfill (LATS)

Waste Select Committee 6 June 2005