24/01/07 Wrexham County Borough Council Municipal Waste Management Strategy June 2004 Dealing with our Rubbish – Recycling for a Better Future

24/01/07 2 Chronology 16 April 2002Executive Board DES/09/02 Proposals for Municipal Waste Management Strategy 25 June 2003Environment & Regeneration Scrutiny Committee CCSO/11/03S Draft Waste Strategy 15 September 2003Environment & Regeneration Scrutiny Committee CCSO/20/03S Results of Public Consultation carried out in May/June September 2003Executive Board DES/35/03 Results of Public Consultation carried out in May/June November 2003Executive Board CCSO/21/03 WAG Consultation Document – Emissions Trading Bill, including the Municipal Waste Management (Wales) Regulations 18 May 2004Executive Board PAW/05/04 Approval to adopt Draft WCBC Municipal Waste Strategy and to submit to WAG

24/01/07 3 Recent (2006) independent reviews were very supportive of the Council’s Waste Strategy 1.WAG / WLGA Waste Peer Review (April 2006) 2.WAO Review of Environment (September 2006)

24/01/07 4 Definition of Municipal Waste Rubbish that the Council is responsible for managing including:-  Household waste  Street sweepings  Litter  Some Commercial and trade waste  Parks and gardens waste  Schools waste  Fly tipping  Abandoned cars

24/01/07 5 Why do we need a Strategy? 1.WAG requirement 2.Waste mountain is growing 3.Environmental and economic cost of landfill (Multi-million pound taxes and fines) 4.European and National legislation 5.National, Regional and Local Planning Policy 6.Meeting European and National Targets 7.Golden thread is SUSTSTAINABILITY

24/01/07 6 PUBLIC CONSULTATION “Dealing with our Rubbish” questionnaire was distributed to every household in May / June 2003; 16% response rate; Independent analysis by data processing company; Citizens Panel – August 2003; Close correlation between the main survey results and the views of the Citizens Panel

24/01/07 7 Key outcomes from 2003 Public Consultation  95% supported Kerbside recycling and 93% would increase their recycling rate;  89% supported garden waste collection;  77% supported home composting;  85% Supported neighbourhood recycling centres;  93% agreed for the need to raise public awareness on recycling and waste;  69% agreed with the proposed strategy to produce energy via a thermal-treatment process after recycling and composting as much rubbish as possible.

24/01/07 8 Wrexham’s Recycling Rate 2001/ % 2002/ % 2004/ % 2005/ % 2006/07- ? 2009/10 TARGET - 40 %

24/01/07 ACTION TO DATE FROM JUNE 2004  New Household Waste Recycling Centre built at Bryn Lane, Wrexham Industrial Estate with improved recycling facilities (open 8.00 am pm)  8 new recycling rounds on the ‘Recycle with Michael’ scheme. A further round is due to start in February 2007 bringing the total of people employed on the scheme to approximately 32  37 Recycling Sites with a range of recycling banks, including 25 Neighbourhood Recycling Sites operated in-house

24/01/07 ACTION TO DATE FROM JUNE 2004  Recycling Officers have completed 162 presentations to Schools and Community Groups to date  Approximately 970 Home Composters have been sold at cost price to Wrexham residents  56 Schools are currently on a waste paper recycling scheme  63 of Wrexham’s trade waste customers have recycling initiatives as part of their contract

24/01/07 ACTION TO DATE FROM JUNE 2004  Real Nappies are continually promoted and a successful trial scheme funded from the Landfill Tax Credit Scheme was completed in 2006  Council actively working with Waste Awareness Wales, Eco-Schools and Keep Wales Tidy, promoting waste minimisation  Recycling Banks are now available for Council staff in Lambpit Street car park

24/01/07 ACTION TO DATE FROM JUNE 2004  Recycling and Composting rate for the first 6 months of 2006/07 was 29%  Recycling and Composting rate for the last quarter (July – September 2006/07) was 32%  Progressed the PFI Waste Management Project

24/01/07 13 What More Needs To Be Done?  Promote waste minimisation;  Increase the number of neighbourhood recycling centres;  Encourage more people to recycle;  Make the most of the recycling facilities available;  Introduce more households on to the weekly kerbside collection scheme;  Encourage home composting;  Promote ‘real’ nappies as an alternative to disposable ones;  Deliver a viable alternative to putting rubbish in our landfill sites and successfully ‘draw-down’ the WAG PFI funding;  Continue to modernise household recycling centres across the County Borough;