Issue - meetings

To receive and consider the report of the Director of Customer and Digital.

1.    Executive Cabinet’s views on the proposed aims, objectives, and actions were obtained

2.     Executive Cabinet approved the budget requirement for local priority actions.

3.    Executive Cabinet approved the strategy and action plan to be taken forward to full Council meeting in January for formal adoption.

Councillor Adrian Lowe, Executive Member for Customer, Streetscene and Environment presented the report of the Director of Customer and Digital which set out the new and innovative Recycling and Waste Strategy drafted for approval by full Council in January 2024. In summary, the strategy was designed to push the council towards achieving the waste reduction and recycling targets required in the Environment Act 2021 and the Resources and Waste Strategy for England, in addition to the council’s own target of 65% of waste recycled by 2035.

It was highlighted that within the short to medium term there were local priority actions that would require an investment of £110,000.

Decision

1.    The Executive Cabinet’s views on the proposed aims, objectives, and actions were obtained

2.    Approve the budget requirement for local priority actions.

3.    Approve the strategy and action plan to be taken forward to full Council meeting in January for formal adoption.

Reasons for recommendation

1.    To satisfy the requirement for a new strategy to drive the council towards its waste reduction and recycling targets and comply with new legislation and national waste policy.

2.    To support the council’s green agenda and climate change strategy objectives.

Other options considered and rejected

To not adopt and publish a strategy would fail to provide strategic direction at a time when there are significant national waste reforms including statutory requirements.