Issue - meetings

To consider the report of the Director of Service Delivery, (copy enclosed)

The Committee considered the report of the Director of Service Delivery that updated Members on the Resources & Waste Strategy and the recent published consultations with key milestones detailed at appendix 1.  The report sought Members approval for the Director of Service Delivery to draft and submit responses to the consultations on behalf of the Council.

The Chairman brought to the Committee’s attention the highlights of the report, the milestones involved together with the issue of introducing free green waste collections. It was noted that this was a shared concern across a number of Local Authorities in Essex due to the success of the chargeable schemes.

The Director of Service Delivery, addressing the issue of free green waste collection, said that the Council had already identified that over 58% of other Local Authorities were in the same position, operating very successful chargeable green waste collections and all were concerned at how the Government would deal with this going forwards.  The Council would be making representations on this together with looking at ways of how the Council dealt with future policies on waste collection.

A concern was raised regarding fly-tipping of household construction waste. The Director of Service, in response, said that if necessary he would raise this as a separate concern with Essex County Council.  

With reference to the recommendation he said that this was a purely practical issue of being in a position to draft the recommendation within the timeline on behalf of the Council.

The Chairman put the recommendation to the Committee and this was agreed.

RESOLVED that the Director of Service Delivery draft and submit responses to the consultations, either individually or jointly with members of the Essex Waste Partnership Board, as required on behalf of the Council.