Reference: D40810
Decision Maker: Executive Board
Decision status: Recommendations Approved
Is Key decision?: Yes
Is subject to call in?: Yes
Revision of approach to bulky waste collections in the context of formally adopting a waste collection services commitment that looks to develop the principles of a social contract.
Further to Minute No. 90, 9th October 2013, the Director of Environment and Housing submitted a report which sought to formalise the Council’s policies for the kerbside collection of waste and recyclables. Specifically, the Board was recommended to formally adopt the specific operational kerbside collection policies, as proposed within section 3 of the submitted report.
By way of introduction to the submitted report, the Executive Member for the Environment provided the Board with a number of clarifications in respect of its contents, highlighting that the proposed policies were intended to formalise the Council’s existing practices regarding the kerbside collection of waste and recyclables. Furthermore, the Executive Member paid tribute to all of the teams involved in the Council’s kerbside collection services for the work they continue to undertake.
Responding to enquiries, the Board received an update and clarification upon a number of issues including: the provision of brown bins to more households across the city, the procedure to address missed collections and the provision of food waste collections.
RESOLVED – That theformal adoption of the specific operational kerbside collection policies, as proposed within section 3 of the submitted report, be approved.
(Under the provisions of Council Procedure Rule 16.5, Councillor A Carter required it to be recorded that he abstained from voting on the decisions taken above)
Reason Key: Affects more than 1 ward;
Portfolio Holder: Executive Board Member for Environment
Other reasons / organisations consulted
Briefings to the Environment Leads of Area Committees/Elected Members
Consultees
All elected members, area and locality managers
Contact: Susan Upton, Chief Officer Service Development 0113 2243231.
Report author: Susan Upton
Publication date: 28/01/2014
Date of decision: 22/01/2014
Decided at meeting: 22/01/2014 - Executive Board
Effective from: 01/02/2014
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