Issue - meetings

1. It is recommended that Cabinet approves the adoption of the Joint Waste Management Strategy as set out in the Final Draft version appended to this report.

2. It is recommended that, if any further changes are requested to the draft document (for example by another borough or the Greater London Authority), the decision as to whether to accept these should be delegated to the Executive Director of Place in consultation with the Cabinet Member for Public Realm.

Councillor Sharon Holder, Cabinet Member for Public Realm, introduced the report setting out a Joint Waste Strategy – a statutory requirement for the Waste Disposal Authority and Waste Collection Authorities. The strategy was subject to formal consultation and developed with the involvement of officers and Members from LBHF alongside the other constituent authorities.

The Leader congratulated on the successful roll out of the new refuse service, including the new food recycling, and impressively increasing the recycling rates. The Council was working with residents to contribute on tackling climate change by reducing incineration and landfill and by increasing recycling. This scheme would reduce injuries to staff as well as saving public money and increased residents’ satisfaction.

Councillor Wesley Harcourt, Cabinet Member for Climate Change and Ecology and a board member of the Western Riverside Waste Authority, stated that the amount of work that the board members (including himself) and Councillor Holder had given in preparing this report had been quite amazing. The key point on this strategy was to increase recycling and to achieve net carbon zero in the borough. This strategy would need to be approved by the other three boroughs as well.

AGREED UNANIMOUSLY BY THE CABINET MEMBERS:

1. It is recommended that Cabinet approves the adoption of the Joint Waste Management Strategy as set out in the Final Draft version appended to this report.

2. It is recommended that, if any further changes are requested to the draft document (for example by another borough or the Greater London Authority), the decision as to whether to accept these should be delegated to the Executive Director of Place in consultation with the Cabinet Member for Public Realm.