Agenda and minutes

At this point, Members are asked to declare:

·        Any personal interests not included on the Register of Interests

·        Any prejudicial interests or

·        Any disclosable pecuniary interests

which they may have in respect of business on this agenda.

The Member was asked to declare any personal interests not included on the Register of Interests, any prejudicial interests or any disclosable pecuniary interests which he might have had in respect of the business on the agenda.  None were declared.

To approve and sign the minutes of the meeting held on 13 May 2013.

Resolved:  That the minutes of the meeting of 13 May 2013 be approved and signed by the Chair as a correct record.

At this point in the meeting, members of the public who have registered their wish to speak regarding an item on the agenda or an issue within the remit of the Task Group may do so.  The deadline for registering is 5.00pm on Friday 30 May 2014.

Filming or Recording Meetings

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The Council’s protocol on Webcasting, Filming & Recording of Meetings ensures that these practices are carried out in a manner both respectful to the conduct of the meeting and all those present.  It can be viewed at http://www.york.gov.uk/downloads/download/3130/protocol_for_webcasting_filming_and_recording_of_council_meetings

It was reported that there had been no registrations to speak under the Council’s Public Participation Scheme.

Members are asked to consider a report on the Domestic Waste Recycling Scrutiny Review.

A report on the Domestic Waste Recycling Scrutiny Review was received.

The Member noted that the participation rates across the test area and control area were based on observation and number of boxes collected.

During discussion of the report, it was requested that the test and control of tonnage monitoring be carried out again in order to evidence whether the campaign work had led to any sustainable increase in participation rates. Officers agreed to repeat the test in late June/early July 2014 and report back on the findings.

The Member also agreed it would be useful if people could collect food waste as it was a highly visible way to notice how much food they were wasting. However, Officers confirmed that it would be expensive to put on additional collection rounds and provide separate containers for this type of waste.

It was noted that every tonne of waste diverted from landfill saved £300.

The Scrutiny Officer suggested that Officers provide figures from the additional tests to Members via email.

In considering the costs associated with the campaign work, it was requested that staff time be included in the expenditure breakdown. The figures for the control area tonnage monitoring in April 2014 were also requested. It was noted that the intention was for the Draft Final Report of the Domestic Waste Recycling Task Group to be presented to the Community Safety Overview and Scrutiny Committee in September.

Resolved:  (i) That the report be noted.

                  (ii) That the requested figures be circulated to Members of the Task Group.

Reason:     In order that Members are kept up to date with the  evidence gathered during the review, and the work on the review be concluded before September 2014.