Decision details
Amendments to the Waste Policy regarding the introduction of a garden waste subscription service.
Decision Maker: Chief Operating Officer
Decision status: Decision Made
Is Key decision?: No
Is subject to call in?: No
Decision:
At Executive meeting in January 2024 Executive
approved a Waste Policy and at
full Council in February 2024, as part of the budget, Executive
approved the introduction of a garden waste subscription scheme for
city.
The garden waste service in York is currently delivered to 66,000
households. A garden waste subscription scheme has been developed
and as part of the development of the scheme, the Council has
established terms and conditions to outline how the scheme will
operate. As a result of this change, it is necessary to update the
Waste Policy to reflect the introduction of a garden waste
subscription scheme across the city.
The garden waste subscription scheme is being launched in July 2024
with the operational ‘Go Live’ set for Monday 5th
August 2024 onwards. The Council will write to the 66,000
households who currently receive the garden waste service and
residents will have the opportunity to subscribe to the garden
waste subscription scheme if they so wish and pay a subscription
fee. There are other options available to residents as they can (i)
share a garden subscription with a neighbour (ii) purchase a
discounted home composter so they can compost at home or (iii) take
garden waste to the household waste recycling centres
(HWRC’s), free of charge.
To reflect the introduction of the garden waste subscription
service, Waste Services need to seek authorisation for the terms
and conditions of the scheme and to amend the Waste Policy to
reflect the updated section(s) of the Policy. Only the section(s)
that refers to garden waste and bins for garden waste will need to
be updated.
It is proposed that these changes are made with effect from Monday
8th July 2024.
Options Considered:
As part of the budget for 2024/25, Executive
approved the introduction of a garden waste subscription scheme. As
the scheme is being implemented part way through the year, the fee
(£46.50) has been pro-rata’d for 2024 (therefore, the
charge for 2024 has been set at £21). A 50% discount is
available for those residents in receipt of Council Tax Support
(please note that this does not include single person discount,
student discount etc). The 50% discount is also pro-rata’d
and for 2024 is set at £10.50.
The service will issue the terms and conditions of the scheme
(short version) with the garden waste subscription stickers to
residents. The full terms and conditions will be available on the
Council’s website and as part of the online subscription
process so residents can read them in full.
The service will update the section(s) of the policy that refer to
garden waste to reflect the introduction of a garden waste
subscription scheme.
Decision: To approve the terms and conditions of the garden waste
subscription scheme and the updates to the Waste Policy as detailed
above.
Options Rejected:
Not to introduce a garden waste subscription
scheme. This was not agreed as part of the budget
process.
Publication date: 09/07/2024
Date of decision: 05/07/2024
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