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Executive Member for Environment and Climate Change
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Report of the Director of Environment, Transport and Planning |
Waste Update
Summary
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Waste
Services are responsible for the collection of household waste and
commercial waste across the city this report
provides . There are
a number of developments that we wish to draw to your attention
to and
provide an update on the service in general.
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The
report also details seeks decsionsdecisions other
service changes being considered to change the service such as an
expanded range of materials which can be collected in the recycling
streams and some changes to bring bank
provision.
Recommendations
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The
Executive Member for Environment is recommended to:
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i. Approve the change to the list of materials that are collected to include foil and other plastics as soon as possible.
Reason: To ensure that materials that are currently recycled continue to be and increase recycling within the city
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To note the change of operations to Bring Banks
including the proposed removal of some
locations
Reason:
To improve the customer experience and make them
more attractive to users
Background
1.
In
June 2021 the Executive agreed to:.
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· Extra Garden Waste Collections
Extend the garden waste season by one month to run each year from beginning of March to end of November starting in March 2022.
· New Refuse Collection Vehicles
Purchase a recycling fleet of twin bodied vehicles for recycling.
· Easier Recycling
The separating equipment available at Harewood Whin meant residents could now present glass, cans and plastics in the same box and only paper and card kept separated.
· Routing and Rounding Efficiency
To commence a routing and rounding exercise to ensure the collections are as efficient as possible and bring a report back to the Executive Member for Environment and Climate Change.
· Bags to Bins
To review the next phase of the bags to bins policy (wheeled bins rather than black bags) and bring this to future decision sessions of the Executive Member for Environment and Climate Change and review if these properties could receive a green waste collection.
5. This report provides an update on the above and seeks decisions about implementation of some of additional items that the service have been working on. The report also updates on progress of some of the items listed above.
Completed Items
6.
The 2
extra garden waste collections for every
property started in March 2022. The garden waste
service commenced on Monday 7th March 2022 and this
resulted in a more phased service introduction where garden waste
tonnages gradually increased over the first two rounds of
collection as opposed to a ‘big bang’ that used to
happen at the start of April. In March 2022, all garden waste
collections were completed on schedule. It should be noted that the
presentation of bins was high but that tonnages were not excessive.
This resulted in a smoother introduction into the service when
compared with previous years when collection started in
April.
7. Over the past couple of years the service has benefited from significant investment and undergone a vehicle replacement programme. This has seen the introduction of two electric waste vehicles into the service which primarily work on our commercial waste rounds which primarily work in the cities clean air zone. The service has also deployed, over the past 15 months, fourteen new 26 tonne narrow chassis vehicles and eight new 26 tonne split compartment vehicles for recycling which are used on our domestic waste rounds.
8. The service continues to assess the operational performance of the electric vehicles and at this stage we are not recommending any further purchases of electric waste vehicles. In addition, the remaining vehicles we need to consider replacements for are our hard to access fleet and there are currently no options for electric vehicles of this size on the market.
9. The separating equipment now available at Harewood Whin means that residents can now present glass, cans and plastics in the same box and only paper and card kept separated. This information has been communicated to residents and the Council’s website and social media has been updated to reflect this development.
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Additional Recycling Proposed Service
Changes
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In
addition to the principles agreed by Executive the opportunity
has arisen to collect additional materials from the
doorstep. a number of
other service improvements have been developed for consideration by
the Executive.
Additional Recycled
Materials
11. The city has benefited from a charity collecting foil collections by the charity Snappy, however this is coming to an end.
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The
service has been working with Yorwaste its recycling partners to try to
increase the amount of the materials accepted at the kerbside (e.g.
foil, certain additional types of plastics
such as yoghurt
potsetc). This will hopefully maximise
the amount of material that is recycled and ensure that the high
quality of recycling delivered by York’s residents is
maintained.
13. It is proposed that messages on this are communicated with residents through Our City and developments of the Council’s website. This will ensure that residents are aware of the expanded range of items that can be presented and accepted in kerbside recycling boxes. In conjunction with this, communications and literature will also be delivered to the operational Waste Service so collections crews are briefed on the revised items that can be accepted.
Bring Banks
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The Council provides a number of bring banks
across the city for residents to dispose of additional materials
that they may wish to recycle. These are provided at 28 locations
across the city (plus 5 paper only sites) but the major bring sites
are in supermarket car parks (e.g. Tesco, Tadcaster Road
Morrison’s Acomb, Asda, Monks Cross) and park and ride
facilities (Rawcliffe).
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Officers have made an operational decision to
change the subcontracting arrangements with Yorwaste, in particular
in respect of glass collections. The reason for this is to improve
the collections and reduce the likelihood of
them overflowing. Part of this trial is an
arrangement with bin sensors on glass banks at certain locations so
that they can be emptied just before they reach
capacity.
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The Council provides a kerbside recycling
collection service to all households across the city. Whilst it is
important to provide additional facilities for residents to recycle
materials, a number of these bring sites could be removed to reduce
operating costs and reduce the possible use of these bins by
non-residents.
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Residents already have access to dispose of
these materials through kerbside recycling collections so there
should be no ‘loss of service’. Therefore, it is
proposed that local bring sites at the following
locations are removed:-
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Derwent Arms, Osbladwick, YO10 3NP (mixed
glass)
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Hartrigg Oaks, New Earswick YO32 4DS (DMR - cans
and plastics, mixed glass, paper/card)
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Maxi’s restaurant (car park), YO26 6RA
(Mixed glass)
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Mount Royale Hotel, Mickelgate, YO24 1GU (Mixed
glass)
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Naburn Lock caravan park, YO19 4RU (DMR - cans
and plastics, mixed glass)
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Poppleton Garden Centre, YO26 6QP (Mixed glass,
paper/card)
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Rawcliffe caravan park/Lysander Arms, YO30 5XX
(DMR - cans and plastics, mixed glass,
paper/card)
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Red Lion car park, Knapton, YO26 6QG (Mixed
glass)
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Red Lion, Upper Poppleton, YO26 6PR (Mixed
glass)
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Broadway shops, Fulford, YO10, 4JX
(Paper/card)
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Cambridge Street, Holgate Road, YO24 4AY
(Paper/card)
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Co-op, Hull Road, YO10 3LQ
(Paper/card)
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Quakerwood car park, Acomb Wood Drive, YO24 3XN
(Paper/card)
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East parade car park, Heworth, YO31 7YB
(Paper/card)
Please note that full list of sites with the
facilities provided at each site and the proposed actions are
included in Appendix 1.
Updates on Ongoing Projects
14. Work is continuing on a routing and rounding exercise to ensure the waste collection service is as efficient as possible. Work is also being undertaken on the next phase of the bags to bins policy (wheeled bins rather than black bags) and the review to judge if these properties could receive a green waste collection. A review of bring sites is also underway. It is proposed that a separate report will be brought back in the future to the Executive Member for Environment and Climate Change.
15. The service plan to undertake a review of its commercial waste operation. The review will need to focus on the current profitability of the service and asses the opportunities presented as part of the Government’s Waste and Resources Strategy. Part of this work will need to focus on how access can be minimised or removed altogether and protecting the visual amenity of the city centre of waste presented for collection when 9 to 5 businesses close (e.g. bags left out overnight etc). It is proposed that a separate report will be brought back in the future to the Executive Member for Environment and Climate Change.
Council Plan
16. The decisions made here contribute towards the objectives of the Council Plan
· Well-paid jobs and an inclusive economy
· A greener and cleaner city
· Creating homes and world class infrastructure
The
changes to the list of materials collected will have minimal
financial impact. There may be a positive effect on income received
from sale of recyclate. There are
one-off costs of £45k relating to the implementation of the
operational changes to the routing and rounds and to the bring bank
service which will be met from within existing waste
budgets.
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Human Resources (HR)
Legal
As a unitary authority the Council is obliged by law to provide domestic waste collections to households and is responsible for its disposal this is laid out in the Environmental Protection Act 1990. Current EU and UK laws are driving local authorities to meet higher recycling and composting targets.
Any
potential changes to current contracts for service will need to be
dealt with in accordance with the Council’s Contract
Procedure Rules and in accordance with the Public Contracts
Regulations 2015. n/a.
19. Equalities
The Council recognises its Public Sector Equality Duty under Section 149 of the Equality Act 2010 (to have due regard to the need to eliminate discrimination, harassment, victimisation and any other prohibited conduct; advance equality of opportunity between persons who share a relevant protected characteristic and persons who do not share it and foster good relations between persons who share a relevant protected characteristic and persons who do not share it in the exercise of a public authority’s functions
The impact of the proposals on protected characteristics has been considered as follows:
· Age – Neutral;
· Disability – Neutral;
· Gender – Neutral;
· Gender reassignment – Neutral;
· Marriage and civil partnership– Neutral;
· Pregnancy and maternity – Neutral;
· Race – Neutral;
· Religion and belief – Neutral;
· Sexual orientation – Neutral;
· Other socio-economic groups including :
o Carer - Neutral (see Disability);
o Low income groups – Neutral;
o Veterans, Armed Forces Community– Neutral.
Risk Management
20. The key risk is ensuring any changes are clearly communicated to the public and therefore detailed communications will be prepared and agreed.
Contact Details
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Chief Officer Responsible for the report: |
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Ben GrabhamHead of Environmental Services Ben.Grabham@york.gov.uk
Specialist Officers Finance
Legal
Wards
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James Gilchrist Director of Transport, Planning and Environment
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Report Approved |
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Date |
27/9/2022 |
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For further information please contact the author of the report |
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Background Papers:
Appendix 1
– Bring Sites
Abbreviations:
TBC