Issue - meetings
Christmas Household Waste Collection Arrangements
Meeting: 10/08/2015 - Decision Session - Executive Member for Environment and Climate Emergency (Item 5)
5 Arrangements for Household Waste Collections for Christmas 2015 
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This report provides options to introduce temporary arrangements for the collection of household waste over the Christmas Period.
Additional documents:
- Annex 1 Christmas 2015 Waste collection dates, item 5
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- Annex 2 Communications Plan - Xmas Collections, item 5
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Decision:
Resolved:
(i) That options b and c in paragraph 9 of the report be approved:
· To introduce new temporary arrangements for collection dates as detailed in Annex 1 of the report.
· To communicate the temporary arrangements in three phases as detailed in the communications plan in Annex 2 of the report.
(ii) That a feedback report be received in July 2016.
Reason: To ensure that as little disruption as possible to collection of household waste and to ensure that all residents have full knowledge of the arrangements.
Minutes:
The Executive Member considered a report that provided options to introduce temporary arrangements for the collection of household waste over the Christmas Period.
Officers gave an update and confirmed that due to the Christmas and New Year bank holidays temporary waste collection arrangements had to be put in place. The various collection arrangements over the years and the confusion and complaints received regarding the collections over Christmas 2014 had been taken into consideration.
The Executive Member thanked officers and agreed improvements were required in some areas of the city to allow every household to receive the same level of service and maximise recycling. He welcomed the changes that would ensure the maximum time residents would wait for their recycling collection was three weeks.
The Executive Member agreed that working with residents associations, parish councils and other partners would give sufficient notice and various options to inform residents of the new temporary arrangements.
Resolved:
(i) That options b and c in paragraph 9 of the report be approved:
· To introduce new temporary arrangements for collection dates as detailed in Annex 1 of the report.
· To communicate the temporary arrangements in three phases as detailed in the communications plan in Annex 2 of the report.
(ii) That a feedback report be received in July 20161.
Reason: To ensure that as little disruption as possible to collection of household waste and to ensure that all residents have full knowledge of the arrangements.