Issue - meetings

The Corporate Director of Economy and Place to present a report which provides an update on the progress of the Allerton Waste Recovery Park project, particularly towards strengthening the partnership between City of York Council and North Yorkshire County Council.

Resolved:  (i)      That progress on the Allerton Waste Recovery Park be noted.

                   That progress on strengthening working arrangements with North Yorkshire County Council on the management of residual waste disposal be noted.

Reason:     To acknowledge and support the work being done to deliver a long term, sustainable alternative to landfill for the treatment of residual waste.

The Corporate Director of Economy and Place presented a report which provided an update on the progress of the Allerton Waste Recovery Park (AWRP) project, particularly towards strengthening the partnership between City of York Council (CYC) and North Yorkshire County Council (NYCC).

In September 2014, on presentation of the final cost of the facility at Allerton, CYC had agreed to progress the Joint Waste Management Agreement (JWMA) entered into with NYCC in 2010, supporting NYCC in contracting with AmeyCespa for the provision of a 25 year waste management service, at an estimated total cost to CYC of £153m.  The commissioning phase of the project was now complete and full service had begun on 1 March 2018. 

Work was ongoing to develop further collaboration in the management of waste disposal services, including AWRP and services provided by other third party contractors.  It was likely this would result in a joint role responsible for waste disposal across CYC and NYCC, similar to the shared Health and Safety service.  A further report would be brought to Executive in the summer with detailed proposals for these joint arrangements.

Members welcomed the progress made with the JWMA, recognising that York could not run this project alone.  Officers confirmed that the new facility was intended as a replacement for landfill, and work to minimise the ‘co-mingling’ of recycling would continue.

Resolved:  (i)      That progress on the Allerton Waste Recovery Park be noted.

                   (ii)      That progress on strengthening working arrangements with North Yorkshire County Council on the management of residual waste disposal be noted.

Reason:     To acknowledge and support the work being done to deliver a long term, sustainable alternative to landfill for the treatment of residual waste.