Issue - meetings

This report considers how the council can go even further in the amount of waste the city recycles.  It sets out some high level approaches and what is and isn’t in scope and seeks to establish the criteria by which any review of resident recycling should be evaluated.

Resolved:

                      i.         Noted the Government’s waste and resources strategy, in particular the uncertainty over food waste and how collections would be funded which is therefore food waste would be considered as a future development once the government have clarified the national position;

                     ii.         Noted the Government’s waste and resources strategy, in particular the suggestion of a deposit scheme for plastic which is likely to change the way plastics are used and recycled. Therefore considering the recent expansion of plastic recycling agreed by Executive further increasing the range of plastics would be considered as a future development once the government have clarified the national position.

                    iii.        Noted the environmental concerns with fully mixed recycling that mixes glass, plastics, paper and card and the fact this has been in a number of high profile cases shipped around the world illegally. Also the lack of local outlets for fully mixed recycling is an issue and therefore exclude fully mixed recycling from this review.

                   iv.        To accept the recommended options and criteria outlined in the report and request officers to develop a series of different recycling collection methodologies.

                     v.        Request E&P Scrutiny to consider the options developed by officers against the criteria and identify a preferred option to be developed further.

                   vi.        Delegate the decision to consult more widely on a preferred option to the Assistant Director of Transport, Highways and Environment in consultation with the Executive Member for Environment and Climate Change.

Reason:     To ensure York takes the opportunity to increase its

recycling rate.

Officers introduced the report noting work undertaken since the Executive in October 2019 agreed to a review of recycling methodology. It was confirmed that a review of the Council’s strategy was required before new vehicles were purchased. Discussion took place about the prospect of increasing the number of materials collected and the collection of food waste. Government changes to their waste and resources strategy meant that the Council would hold on adding additional materials or food waste collection until national policy was announced and potential additional funding. It was confirmed that food waste is currently recovered and used at Alton Park and moving to collections would likely require weekly collections which the Council does not currently offer.

Resolved:

                      i.         Noted the Government’s waste and resources strategy, in particular the uncertainty over food waste and how collections would be funded which is therefore food waste would be considered as a future development once the government have clarified the national position;

                     ii.         Noted the Government’s waste and resources strategy, in particular the suggestion of a deposit scheme for plastic which is likely to change the way plastics are used and recycled. Therefore considering the recent expansion of plastic recycling agreed by Executive further increasing the range of plastics would be considered as a future development once the government have clarified the national position.

                    iii.        Noted the environmental concerns with fully mixed recycling that mixes glass, plastics, paper and card and the fact this has been in a number of high profile cases shipped around the world illegally. Also the lack of local outlets for fully mixed recycling is an issue and therefore exclude fully mixed recycling from this review.

                   iv.        To accept the recommended options and criteria outlined in the report and request officers to develop a series of different recycling collection methodologies.

                     v.        Request E&P Scrutiny to consider the options developed by officers against the criteria and identify a preferred option to be developed further.

                   vi.        Delegate the decision to consult more widely on a preferred option to the Assistant Director of Transport, Highways and Environment in consultation with the Executive Member for Environment and Climate Change.

Reason:     To ensure York takes the opportunity to increase its

recycling rate.