Decision Maker: Officer Decision Making
Decision status: Recommendations Approved
Is Key decision?: Yes
Is subject to call in?: Yes
Purpose:
Report of the Development
and Performance Manager, setting out the proposed kerbside mixed
glass collection service for households across Southampton and
requesting delegated powers for the Head of City Services to
implement this new service from October 2013.
Decision:
- To implement community glass
collection recycling points for flats and surrounding areas in
phase 1.
- To implement a glass collection
scheme for houses, apart from the central Southampton area (this
would exclude parts of SO14, SO15 and SO17 postcodes),in phase
2;
- To implement glass collections for
remainder of houses (parts of SO14, SO15 and SO17postcodes), which
includes the city centre, in phase 3.
It is intended to implement glass collection recycling points for
flats in phase 1;
- To authorise the Head
of City Services, on behalf of the Director of Environment &
Economy as the delegate, and following consultation with the
Cabinet Member for Environment & Transport, to undertake any
work necessary within approved budgets and subject to compliance
with Contract and Financial Procedure Rules to deliver the
implementation of the glass collection service outlined in this
report.
Reasons for the decision:
- In November 2012, the Council was
informed that it would receive funds from the Department for
Communities and Local Government (DCLG) to retain weekly
collections until 2017. Included in the
bid was funding to introduce kerbside collection of glass.
- To increase the
City’s recycling rate, which is currently 26%. Glass recycling will enable us to increase our
recycling rate by approximately 5%.
- Feedback from
residents informs us that they would like to be able to recycle
glass from the kerbside.
- Glass is a
major factor in the contamination of recycling collected via the
blue lidded recycling bins. Collecting
glass separately will improve the quality of our recyclates and increase the income we receive from
the sales of recycling materials.
- Removing
glass from residual waste collections will reduce waste disposal
costs.
Alternative options considered:
- Implementing glass
collections was part of the funding we received from the
WCSS. Not implementing glass
collections carries a significant risk in relation to receiving
future payments.
- The alternative is to
maintain the current arrangement of residents taking their glass
for recycling to glass banks at various locations across the
city. This would not increase the
number of people recycling or reduce the amount of glass in the
residual waste collection or reduce contamination of
recycling.
Report author: Gale Williams
Publication date: 16/07/2013
Date of decision: 16/07/2013
Decided at meeting: 16/07/2013 - Officer Decision Making
Effective from: 25/07/2013
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