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REDUCING REDUCING RESIDUAL RESIDUAL CAPACITYCAPACITY

Council – 21 October 2014Council – 21 October 2014

QUICK REMINDER OF QUICK REMINDER OF BACKGROUNDBACKGROUND

• European and Welsh Policy drivers – responded with Waste Strategy

• Statutory targets and significant fines if we do not reach them - £100k for every 1% we miss

• 52% now… 58% by 15/16… 64% by 19/20… 70% by 2025

• Status Quo won’t get us there

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• Council provides comprehensive service at kerbside but there is still much recyclate in the black bins that can be diverted

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• An effective means is reducing residual bin size, would be best practice; a number of authorities are pursuing this

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WHAT HAVE WE DONE SO WHAT HAVE WE DONE SO FAR?FAR?

• Worked with Welsh Government to look for solutions

• Scrutiny on 9th April, 8th May and 23rd July

• Member Seminar on 12th May and 8th September

• Consultation throughout the whole of June – My Say, Roadshows, People’s Panel, Social Media, Crews, Torfaen Talks, Town/Community Councils, RSLs, BBC Coverage

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WHAT DID WE CONSULT WHAT DID WE CONSULT ON?ON?

• Monthly collection of the existing 240L wheelie bin;

• Fortnightly collection of a 140L ‘skinny’ wheelie bin;

• Fortnightly collection of two ‘black’ bags;

PLUS an Absorbent Hygiene Product (AHP) service

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REMINDER OF WHAT REMINDER OF WHAT WE’VE ASSUMEDWE’VE ASSUMED

• Won’t charge for green waste collection – council needs to endorse this

• Extra allowance at Christmas/New Year

• Won’t provide food liners at this time but will investigate options for sponsorship – will be subject of a future separate report

• Everything else will remain the same – this only affects the black bin

• Still need to come back about an Enforcement Policy

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WHAT DID THE WHAT DID THE CONSULATION SAY?CONSULATION SAY?

• 74% of the public expressed a preference for the ‘skinny’ bin• 13% expressed a preference for monthly collections• 7% expressed a preference for a bag collection• 7% of replies were ‘spoilt’

• The crews prefer bags

• It was representative (1052 target, got 1492 so 95% confident this is a representative response for our population)

• All comments received were analysed and will be acted upon

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BLACK BIN CONSULATION BLACK BIN CONSULATION RESPONSESRESPONSES

WHAT DID THE WHAT DID THE CONSULTATION SAY? … CONSULTATION SAY? …

contcont•94% claim to use the black box

•88% claim to use the blue bag

•86% claim to use the green wheelie

•75% claim to use the brown caddy

•4% claimed they did not recycle at all

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WHAT DID THE WHAT DID THE CONSULTATION SAY? … CONSULTATION SAY? …

contcontConcerns / Comments:•Family size•Operational•6% of comments related to keeping the status quo•Expanding the range of materials we collect•Fly tipping•Pests•Enforcement•Better bins/boxes•Food Caddy liners – 4%•Dissatisfaction about the consultation itself•Reduction in service•4% positive comments

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SCRUTINY’S VIEWSCRUTINY’S VIEW

• Felt strongly that we should provide food caddy liners

• Agreed we shouldn’t charge for green

• Agreed with all other assumptions made

• Felt the three options chosen were the correct ones to consult upon

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• Supported the view of residents – provision of 140L ‘skinny’ bin

• Asked us to consider different black boxes

• Stated that communication would be key

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OTHER AUTHORITIESOTHER AUTHORITIES

• MCC – bag restriction. July 2013. 50% - 63%

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• Denbighshire – 140L bin

• Newport – smaller black wheelie bin

• Cardiff – consulted but no decision made yet

• Swansea – bag restriction

• Merthyr Tydfil – 140L bins

• Gwynedd – 3 weekly collections

• Blaenau Gwent – 3 weekly collections or 140L bin

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REMINDER OF THE COSTSREMINDER OF THE COSTS

Option Annual One-off

Cost Costs

Monthly 240L & fortnightly AHP -£56,315 £57,000

Fortnightly 140L & fortnightly AHP -£77,919 £754,300

Fortnightly ‘black’ bags & fortnightly AHP -£137,928 £38,000

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FUNDING THE NEW FUNDING THE NEW SKINNY BINSSKINNY BINS

• Will use the £78k per annum saving to prudentially borrow to pay for new bins

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NEXT STEPSNEXT STEPS

• Procurement of new vehicles

• Procurement of wheeled bins

• Purchase of additional recycling containers

• Re-routing of recycling collection rounds– aiming for same day collection

• Enforcement policy

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• Implementation during 2015 – will depend on lead in times for new vehicles and containers. Fully rolled out by September 2015.

• Lots of communication and awareness raising in advance and during implementation

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• Approval by council today to reduce residual capacity by replacing the 240L black wheelie bin with a 140L black wheelie bin.

• Approval by Council today to introduce a new dedicated fortnightly service for absorbent hygiene products.

• Approval by Council today that we do not introduce food caddy liners at this stage and pursue a cost neutral means of doing so in the future.

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• Approval by Council today to delegate responsibility for the implementation of the new system to the Chief Officer, Neighbourhood Services.

• A further future report to Council on the prudential borrowing option for purchasing the new bins.

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FINALLY … SOME KEY FINALLY … SOME KEY FACTSFACTS

• Waste is a corporate priority

• We cannot afford NOT to do this financially or reputationally… but we have a choice about HOW we do it

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