Issue - meetings

As detailed in the recommendations.

Councillor Kevin Jones introduced the report on Changes to Waste Collection Vehicles and New Recycling Operations.

            A report by Welsh Government (WG) had made recommendations on the waste collection service which had been widely reported.  Recommendations in particular had been made on the vehicles needed to collect the kerbside recycling.  It was proposed that the Council move to a bespoke Recycling Recovery Vehicle (RRV) which would improve the Council’s recycling performance and increase the number and types of recycling materials collected.  Full details of the new vehicles and the changes required to the rounds to accommodate both the new vehicles and the increased number of properties in the County since the last review of the waste collection rounds in 2011 were provided in the report.

            On Household Recycling Centre (HRC) provision, Councillor Kevin Jones explained that the decision and procurement work was ongoing with proposed redeveloped layouts for both Mold and Buckley detailed in Appendix 2.  Work would commence directly after the Christmas break with construction taking approximately 12 weeks.  Both sites would reopen in time for the Easter Holiday.  Consideration to open Queensferry HRC for the period of the closure would be undertaken.

            An extensive search by the Council’s Assets Team was ongoing to identify a suitable site to replace the Flint and Connah’s Quay facilities.  A further report on the final proposal would be submitted once a site had been identified and negotiations were complete.

            On the RRV, the Chief Officer (Streetscene and Transportation) explained that the introduction of the vehicles was planned for September 2017.  A further report would be submitted to Cabinet in July 2017 providing more details of the round review which would come into operation in September 2017 and coincide with the introduction of the new vehicles.  The report would outline the essential changes to the current collection policy that would ensure the Council could achieve the statutory targets for recycling in future years.

            Councillor Shotton thanked Councillor Kevin Jones and the Chief Officer (Streetscene and Transportation) for their hard work on this project, including approval by WG of a capital bid of £1.7m for the scheme.

RESOLVED:

(a)       That the commencement of preparations to review the current waste and recycling rounds and procure the new waste collection vehicles as detailed in the report be approved; and

(b)       That the progress made on the proposed changes to the HRC provision across the Authority be noted.