The Technical Officer for education and recycling, monitored a minimum of 1,100 households, in order to assess the uptake for the Council’s waste and recycling kerbside services.

The survey took place in April, May and June of 2017.  The monitoring covered a period of eight weeks, ensuring the capture of as much data as possible.

The participation rate results indicated that despite the reduction in the tonnage of recyclables collected, the participation rate had increased for recyclables when compared with the results of a survey taken in 2014; with the exception of food waste. 

Cllr Parker informed Members that there would be a change from orange sacks to clear sacks.

A motion was MOVED by Cllr Cloke and SECONDED by Cllr Barrell to approve the recommendation in the report.

A vote was taken by a show of hands and it was RESOLVED UNANIMOULSY that:

1.    The Committee note the results of the Participation Survey to enable further debate on the appropriate actions to be taken with the issues concerning the reduction in recyclables collected and the increase in residual waste collected.     

Reasons for recommendation

Members were required to be fully informed on the status of the Council’s waste and recycling services; with particular reference to data captured such as the results of the participation survey and statistics on weights collected.

Members would be able to contribute to the ongoing process of helping to evolve the strategy for engagement with householders.