Issue - meetings

Report of Head of Environmental Services

Summary

To agree the approach and the charges for collecting chargeable household waste from charities and schools

Recommendations

The Executive is recommended to:

1)                 Approve the approach to dealing with chargeable household waste

2)                 Agree the proposed fees for the collection of waste from schools and charities

3)                 Work with other authorities in Oxfordshire through the Oxfordshire Waste Partnership to ensure a consistent approach to the different waste categories to minimise any additional cost to the taxpayer

Agreed

The Head of Environmental Services submitted a report to agree the approach and the charges for collecting chargeable household waste from charities and schools

Resolved

1)                 That the approach to dealing with chargeable household waste as set out in annex to these minutes (as set out in the minute book) be agreed.

2)                 That the proposed fees for the collection of waste from schools and charities be agreed

3)                 That the Council work with other authorities in Oxfordshire through the Oxfordshire Waste Partnership to ensure a consistent approach to the different waste categories to minimise any additional cost to the taxpayer

Reasons - The Council has been collecting household waste from all domestic properties. In addition to domestic properties, places of religious worship and village halls have been largely treated in a similar manner to domestic properties. Introducing chargeable household waste collections could present issues regarding administration and the charging mechanism. However it is proposed that for charity shops the existing pre-paid commercial refuse & recycling sacks (orange – for refuse, blue for recycling) are offered with the disposal and treatment charges removed. This is the easiest way of administering charges to small charities. For larger charities and schools to encourage these institutions to recycle as much of their waste as possible it is proposed that they are treated as households receiving an alternate week collection service only. Consequently each school or charity would be issued with containers that have at least 50% capacity for recycling. The proposed charges are annual charges. The larger the residual waste bin required then the greater the charges made. Brown bins will be made available once food waste collections commence across the district.

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