Issue - meetings
Waste and recycling
Meeting: 21/03/2013 - Housing, Planning and Development Scrutiny Panel (Item 8)
8 Waste and recycling 
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1) Progress report on the implementation of recommendations arising from the interim report on the roll-out of the new waste and recycling service:
- Update on recommendations
- Update on case studies
- Complaints audit (to follow)
(Single Front Line)
2) Recycling from flats
- Report back from panel visit to 6 flatted developments on 25th February 2013
(Scrutiny)
- Report back from evidence gathering session on 4th March 2013:
o Waste Watch
o London Boroughs of Hammersmith & Fulham and Hackney
o Local Registered Housing Providers
(Scrutiny)
3) Further policy options for increasing recycling
- Report back from evidence gathering session held on 4th March 2013:
o Single Front Line
o Greater London Authority
o London Boroughs of Croydon, Ealing and Lambeth.
(Scrutiny)
4) Report back (verbal) from panel visit to Eco Park and Materials Recovery Facility (MRF) on the 18th March.
(Scrutiny)
Additional documents:
- Briefinf - Recycling from estates visit, item 8
PDF 105 KB
- Recycling from flats - brieifng from 4th March, item 8
PDF 5 MB
- Further policy options - notes and appendices, item 8
PDF 1 MB
- Environment and Housing Scrutiny Panel- Complaints information (2), item 8
PDF 4 MB
Minutes:
Progress report on implementation of earlier recommendations
The report updating the panel on earlier recommendations relating to the new waste and recycling service was noted by the panel.
The panel noted the analysis of complaint data that was provided in relation to the waste and recycling collection system. From this report the panel noted that:
§ Of the 280 stage one complaints received about the waste and recycling service from march 2012 to February 2013, 47 (17%) were escalated to a stage 2.
§ A majority (65%) of stage 1 complaints received about the waste and recycling collection service related to missed collections, though other concerns related to the new containers (6%), the quality of the service (6%) or the new policy itself (5%).
Report back from the panel visit to the Ecopark and Biffa operated MRF
There was insufficient time to consider this item and this was deferred.
Recycling from Flats
There was insufficient time to consider this item and this was deferred.
Further policy options to increase recycling
There was insufficient time to consider this item and this was deferred.