MCC to move to
fortnightly collections for residual waste?
Residents may have their residual waste collected fortnightly from autumn this year according to a report to be examined by councillors next week (3rd June).
Monmouthshire County Council's cabinet will decide on recommendations made in the report which reviews the council's waste and recycling strategy.
Monmouthshire County Council's Head of Highways and Waste Management, Dave Harris, said:
"Food waste collections
will remain weekly. For residual waste (waste left behind after reuse,
recycling and composting), we will begin to move to fortnightly collections
this autumn. We will make sure all households know what to expect and we
will encourage everyone to recycle more of their food waste.
"At present 32,000 of
the 38,000 households (84%) have food waste collections.
"Only those with food
waste collections will move to fortnight residual waste collections."
"Our residents are very
good at recycling at this means that we are in a good position to switch over
to fortnightly residual waste collections."
MCC collects from 38,000 households that we collect from each week.
Recent research by Ipsos
MORI into waste management finds that a significant proportion of households -
34% - now have a fortnightly collection of residual waste, compared to a
majority (61%) who still have a weekly service. The incidence of fortnightly
collections varies significantly across the country, highest in rural areas
(48%) and lowest in urban areas (8%).
The research shows that
alternative collections systems can boost recycling - three quarters (75%) of
those with fortnightly waste collections say they are now recycling more,
including around one in three (35%) recycling "significantly more".
(Source: http://www.ipsos-mori.com/researchspecialisms/publicaffairs/socialresearchinstitute/envfoodruraff/understanding/weekly.ashx
The report recommends the following:
- That the kerbside
dry recycling arrangements be provided via a co-mingled collection by
sack and sorted out at an MRF facility.
- That the kerbside
dry recycling collection be provided through in-house arrangements and
reviewed along with all of the collection services as and when a stable
and effective service configuration is established.
- That Cabinet
confirm the implementation of fortnightly collections of residual waste
to support increased recycling and composting of work in Monmouthshire.
- That the current
provision of free starch sacks for green waste be phased out, a one off
provision of a bulky bag be issued to householders in its place and
starch caddy liners be provided to householders for food waste caddies on
a basis of two per household per week. Additional liners will be available
for purchase at cost.
The
opening hours of the four civic amenity sites be changed to 8.00 am to 6.00 pm
seven days a week in place of the current 9.00 am to 6.00 pm in winter and 9.00
am to 8.00 pm in summer. Christmas Day and New Year's Day are exceptions and
the sites are closed.
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