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Wrexham County Borough Council Municipal Waste Management Strategy June 2004

Wrexham County Borough Council Municipal Waste Management Strategy June 2004. Dealing with our Rubbish – Recycling for a Better Future. Chronology. Recent (2006) independent reviews were very supportive of the Council’s Waste Strategy

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Wrexham County Borough Council Municipal Waste Management Strategy June 2004

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  1. Wrexham County Borough CouncilMunicipal Waste Management StrategyJune 2004 Dealing with our Rubbish – Recycling for a Better Future

  2. Chronology

  3. Recent (2006) independent reviews were very supportive of the Council’s Waste Strategy 1. WAG / WLGA Waste Peer Review (April 2006) • WAO Review of Environment (September 2006)

  4. Definition of Municipal Waste Rubbish that the Council is responsible for managing including:- • Household waste • Street sweepings • Litter • Some Commercial and trade waste • Parks and gardens waste • Schools waste • Fly tipping • Abandoned cars

  5. Why do we need a Strategy? • WAG requirement • Waste mountain is growing • Environmental and economic cost of landfill (Multi-million pound taxes and fines) • European and National legislation • National, Regional and Local Planning Policy • Meeting European and National Targets • Golden thread is SUSTSTAINABILITY

  6. PUBLIC CONSULTATION • “Dealing with our Rubbish” questionnaire was distributed to every household in May / June 2003; • 16% response rate; • Independent analysis by data processing company; • Citizens Panel – August 2003; • Close correlation between the main survey results and the views of the Citizens Panel

  7. Key outcomes from 2003 Public Consultation • 95% supported Kerbside recycling and 93% would increase their recycling rate; • 89% supported garden waste collection; • 77% supported home composting; • 85% Supported neighbourhood recycling centres; • 93% agreed for the need to raise public awareness on recycling and waste; • 69% agreed with the proposed strategy to produce energy via a thermal-treatment process after recycling and composting as much rubbish as possible.

  8. Wrexham’s Recycling Rate 2001/02 - 3.75% 2002/03 - 10.52% 2004/05 - 14.84% 2005/06 - 18.41% 2006/07 - ? 2009/10 TARGET - 40 %

  9. New Household Waste Recycling Centre built at Bryn Lane, Wrexham Industrial Estate with improved recycling facilities (open 8.00 am - 8.00 pm) • 8 new recycling rounds on the ‘Recycle with Michael’ scheme. A further round is due to start in February 2007 bringing the total of people employed on the scheme to approximately 32 • 37 Recycling Sites with a range of recycling banks, including 25 Neighbourhood Recycling Sites operated in-house ACTION TO DATE FROM JUNE 2004

  10. Recycling Officers have completed 162 presentations to Schools and Community Groups to date • Approximately 970 Home Composters have been sold at cost price to Wrexham residents • 56 Schools are currently on a waste paper recycling scheme • 63 of Wrexham’s trade waste customers have recycling initiatives as part of their contract ACTION TO DATE FROM JUNE 2004

  11. Real Nappies are continually promoted and a successful trial scheme funded from the Landfill Tax Credit Scheme was completed in 2006 • Council actively working with Waste Awareness Wales, Eco-Schools and Keep Wales Tidy, promoting waste minimisation • Recycling Banks are now available for Council staff in Lambpit Street car park ACTION TO DATE FROM JUNE 2004

  12. ACTION TO DATE • FROM JUNE 2004 • Recycling and Composting rate for the first 6 months of 2006/07 was 29% • Recycling and Composting rate for the last quarter (July – September 2006/07) was 32% • Progressed the PFI Waste Management Project

  13. What More Needs To Be Done? • Promote waste minimisation; • Increase the number of neighbourhood recycling centres; • Encourage more people to recycle; • Make the most of the recycling facilities available; • Introduce more households on to the weekly kerbside collection scheme; • Encourage home composting; • Promote ‘real’ nappies as an alternative to disposable ones; • Deliver a viable alternative to putting rubbish in our landfill sites and successfully ‘draw-down’ the WAG PFI funding; • Continue to modernise household recycling centres across the County Borough;

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