Subject: Underground superbins – Notice of Motion
Labour Group Amendment
Date of meeting: 15 November 2022
That the relevant changes are made to the motion as shown below in strikethrough and bold italics:
This
Committee:
1)
Notes concerns of
residents and businesses regarding the state of the city, including
unsightly and graffitied communal rubbish bins, often overflowing
litter, that attract rats;
2)
Notes the recent
successful roll-out of Underground Super-bins
by the Labour Council in Liverpool elsewhere in
the UK, which can hold up to 5,000 litres of waste in
containers below the street level, are capable of eliminating
issues associated with wheelie and communal street bins such as
rats, flies and litter, and have the potential to help local
authorities work towards building ‘Zero Waste
Cities’ and;
3) Calls for a report into whether Underground Super-bins could be a solution to
some of the waste problems Brighton & Hove, and how Brighton & Hove could work towards becoming a ‘Zero Waste City’.
Proposed by: Cllr
Wilkinson
Seconded by: Cllr Appich
As amended:
1)
Notes concerns of
residents and businesses regarding the state of the city, including
unsightly and graffitied communal rubbish bins, often overflowing
litter, that attract rats;
2)
Notes the recent
successful roll-out of Underground Super-bins by the Labour Council
in Liverpool, which can hold up to 5,000 litres of waste in
containers below the street level, are capable of eliminating
issues associated with wheelie and communal street bins such as
rats, flies and litter, and have the potential to help local
authorities work towards building ‘Zero Waste Cities’
and;
3) Calls for a report into whether Underground Super-bins could be a solution to
some of the waste problems Brighton & Hove, and how Brighton & Hove could work towards becoming a ‘Zero Waste City’.