Agenda item - Chairs Communications

52.1      The Chair provided the following communications:

“At the previous committee meeting indicative costings were requested for the potential identification and recycling of additional types of plastic and for a food waste trial.

The costings are:  Additional plastics £604,346 capital funding plus an approximate figure of £40,000 for extra operatives. 

A six month food waste collection trial covering 9,600 properties £522,000.  I will circulate more detailed information on both of these that will give more of a breakdown of the figures”