Agenda item - Improving recycling points

Report of the Executive Director Economy, Environment & Culture

1)           That Committee agrees to rollout an additional 54 carton recycling containers to recycling points across the city.

2)           That Committee agrees to rollout 21 new WEEE containers to recycling points across the city.

29.1      The Committee considered a report of the Executive Director, Economy, Environment & Culture that sought approval to rollout additional carton and WEEE containers across the city to increase the opportunities for recycling.

29.2      The Head of City Environment Strategy & Service Improvement explained the following correction to the report:

“Crown Street has now been excluded from Table 1 and Table 3 of Appendix 1. This means that a carton container will not be placed at this location. It also means that a waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) container will not be placed at this location. Crown Street was included by mistake and officers are sorry about this.

This does not affect the recommendation at 2.1. There had been a miscount in the number of containers to be rolled out and with the removal of Crown Street, the total number of carton containers remains 54. Again, apologies for this oversight.

Where there are changes to the report are 3.2, 3.6 and 7.1.

3.2 should read “There are currently 30 containers across the city for residents to use. The audit identified opportunities for an additional 54 containers to be rolled out across 49 locations. 47 of these will be in new locations (some with multiple bins) and two existing locations will have an extra container.”

3.6 should read “There are currently only two WEEE containers for residents to use across the city. This has reduced considerably over the last few years due to vandalism, with people breaking into the containers to access the equipment. The audit identified an additional 57 locations for WEEE containers”.

7.1 should also reflect the 57 locations for WEEE containers, rather than 58 in the last sentence”.

29.3      Councillor Pickett moved the following motion to amend recommendation 2.1 and 2.2 as shown in bold italics below:

2.1.       That Committee agrees to a consultation on the rollout of an additional 54 carton recycling containers to recycling points across the city.

2.2.       That Committee agrees to a consultation on the rollout of 21 new WEEE containers to recycling points across the city.

29.4      Councillor Theobald formally seconded the motion.

29.5      Councillors Fowler, Pickett, Muten Galvin, Robinson, Theobald and Alexander asked questions and contributed to the debate of the report.

29.6      The Chair then put the motion to the vote that failed.

29.7      The Chair then put the recommendations to the vote that were approved.

29.8      Resolved-

1)           That Committee agrees to rollout an additional 54 carton recycling containers to recycling points across the city.

2)           That Committee agrees to rollout 21 new WEEE containers to recycling points across the city.