Agenda and minutes

Residents, Education and Environmental Services Policy Overview Committee - Thursday, 27th October, 2016 5.30 pm

Venue: Committee Room 3 - Civic Centre, High Street, Uxbridge UB8 1UW. View directions

Contact: Khalid Ahmed 

Items
No. Item

15.

To confirm that all items marked Part 1 will be considered in Public and that any items marked Part 2 will be considered in Private

Minutes:

It was confirmed that all items on the agenda would be considered in public.

16.

To agree the Minutes of the previous meeting - 21 September 2016 pdf icon PDF 116 KB

17.

Major Review 2016/17 - Disposal of Charity Waste through New Years Green Lane Civic Amenity Site pdf icon PDF 62 KB

Additional documents:

Minutes:

The Council's Waste Services Manager attended the meeting and provided Members with further information on the review.

 

Members were informed that contact had been made with other neighbouring authorities to look at their policy regarding disposal of charity waste.

 

London Borough of Ealing had no formal policy regarding the acceptance of charity waste at Civic Amenity sites in their Borough. Members were informed that their general rule was that charities delivering waste for recycling were not charged.

 

A charge was made at normal commercial rates for all other charity waste.  The only exceptions would be where a charity had carried out specific works in support of local community activity and disposal had been arranged in advance. This was an informal arrangement, on a case by case basis.

 

Alan Whiting from the London Borough of Harrow also attended the meeting and reported that the Waste Teams at Harrow did charge some charities for waste disposal. Charity waste was collected on a weekly basis via the regular collection service.

 

Members were provided with a sample of what other local authorities' policies were in relation to acceptance of waste from charities.

 

North London Waste Authority (NWLA) 

 

Barnet

A charity must contact London Waste Ltd.

Camden

Charities must prove they were based in the NWLA area.

Enfield

The charity can only deposit 5 tonnes of waste each year at one of the three sites.

Hackney

Within the NWLA area (sites with weighbridges).

Haringey

If charity exceeded their maximum limit they were asked to take the additional waste to a privately operated waste transfer station.

 

Western Riverside Waste Authority (WRWA)

 

Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea

A charity must contact WRWA before disposal of waste.

Hammersmith & Fulham

Charities must prove they were based in WRWA area and registered with the Charity commission.

Lambeth

A charity can only deposit 5 tonnes of waste each year free of charge.

 

 East London Waste Authority

 

In relation to Barking and Dagenham, Havering, Newham and Redbridge there were generally no policies in place or charging regime as there were no concerns regarding the disposal of charity waste.

 

Sample of Unitary authorities

 

Bexley

Set limit of 2 tonnes per month free of charge, with anything additional paid for at the commercial rate.

Croydon

No formal policy - One charity which carried out gardening work for vulnerable adults was allowed to use one of the disposal sites.

Lewisham

No concerns at present regarding charity waste.

Sutton

Charities and voluntary organisations were able to apply for an exemption permit which allowed them to access Household Reuse and Recycling Centres. Only recyclable/reusable materials were allowed to be taken to the site, and restrictions were placed on the amount of waste they were able to take.

 

 

The Committee noted that from the examples given, there was not a consistent approach to the disposal of charity waste, although Hillingdon seemed to be unique, in terms of the volume of charity waste disposed of at New Years Green Lane, and that some of this waste was  ...  view the full minutes text for item 17.

18.

Weed Control

Minutes:

Members were provided with a presentation by the Council's Head of Green Spaces, Sport & Culture on how weed control was carried out within the Borough under the recent new contract which began in January 2016.

 

The Committee asked that if possible, the contractor's programme of weed control be shared with Members.

 

RESOLVED –

 

1. That the Head of Green Spaces, Sport & Culture be thanked for his presentation, and the information provided be noted.   

19.

Forward Plan pdf icon PDF 50 KB

Additional documents:

Minutes:

Noted.

20.

Work Programme pdf icon PDF 66 KB

Minutes:

The Committee noted the report and asked that at the next meeting, information be provided on the topic of Shisha Bars in the Borough.

 

Also added to the work programme were items on the Council's current policy on cycle lanes and information on the policy of replacement of paving slabs in the Borough.      

 

Noted.