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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. |
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To agree the Minutes of the previous meeting - 21 September 2016 PDF 116 KB |
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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)
Western Riverside Waste Authority (WRWA)
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
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. |
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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. |
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Additional documents: Minutes: Noted. |
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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.
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