Issue - meetings
Dry Recycling Contract renewal
Meeting: 08/07/2021 - Cabinet (Item 19)
19 Dry Recycling Contract renewal 
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(Report of The Portfolio Holder For Economy And Waste)
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Report of the Portfolio Holder for Economy and Waste to allow Cabinet to determine proposals for the future of the dry recycling service and new contract arrangements for its reprocessing
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That Cabinet |
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Agreed that subject to Staffordshire County Council’s agreement to fund an equitable share of the additional costs, the Joint Waste Service move to a dual-stream collection methodology (Option 5, subject to recommendation 2).
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Agreed the dual-stream collections be based on a default of a bin for glass cans and plastics and a bag for paper and card (in exceptional circumstances a second receptacle may be provided).
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Delegated authority to enter into contract for the disposal of dual-stream waste to the Chief Executive in consultation with the Portfolio Holder for Economy and Waste, subject to recommendation 2.
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Agreed that if Staffordshire County Council do not agree to fund an equitable share of the additional costs of dual-stream collection; the existing commingled collection methodology (option 2) to be retained and the transfer of responsibility for the disposal of Dry Mixed Recycling be returned to Staffordshire County Council from 1st April 2022 (subject to recommendation 2).
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recommends to Council to update the Medium Term Financial Strategy based on the additional financial implications of the selected option:
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Option 5: to increase the revenue budget by £105,179 per annum from 2022/2023 (noting this is to be offset by the equitable contribution from Staffordshire County Council) and to include a new project in the Capital Programme in 2021/22 for £95,600 for the provision of the necessary infrastructure or;
Option 2: to increase the revenue budget by £36,114 per annum from 2022/23.
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(Moved by Councillor D Cook and seconded by Councillor S Doyle) |
The Chair added in moving Recommendation 1 and 2, I wish to clarify – in relation to the first bullet point of recommendation 1 - the key principles we would seek in an equitable cost share between ourselves and the County Council as follows:
• There to be no capping of the level of support, the sharing should be on an open book reconciliation of actual costs,
• The cost sharing to including all additional costs of a dual-stream service, including costs of transition and implementation,
• That there should be no modification of the current mechanism of uplifting recycling credit in line with RPI.
If we’re not able to agree this equitable split we will hand back comingled disposal as detailed in the final bullet point of recommendation 1.
