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Corporate Business Plan 2011-15 - Areas of FocusAppendix Two - Quarterly Update2 - Working to maintain a clean and green environment (GBC)This Year to DateProgress to Date (2012/Q4)A joint initiative between the Council and Groundwork has led to a Team Green being set up. Theteam comprises of ten apprenticeships who are unemployed young people from the local community.The team spend four days a week carrying out environmental improvements across the boroughincluding the painting of fences at parks, the clearing of the lake in Gordon Gardens and the removalof rubbish from alleys. The apprentices spend one day a week learning new skills including the writingof CVs and interview skills.New street cleansing schedules have led to an improvement in the quality of street cleansing with only7 out of 180 locations inspected (4%) not being to an acceptable standard of cleanliness. The newcleaning schedules have been designed so that roads are cleaned the working day after refusecollection. All roads are cleaned at least once every two weeks instead of the previous four to sixweek.Improvements to the recycling service over the next 12 months including a separate food wastecollection should see the Council's recycling increase. A new battery recycling collection was launchedon 1st April allowing residents to recycling domestic batteries alongside the current clear bag service.The Environmental Health and Community Safety teams have worked together to deliver another 2 ofour popular free dog microchipping sessions in March 2013. One of our Street Champions alsoassisted with the initiative. Venues were the Kings Farm Area Office and Milton Church Hall. A total of128 dogs were microchipped. The opportunity was also taken to deliver messages on responsible dogownership and prevention of fouling.The Environmental Protection team have been working with partners and contractors to produceprogress reports regarding the Action Plans for our declared Air Quality Management Areas andregarding our overarching Air Quality Strategy. A draft has been prepared and is currently beingconsulted on, ready for submission to DEFRA by the end of April 2013. Progress has mainly beenachieved via the Planning process and by focusing on transport related issues.Gravesham plays an active part in the Kent and Medway Air Quality Partnership. The partnership hasdriven improvements in the Kent Air website whereby the public can look at air quality across theborough and county. A new refinement to be available as from beginning May 2013 will be the ability tosubscribe to 'air quality alerts' for specified locations by email. This enhancement will be beneficial forthose who have health conditions which are adversely affected by poor air quality.In March 2013, via a Cabinet decision, the council formally signed up to the Climate Local KentCommitment and associated targets. In doing so the Council has demonstrated its commitment toaddressing and responding to climate change and to reducing carbon emissions within its own estate,operations, services and within the local community.
Corporate Business Plan - Measures ofAccountabilityAppendix Two - Quarterly UpdateCBP 3 - Waste Recycled (GBC)This Year to Date (Last Value)DescriptionOwner: Director (Finance and Environment)Percentage of household waste recycled and compostedYear-end target for 2012-13 - 25%Period TableActual Target Previous Year2011/Q4 23.95% 24.00% 23.25%2012/Q1 24.50% 25.00% 23.00%2012/Q2 25.00% 25.00% 23.11%2012/Q3 25.00% 25.00% 23.75%2012/Q4 24.50% 25.00% 23.95%Commentary (2012/Q4)The Council's recycling percentage for 2012/13 was 24.5% with a target set of 25%. A poor finalquarter including a particularly low green waste tonnage due to the poor weather led to a drop of 0.5%from the end of the quarter 3 to the end of quarter 4.Improvements to the recycling service over the next 12 months including a separate food wastecollection should see the Council's recycling rate increase. A new battery recycling collection waslaunched on 1st April allowing residents to recycle domestic batteries along side the current clear bagservice.
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