Combined Executive Agenda 120410.pdf - North Ayrshire Council
Combined Executive Agenda 120410.pdf - North Ayrshire Council
Combined Executive Agenda 120410.pdf - North Ayrshire Council
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Recycling Services to Businesses<br />
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Increase the range of chargeable recycling services offered to<br />
businesses to include plastics, metal cans and mixed plastics in<br />
addition to glass, paper and cardboard).<br />
Offer a chargeable collection of food waste to all businesses.<br />
Recycling of Amenity Waste<br />
Undertake pilot studies to evaluate the provision of recycling litter bins<br />
in areas of high footfall and the recycling of street sweepings.<br />
HWRCs<br />
Provide additional containers to increase the range of materials that<br />
can be recycled at HWRCs<br />
2.5.6 Develop facilities and long-term options to dispose /treat residual<br />
waste<br />
Continue the development of Shewalton landfill site and close when<br />
full. It will be necessary to procure services to support the<br />
management of leachate during the remaining operational life of the<br />
site and construct and cap further further waste to containment cells.<br />
In order to meet the requirement of the Zero Waste Plan to cease the<br />
disposal of Biodegradable Waste to landfill by 31 st<br />
December 2020 it<br />
will be necessary for the <strong>Council</strong> to procure facilities to treat residual<br />
waste. At this time it is anticipated that the <strong>Council</strong> will have at least<br />
35,000 tonnes of waste requiring treatment. As a member of the<br />
<strong>Ayrshire</strong> Waste partnership, consisting of the three constituent<br />
<strong>Ayrshire</strong> <strong>Council</strong>s, an Outline Business case for the treatment of<br />
residual waste is currently being developed for consideration. The<br />
outcome of the business case will determine the long-term approach<br />
of the <strong>Council</strong> to the management of residual waste upon closure of<br />
the Shewalton landfill site.<br />
2.5.7 Reduce the net cost of providing waste management services<br />
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Ensure that the charges levied for commercial waste services<br />
meet the cost of service provision<br />
Complete a logistics review of waste collection routes and working<br />
patterns<br />
Explore partnership opportunities with other <strong>Council</strong>s<br />
Explore external funding opportunities to develop initiatives.<br />
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