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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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