Combined Executive Agenda 120410.pdf - North Ayrshire Council

2.3.7 Landfill Taxation
Landfill taxation was introduced by the Treasury to encourage waste
producers to produce less waste, recover more value from waste, for example
through recycling or composting and to use more environmentally friendly
methods of waste disposal. Through increasing the cost of landfill, other
advanced waste treatment technologies with higher gate fees are made to
become more financially attractive.
To increase the pace of change, escalators have subsequently been applied
that have seen the tax increase from £10 per tonne in 1999 to £64 per tonne
in 2012/13. The tax will continue to increase at a rate of £8 per tonne until
2014/15, when the level will be £80 per tonne.
2.3.8 Animal By-Products Order
This legislation sets out the controls to be applied to the handling of wastes
from a range of activities generating waste containing animal remains. The
purpose is to control the spread of diseases transmissible between species.
The order has significant implications for the treatment of catering waste,
including source segregated kitchen waste as collected by local authorities, as
it cannot be composted or spread on land without pre-treatment to achieve
certain temperature requirements. This affects the nature of the waste that
can be collected as green waste and processed through an open windrow.
2.3.9 Local Government in Scotland Act 2003
The Act requires that “the local authority shall discharge its duties under this
section in a way which contributes to the achievement of sustainable
development”. The Act includes:
� Duty to secure best value
� Statutory basis for community planning
� Power to advance well-being.
2.4 Local Considerations
There are a number of local issues and opportunities that the strategy needs
to address.
2.4.1 Single Outcome Agreement
The Single Outcome Agreement (SOA) is an agreement between the
Community Planning Partnership (CPP) and the Scottish Government on the
Outcomes which we collectively want to achieve for North Ayrshire. The SOA
includes a number of outcomes that need to be considered within this
strategy:-
� Reduce the Council's carbon footprint.
� Public services are more efficient and effective
� Increase the amount of waste recycled and reduce the amount of
waste disposed through landfill.
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