Combined Executive Agenda 120410.pdf - North Ayrshire Council

3.7 Amenity Waste
Amenity waste consists of litter and dog waste from over 1500 bins,
street sweepings, grass cuttings from parks etc, fly-tipping and
abandoned vehicles. With the exception of grass cuttings and other
organic parks the materials collected can be very difficult to separate
and recycle. However street sweepings are de-watered prior to
disposal to reduce the weight of material disposed of to landfill.
The Council has a statutory duty under the Removal and Disposal of
Vehicles Regulations 1986 made under the Refuse Disposal (Amenity)
Act 1978 to remove abandoned vehicles. These are disposed of at a
local registered site in accordance with the End of Life Vehicles
Directive.
3.8 Shewalton Waste Transfer Station
The waste transfer station acts as a central point for any further sorting
prior to the bulking and subsequent transfer of waste materials to the
appropriate re-processors or disposal point.
The transfer station also offers, subject to the payment of an
appropriate charge, a waste disposal point for businesses.
3.9 Residual Waste Disposal
Residual waste is disposed of at the Council’s landfill site at Shewalton,
Irvine. The site is split into 5 cells which are constructed to receive
waste and capped as each becomes full. Cell 4 was constructed during
2011 and is currently receiving waste. It is anticipated that the site will
reach capacity by 2017 following which it will be necessary to close the
site and put into place an aftercare plan.
A number of initiatives are currently in progress to improve the efficient
operation of the site particularly in respect of a leachate management
system and to generate energy from the gas emitted from the
decomposing waste within the site.
3.10 Source of Municipal Waste
The quantities of municipal waste managed by the Council during
2010/11 are shown by source in table 3.1 below:-
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