Issue - meetings

The Cabinet considered the proposed Carmarthenshire Waste Strategy 2021-2025 which detailed the considerations, measures and strategy proposed for future improvement of the waste kerbside collection service to achieve the measures set out in the Welsh Government strategies Towards Zero Waste and Beyond Recycling. Whilst the current service model had enabled the Authority to exceed the statutory 64% target it was deemed that further change was required to meet the 70% recycling target from 2024/25, the expected 80% target by 2030 and provide a base for improvements to achieve zero waste by 2050.

UNANIMOUSLY RESOLVED

7.1 to approve the direction of travel for service delivery set out for an interim solution followed by a longer-term service change including the interim proposals of:

·                  the move to weekly recycling collections;

·                  the change to three weekly residual collections;

·                 the separate collection of glass at the kerbside (3-weekly in the interim);

7.2   to commence the procurement of the additional vehicles required for the interim solution;

7.3   to develop the programme of longer-term service change for delivery in 2024 of

·       the move to Welsh Government ”Blueprint” compliant recycling collections;

·       weekly glass recycling as part of the kerbside sort collection methodology;

·       additional material collections – textiles, Small Domestic Appliances and batteries.