Decision details

(Report of Director of Street Scene and Leisure)

Consideration was given to the annual report of the Kent Resource Partnership for 2013/14 giving details of the end destination of waste and recyclate collected by Kent authorities.  The report provided a Kent overview and a breakdown for each council from which it was noted that 85% of the Borough Council’s waste was dealt with in Kent, 89% turned into a resource and only 11% sent to landfill.

An update was given at the meeting on the situation following news that Aylesford Newsprint had recently gone into administration.  Contingency arrangements for paper recycling had been made to ensure no disruption to residents with collected material currently being sent to the Smurfit Mill in Snodland.  The Waste Services team were commended for their speedy and pragmatic response and it was noted that the full impacts of the closure and options for the future were being explored for report back in due course.

Following consideration by the Local Environmental Management Advisory Board, the Cabinet Member for Environmental Services resolved that:

The approach outlined in the report be noted and endorsed in continuing to be open about the Council’s waste and recycling material end destination and publicising information through the Kent Resource Partnership.