Agenda item

Report of the Director of the Built Environment.

The Committee considered a report of the Director of the Built Environment regarding the practicality of implementing any separate waste collection for paper, plastic, metals, and glass.

The Director of Transportation and Public Realm advised that the attached Eunomia Waste Regulations Compliance review report provided the advice that the City of London Corporation’s current efforts to encourage waste prevention, reuse and recycling were compliant with the current Waste Regulations 2011 (Amended 2012). He added that contamination was now at an acceptable level but the recycling rate had dropped.

In response to a Member’s question, the Assistant Director of Street Cleansing advised that the list of items that could be included in dry mixed recycling (DMR) depended on which recycling facility was used, as different materials were processed at different facilities. Members were also informed that officers were on the verge of signing an agreement to process the City’s DMR using the Veolia Materials Recovery Facility in Southwark; once this was in place officers would send information to all residents advising them of the materials they could recycle and how to access the services offered.

In response to a Member’s question, the Director advised that he would contact the Estate Office staff on Middlesex Street, E1 to ensure that the failure of their entrance gates was not affecting local businesses’ waste management arrangements.

RESOLVED – That the recommendation that any separate collection for paper, plastic, metals and glass is currently not economically practicable, be approved.