Decision details

Resolved/-

1.    That the update provided on strategic and policy matters be noted.

2.    That any district seeking to continue to collect residual waste on a three weekly basis obtain their own legal advice as part of formulating their rationale for departing from any statutory guidance on the subject be agreed.

3.    That officers, on behalf of the committee, write to Defra, the Secretary of State and the Local Government Association to request that statutory guidance on the frequency of residual waste collection is reconsidered giving local authorities the flexibility to determine their own waste collection frequencies be agreed.

4.    That officers include in the GM Emission Trading Scheme Consultation response the request that GM retain funds generated through the UK’s Emissions Trading Scheme from incinerated waste to be used as circular investment in localised decarbonisation be agreed.