Agenda and decisions

Resolved/-

Apologies for absence were received and noted from Councillors Robert Morrisey (Bolton sub), Arnold Saunders (Salford sub), David Meller (Stockport sub), Hugh Roderick (Tameside sub).

Apologies were also received and noted from Tom Ross (Portfolio Leader), Caroline Simpson (Portfolio Chief Executive), Steve Wilson (GMCA), Lindsey Keech (GMCA).

To nominate a Chair to the GM Waste and Recycling Committee for the forthcoming municipal year for recommendation to the GM Combined Authority.

Resolved/-

Agreed to nominate Councillor Alan Quinn as Chair of the Greater Manchester Waste and Recycling Committee for 2024/25 for approval by the GMCA.

To note the membership of the Committee for 2024/5 appointed at the GMCA meeting held on 14 June 2024:

Resolved/-

To note the membership of the GM Waste & Recycling Committee for the 2024/25 municipal year.

To appoint a member of the GM Waste & Recycling Committee Member to the Greater Manchester Green City Region Partnership for 2024/5.

Resolved/-

To appoint Councillor Steve Adshead to the Green City Region Board for the 2024/25 municipal year.

Report of Gillian Duckworth, GMCA Solicitor & Monitoring Officer attached.

Resolved/-

1.             That the GMCA’s Member Code of Conduct at Appendix A of the report
          be noted.

2.             To agree to complete and return the annual register of interest form at
          Appendix B of the report.

Report of Gillian Duckworth, GMCA Solicitor & Monitoring Officer attached.

Resolved/-

That the Terms of Reference at appendix 1 of the report be noted.

Report of David Taylor, Executive Director, GMCA Waste and Resources

attached.

Resolved/-

That the Committee Work Programme for 2024/25 be agreed.

To agree the following programme of meetings for the Committee for 2024/5:

·     Wednesday, 16 October 2024, 10am-12noon

·     Wednesday 22 January 2025, 10am-12noon

·     Wednesday 12 March 2025, 10am-12noon

Resolved/-

That the programme of meetings for 2024/25 be noted.

There were no Chairs announcements or items of urgent business

To receive declarations of interest in any item for discussion at the meeting. A blank form for declaring interests has been circulated with the agenda; please ensure that this is returned to the Governance & Scrutiny Officer 48 hours in advance of the meeting.

Resolved/-

There were no Declarations of Interest reported.

To consider the approval of the minute of the meetings held on 13 March 2024.

Resolved/-

That the minutes of the meeting held on 13 March 2024 be approved as a correct record.

Report of Justin Lomax, Head of Contract Services & Paul Morgan, Head of Commercial Services, GMCA Waste and Resources Team attached.

That the report be noted.

Report and presentation of Michelle Whitfield, Head of Communications & Behavioural Change, GMCA Waste and Resources Team attached.

Resolved/-

That the Communications & Engagement Plan and the progress updates be noted.

Report of Paul Morgan, Head of Commercial Services, GMCA Waste and Resources Team attached.

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.

Report of Steve Wilson, GMCA Treasurer attached.

Resolved/-

That the report be noted.

Report of Michelle Lynch, Sustainable Consumption and Production Lead Programme Manager, GMCA Environment Directorate attached.

Resolved/-

1.    That the progress of the key areas of activities currently being undertaken as part of the Single-Use Plastic Work Programme be noted.

2.    That officers include the request for resource and support from government on single use plastics in their letter to the secretary of state.

3.    That the single use plastic e-learning module be shared with members of the committee and members of the GM Green City Region Partnership be agreed.

4.    That a letter be sent to the Secretary of State for Education and the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs on behalf of the committee requesting the promotion and dissemination of national government direction, good practise and initiatives on single use plastics to schools going forwards be agreed.

Report of Michael Kelly, Head of Engineering and Asset Management, GMCA

Waste and Resources Team attached.

Resolved/-

That the report be noted.

Report of Paul Morgan, Head of Commercial Services, GMCA Waste and Resources Team attached.

Resolved/-

1.    That the changes to the sampling of recycling required by the change and expansion in regulatory requirements be noted.

2.    That the proposals provided by Suez for compliance with the Regulations and the verbal update given be noted.

That, under section 100 (A)(4) of the Local Government Act 1972 the press and public should be excluded from the meeting for the following items on business on the grounds that this involved the likely disclosure of exempt information, as set out in the relevant paragraphs of Part 1, Schedule 12A of the Local Government Act 1972 and that the public interest in maintaining the exemption outweighed the public interest in disclosing the information.

Resolved/-

That, under section 100 (A)(4) of the Local Government Act 1972 the press and public should be excluded from the meeting for the following items on business because this involved the likely disclosure of exempt information, as set out in the relevant paragraph 3 of Part 1, Schedule 12A of the Local Government Act 1972 and that the public interest in maintaining the exemption outweighed the public interest in disclosing the information.

Report of Justin Lomax, Head of Contract Services, GMCA Waste and Resources Team attached.

Resolved/-

That the contract updates and key risks detailed in the report be noted.

Clerk’s Note: This item was considered in support of the report considered in Part A of the agenda (Item 13 above refers).