RESOLVED:

That Cabinet

a)     agrees the proposal for the implementation of a pilot wheeled bin scheme for the provision of the weekly collection of general waste and dry recycling to cover a sample of 1200 households within the Lavender Fields Ward, to be carried out over a period of six months commencing in April 2015, in order to test the benefits or otherwise of this method of collection

b)     requests the Sustainable Communities Overview and Scrutiny Panel consider an officer report setting out the findings of the pilot and to ask Scrutiny to assess whether it offers opportunities to improve street cleanliness and ensure value for money for council tax payers.

c).    delegates to the Director of Environment & Regeneration, in consultation with the Cabinet Member for Street Cleanliness and Parking, the decision of where to implement the pilot scheme within Lavender Fields ward.