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.

The Cabinet Member for Environmental Cleanliness and Parking presented the report which detailed proposals of a 1200 households pilot wheeled bin scheme for general waste and dry recycling, for a six months period starting in April 2015. The aim of the pilot would be to understand the benefits of a wheeled bin collection service in relation to three areas: recycling rates, value for money and improvement in street cleanliness.  It was noted that at the conclusion of the trial, a report setting out its findings would be sent to Sustainable Communities Overview and Scrutiny Panel, so they could scrutinise how successful the pilot had been against the three identified areas.

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 to consider an officer report setting out the findings of the pilot and to ask the Scrutiny Panel 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.