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July/August 2019
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Consultation launched on new waste strategy Following the success of recent recycling initiatives, council’s new focus is “saving the planet’s precious resources”
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outh Gloucestershire Council’s (SGC’s) proposed new Resource and Waste Strategy, covering the period 2020 to 2030, incorporates aims to further improve recycling rates in the district, but also includes measures to reduce our consumption of raw materials, especially single-use plastics. A 14-week public consultation on the draft strategy document was approved at a Cabinet meeting on Monday 17th June. Ambitious, legally binding targets outlined in the document include recycling 65 percent of waste by 2035 and 70 percent of packaging by 2030. Current recycling rates are just under 60 percent, with the projected recycling rate for 2018-2019 being 58.3 percent. However, the council admits that the results of its annual waste
analysis in 2018 show that it “has more to do” in order to divert waste from the black bin into recycling. It is estimated there are (annually) 10,268 tonnes of food waste disposed of in the black bin that could be recycled. In an effort to reduce this, the council says it will continue to promote its weekly food waste collections and encourage residents to reduce avoidable food waste in line with national campaigns such as ‘Love Food Hate Waste’. The new strategy does not include any changes to kerbside collections, although from April next year bulky household items (such as sofas and mattresses) will be taken to a new facility to be shredded, removing metals, wood and rigid plastics for recycling. The remaining material will be sent for energy recovery,
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Cllr Rachael Hunt, SGC Cabinet member for communities, at Yate Sort-It Centre
with the aim of zero going to landfill. Proposed measures to promote sustainable alternatives to singleuse plastic items include sharing knowledge with businesses and communities and promoting the ‘Refill’ campaign locally. The local authority’s ruling group said in a statement: “Under Conservatives, the council has introduced weekly recycling collections at no additional cost to residents and has reduced the green bin tax forced on residents by the Liberal Democrats and Labour.” “Plans are also progressing to open a new recycling centre in Filton, following the purchase of land earlier this year.” The council’s current Waste Strategy, which runs from 2015
to 2020 and focuses on waste reduction, increasing re-use and increasing recycling, has been fully implemented and has resulted in: • A 23 percent reduction in residual waste (7,978 tonnes) between April – December 2018, compared to the previous year • A 16 percent increase in recycling (3,194 tonnes) in the same period Cllr Rachael Hunt, Cabinet member for communities, said: “The success in recent years to increase recycling across South Gloucestershire to record levels and adopt a more environmentally responsible attitude is very much down to the receptiveness of the public and I want to thank residents for supporting our work to improve
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