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That the Executive Board:
 
1. Approves the early introduction, from April
2025, of a pilot food waste collection service to specific,
localised areas of the borough.
 
2. Approves the development of a
communications campaign for the early introduction.
 
3. Delegates authority to the Strategic
Director of Environment and Communities in consultation with the
Executive Member for Environment and Communities to procure the
necessary items and services to implement the pilot food waste
collection service.
 
4. Notes that at the time of writing, the New
Burdens Funding commitment for food waste collections has not yet
been confirmed and provided.
 
5. Gives approval to a budget of
£223,200 (comprising £23,600 for the additional set up
costs and £199,600 being the annual operating costs) to be
included in the Council’s budget for 2025/26 (and, where
necessary, to be funded by way of a contribution from the
Council’s Budget Strategy Reserve).
 
6. Agree that a further report on the
implementation of the Food Waste Collection Service is submitted to
the Executive Board in due once full details of the funding package
are made available by the Government.