Decision

The Executive agreed the
recommendations as outlined above namely:
 
1. To authorise
the Director for Community and Environmental Services working in
conjunction with the Managing Director of ENVECO to implement a
3-weekly domestic waste collection service, from April 2026, which
includes weekly food waste collections.
 
2. To authorise the Director
for Community and Environmental Services to work in conjunction
with the Managing Director of ENVECO and Director of Resources
to:
a.    
Replace the brown hessian sacks with a brown bin at
a cost of circa. £1m.  It is
proposed that this expenditure would be funded by prudential
borrowing over 15 years which represents an estimate of the minimum
life of a bin.  The cost would be met
from the Waste budget in 2025/26 and thereafter it is proposed that
it would be a first call on the expected Extended Producer
Responsibility (EPR) monies 2026/27. The level of this funding is
not currently known and in the event of any shortfall, it is
proposed that this is picked up through the Council’s Medium
Term Financial Plan.
b.    
Reduce the annual cost of the green bin subscription
from £45 to £30, which creates a pressure of
£150,000 per year, which will be fed into the medium term
financial planning process for the 2026/27 budget
process;
c.     
To review the communal bin hubs pilot, the financial
implications and requirements of a roll-out across, in particular,
the inner ward and secondary shopping areas across
Blackpool.  Again, it is proposed that
the associated costs be a call on the expected Extended Producer
Responsibility monies 2026/27.  Once the
financial implications have been assessed, if this Extended
Producer Responsibility funding is insufficient this will be the
subject of a further report; and
d.    
To provide ten waste amnesties per year across the
inner areas of the town at a cost of £40,000, which will be
fed into the medium-term financial planning process for the
2026/267 budget.
 
3.To authorise the Director for
Community and Environmental Services to work in conjunction with
the Managing Director of ENVECO to produce the
following:
a.    
Communication, education and awareness plans for the
wider community and children and young people regarding the changes
and also in relation to reducing waste arisings and increasing
recycling; and
b.    
To consider a more robust process for making sure
the right materials are being placed in the right bins and
bench-marking with other authorities, considering enforcement
options.
 
4. To authorise the Director
for Community and Environmental Services, in conjunction with the
Managing Director of ENVECO to review the pilot trial of using
Hydrotreated Vegetable Oil, as an alternative to diesel in the
operation of the Council’s and ENVECO’s fleet of
vehicles.