Purpose

To update Cabinet following the consultation exercise that was undertaken following the last report and to seek decisions to implement a number of specific proposals for savings.

Decision

RESOLVED to:

 

1)  
Note the results
of public consultation in relation to the Operation and Management of Household
Waste Recycling Centres;

 

2)  
Note the analysis
of those results summarised in this report and detailed in Appendix 2 to the report;

 

3)  
Approve the
adoption of revised opening hours for eight HWRCs to 9.30am – 5.00pm, seven
days a week;

 

4)  
Approve the implementation
of a charge for the deposit of asbestos and car tyres to cover the direct cost
of their disposal;

 

5)  
Approve setting
the charge for tyres at £4.00 per tyre and the charge for asbestos at £6.00 per
sheet or the equivalent volume;

 

6)  
Approve the development
of a pilot project at two HWRCs (Bolsover and Ashbourne) to trial a paid for
service for the acceptance of small quantities of trade waste from registered
small businesses and sole traders in Derbyshire, as set out in this report; and

 

7)  
Defer adopting
the Government’s definition for DIY waste at this time
pending the analysis of site usage data from automatic number plate
recognition.