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RESOLVED
 
i)             
To approve the introduction of a weekly domestic food waste service
before 31 March 2026 to all residents in Horsham District.

 
ii)            
To approve the collection frequencies, as follows:
 • Residual Waste: fortnightly
 • Dry Mixed Recycling: fortnightly
 • Garden Waste: fortnightly
 • Food waste: weekly
 
RECOMMENDED TO
COUNCIL
 
iii)          
That capital expenditure of up to £2,617,000 required to
purchase the vehicles (to include in cab technology and CCTV),
caddies and bins, is approved. This will be spent across 2024/25
and 2025/26 and profiled into the capital programme in the relevant
year by the Director of Resources when the lead times for each
capital items are known.

 
iv)          
That revenue expenditure of £25,000 in 2024/25 for route
planning required for the transition to weekly food waste
collection is approved.

 
REASON
 
i)             
The Environment Act 2021 set into legislation various requirements
for local councils and specifically mandated for all waste
collection authorities (WCAs) in England to provide a weekly
collection of food waste from households. On 21 October 2023,
Government announced ‘Simpler Recycling’ waste reforms
which stated the new requirement must be provided by 31 March
2026.

 
ii)            
ii) The roll out of weekly food waste collections encompasses
a number of projects as detailed in the
report, which will all feed into achieving the delivery of the
service by 31 March 2026.
 

 
iii)          
Full Council must approve capital and revenue expenditure.