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RESOLVED
that:
 
(a)      Cabinet supports the
actions taken to submit an appeal to DEFRA to address the shortfall
in new burdens capital funding allocated to Northumberland for the
provision of a weekly food waste collection service to all
households;
 
(b)      Cabinet agrees that
pending the outcome of the appeal to DEFRA and also confirmation of
new burdens revenue funding (announcement due in Spring 2025), that
plans for the implementation of food waste collection services for
2026/27 are based on utilising the current level of new burdens
capital funding allocated to Northumberland, noting that this would
not enable food waste collections to be provided to all
households;
 
(c)      Cabinet approves Option 1
as the preferred option for making best use of the new burdens
capital funds received to date as it offers the most effective and
efficient approach to providing food waste collections to the
maximum number of households in the county, as set out in Section 5
of this report;
 
(d)      authority be delegated to
the Executive Director of Place and Regeneration in consultation
with the Cabinet Member for Environment, Rural and Farming to
select the settlement areas that will be included in the Option 1,
Phase 1b roll out of food waste collections to enable the timely
implementation of the further expansion of the service to fully
utilise any remaining capital new burdens funding following
implementation of Phase 1a.