Purpose

Under section 45A of the
Environmental Protection Act 1990 (as amended by section 57 of the
Environment Act 2021) and the Government’s Simpler Recycling
policy, Waste Collection Authorities (WCAs) will be required to
collect food waste separately from household waste across England
by March 2026.
 
Under the Environmental
Protection Act 1990, it falls to the County Council as the Waste
Disposal Authority (WDA) to arrange for the disposal of the
“controlled waste” collected in its area by the
WCAs.  
 
As part of the waste disposal
process, the County Council provides a network of transfer stations
for WCAs to deliver their collected waste materials to. These
transfer stations will need to be reconfigured to allow for food
waste to be segregated from other waste streams before it is
transported onwards for reprocessing by Anaerobic Digestion at the
Warnham Mechanical Biological Treatment facility (which is
currently being reconfigured to treat separately collected food
waste).

Decision

The Cabinet Member for Environment and Climate
Change has –
 
1)   
agreed the capital investment of up to £2.1m to reconfigure
up to five transfer stations to allow for the separate reception
and onward transportation of source segregated food waste from the
District and Borough Councils; and
 
2)   
delegated authority to the Assistant Director (Environment and
Public Protection) to approve the Change Notice in relation to the
contract with Biffa.