This meeting of the Warwickshire Waste Partnership will include an update on the partnership’s performance data, and discussion of a number of different policy areas, including the Resources and Waste Strategy for England, food waste collection plans, and the Waste Partner Update.

Action on Climate Change

The meeting will include a verbal report on Action on Climate Change.

The minutes from the previous Warwickshire Waste Partnership meeting record that:

Warwickshire County Council was engaged in extensive efforts behind the scenes related to energy and waste management.

Waste Partners Update

This item will provide an update from the various local authorities involved in the Warwickshire Waste Partnership on the waste activities taking place in their areas.

The report prepared for the meeting says that Stratford District Council will be providing an update on their use of Hydrotreated Vegetable Oil fuel in their refuse collection vehicles. It says:

Hydrotreated Vegetable Oil (HVO) fuel is now being used in lieu of diesel fuel for all the frontline refuse collection vehicles based at the Stratford Depot.

The report also notes that Rugby Borough Council is:

experiencing high levels of sick leave at the moment; this includes shortages with agency support.

An addendum to the report notes that:

Since the publication of the Waste Partner Update report, there have been some updates from the Borough Councils on the Food Waste Collections.

Update on the Resources and Waste Strategy for England

This item will consist of a verbal report updating the committee on the government’s Resources and Waste Strategy for England.

The minutes from the previous Warwickshire Waste Partnership meeting show that the strategy includes:

Extended Producer Responsibility for packaging (EPR), where brand owners will pay Local Authorities to manage all household packaging starting April 2025.

It also includes:

Simpler recycling (previously called consistency in the collection of recycling).

Food waste collection plans (incl. NBBC waste composition)

This item will consist of a verbal report updating the committee on food waste collection plans, including Nuneaton and Bedworth Borough Council’s waste composition.

The minutes from the previous Warwickshire Waste Partnership meeting state that the three Borough Councils:

have reached out to DEFRA to request further funding.

The minutes go on to say that:

Councils were still waiting to hear from the new central Government on their waste agenda with the only definite being Extended Producer Responsibility Payments commencing in 2025.

Waste Management Performance Data Q2 24/25

This item will provide the partnership with its Waste Management Performance Data for Quarter 2 2024/25.

The report prepared for the meeting shows that:

Recycling/Reuse rate [is] 22.7%

and that:

Landfill rate [is] 5.7%

The report also shows that the performance of Warwickshire’s Household Waste Recycling Centres, measured in terms of recycling rate, varies significantly. For example:

Burton Farm HWRC recycling rate [is] 53.5%

and:

Hunters Lane HWRC & Transfer Station recycling rate [is] 57.2%

Film Collection

This item will consist of a verbal report updating the committee on the collection of films.

Dates of future meetings

This will be an opportunity for the committee to consider the dates of future meetings.

Agenda item suggestions for next meeting

This will be an opportunity for the committee to consider suggestions for the agenda of their next meeting.