Madeleine Gorman Deborah Kenneally Rother District Council Advantages

Madeleine Gorman & Deborah Kenneally Rother District Council

Advantages Disadvantages Annual service savings = £ 3 million Troublesome issues were shared Management costs were shared Loss of local service resilience Disposal costs were avoided Partnership is affected by nonwaste matters Size of contract allowed significant The risks associated with investment in ICT recycling value could not be externalised Troublesome issues were shared

Amount Contractor believes it can generate from sale of recycling material Full cost of everything Needed to deliver service. Expenditure £ 13, 324, 000 Income Contract Price £ 11, 024, 000 £ 2, 300, 000 All in tendered price for delivering the specified service

Price obtained Volume collected

• Collection services for Rother, Wealden and Hastings • Street Cleansing for Rother and Wealden • Different financial basis • Fully co-mingled collection system o Residents might expect changes to the list of what’s collected. o Food waste collections might yet become a legal requirement • No immediate change to collection days

• Tenders will be received 12 th October • A recommendation to award the Contract will be made on 30 th November • Each partner council will scrutinise the recommendation and make budget preparations in December. • Final signing & sealing of the Contract will take place early January 2019. • When the full operational implications are known, each council will begin to make changes accordingly. This information will be communicated next Spring 2019.

Where does our rubbish go? In an ideal world, we would all fully utilise whatever we purchase leaving only dust & ashes as waste but…. • Reuse: charity shops, clothes banks & other charitable endeavours (e. g. school artwork) • Swop shops and low value sales : Facebook marketplace, Shpok, Gumtree, Ebay, Magpie etc • “Home heating” : log burner, bonfires, etc

Where does our rubbish go? • Items in the Green Recycling Bin go to a Materials Recovery Facility (MRF) located in Crayford, Kent. q 8, 840 tonnes (= 1, 473 truck loads) • Glass in the recycling box goes to Berryman (United Resource Management) located in Essex. q 1158 tonnes • Please note : Plastic bottles, cans and paper taken directly to a Household Waste and Recycling Site goes to the Materials Recovery Facility (MRF) located at Hollingdean, Brighton

Where does our rubbish go? • Items in the Black Rubbish Bin go to the Energy Recovery Facility (incinerator) located in Newhaven q 17, 600 tonnes (= 2933 truck loads) q. Produces electricity for 25, 000 homes • Material in the Brown Garden Waste Bin goes to the Composting Centre located at Woodlands, on the A 22 q 8, 300 tonnes (= 1, 383 truck loads)

Recycling 3 Golden Rules

Rule number 1 Refuse the packaging! If you really can’t refuse or avoid………

…. . then Reduce, Reuse, Recycle • UK Government strategy: “ Since the publication in 2000 of the Waste Strategy for England Wales, significant changes, largely driven by EU waste laws, have been made to how waste is produced and disposed of in the UK. Building on the gains of the 2000 policy and the subsequent 2007 Waste Strategy for England, Defra published in 2013 a new Waste Management Plan for England. Wales, Scotland, and Northern Ireland also have equivalent waste strategies. ” - Environment Law. org. uk

…. . then Reduce, Reuse, Recycle • East Sussex Municipal Waste Management Strategy “The strategy covers municipal waste, which includes waste collected from households, recycling collections, waste taken to recycling banks, collections of bulky waste, street sweepings, collection of household clinical waste, waste collected from some businesses and fly tipping. It covers waste management for the period 2006 – 2020. ” - East Sussex County Council

…. . then Reduce, Reuse, Recycle • Joint Waste Management Strategy “Our vision is to get the maximum value out of waste, in the form of items for reuse, materials for reprocessing, or fuel for energy. We want to get as much useful material as possible out of the dustbin and reused or recycled. ” - Joint Waste Partnership

Rule number 2 Plastic Recycling No Black Plastics!

Rule number 3 Don’t read the labels! Follow these rules >>>>>>>

Beverage Carton Recycling Yes Please! No Thanks! The following list includes examples of the types of beverage cartons that can go into your recycling bin: • Milk Cartons • Juice Cartons • Tetra Pak Cartons We are unable to accept the following materials in the recycling bin: • Paper Cups, e. g. takeaway cups • Foil lined food pouches, e. g. for baby food and cat food

Glass Recycling Yes Please! No Thanks! The following are examples of the types of glass we can collect for recycling: • Glass Bottles • Glass Jars • Perfume/lotion bottles • Glass can also be taken to your nearest Neighbourhood Recycling Points or Household Waste Recycling Sites. We cannot accept the following: • Glass from windows or greenhouses • Pyrex or Vision. Ware cooking dishes • Light bulbs and other electrical equipment with glass components

Cardboard Recycling Yes Please! The following list includes examples of the types of cardboard that can go in your recycling bin: • Corrugated Cardboard, e. g. cardboard boxes • Cereal Packet type cardboard • Cardboard • Frozen food boxes No Thanks! We are unable to accept the following materials in the recycling bin: • Kitchen roll • Bubble wrap • Tissues

Garden Waste Recycling Yes Please! The following are examples of the types of Garden Waste we can collect for composting: • Grass cuttings • Leaves and bark • Windfalls • Harder woody prunings (up to 6 inches in diameter) • Hedge clippings • Dead flowers and plants • Straw and sawdust (if used as bedding for vegetarian pets) No Thanks! We are unable to take the following materials in the Green Waste recycling stream. • Plant pots • Dog/Cat litter • Fruit and Vegetable peelings • Giant Hogweed • Food waste

Aerosols Recycling Yes Please! No Thanks! The following list includes examples of the different types of aerosols that can go in your recycling bin: • Deodorants • Furniture Polish • Shaving Foam Canisters We are unable to accept the following materials in the recycling bin: • Gas Canisters • Fire Extinguishers • Other metals, e. g. cutlery, pots and pans and scrap metal generally

Food & Drinks Cans Yes Please! No Thanks! The following list shows examples of the different types of food and drinks cans and tins that can go into your recycling bin: • Food cans such as beans, soup, tomatoes and fish • Drinks cans • Metals lids and caps from bottles and jars • Other metals, e. g. cutlery, pots and pans and scrap metal generally

Tin Foil Recycling Yes Please! The following list shows the types of aluminium foil that can be put loose into your recycling bin: • Aluminium foil tops e. g. milk bottles tops and yogurt tops • Aluminium foil food trays If you are not sure if an item is made of just foil, try the following test: Squash the foil - Does it bounce back? No - put it in the recycling bin! Yes - it is not the foil we want and should be placed in the rubbish bin. No Thanks! We are unable to accept the following materials in the recycling bin: • Foil lined crisp packets • Foil lined food pouches, e. g. baby food and cat food • Other metals, e. g. cutlery, pots and pans and scrap metal generally

Paper Recycling Yes Please! No Thanks! • • • We are unable to accept the following materials in the recycling bin: • • • Newspapers Phone Books Envelopes (no need to remove windows) Magazines Computer Paper Brochures Catalogues Junk Mail Yellow Pages Shredded Paper (please put this in a plastic carrier bag in your bin to keep it contained) Wrapping Paper Books • • Kitchen roll paper Tissues

Plastic bottles & Pots Recycling Yes Please! You can recycle all types of plastic bottles, such as: • Plastic milk bottles • Fizzy drinks bottles • Squash bottles • Water bottles • Shampoo bottles • Bottles from household cleaning products • Bleach bottles Yes Please! You can recycle all types of plastic pots, such as: • Yogurt pots • Cream pots • Soup pots • Salad pots

Plastic Recycling cont……. Yes Please! You can recycle all types of plastic tubs, such as: • Margarine tubs • Ice cream tubs • Plastic trays You can recycle all types of trays, such as: • Meat trays • Fruit trays or punnets • Biscuit trays

Plastic Recycling cont……. Yes Please! You can recycle the following types of plastic bags: • Carrier bags • Bread bags • Banana bags • Freezer bags • Fruit and vegetable bags You can recycle the following types of plastic film and wrapping, such as: • Plastic film around magazines and newspapers • Plastic film or wrapping around food products • Plastic wrapping around multipacks of cans • Plastic wrapping around toilet rolls • Plastic wrappers from bakery goods • Plastic shrink wrap and cling film • Plastic breakfast cereal liners Remember the No Black rule!

Plastic Recycling cont… Yes Please! No Thanks! You can recycle all types of plastic blister packs, such as: • Packaging that contained batteries • Packaging that contained toys • Packaging that contained tablets We are unable to accept the following materials in the recycling bin: • Pesticide or chemical bottles • Plastic plant pots • Hard plastics, e. g. children's toys, milk crates, ride on cars • Polystyrene, e. g. for packaging and coffee cups • Bubble Wrap • Black plastic sacks • Electronic items • Plastic strapping or string

Electrical and Electronic Equipment Yes Please! The following are examples of the types of Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) we can collect for recycling from the various WEEE banks • phones • remote controls • electronic toys • hair dryers • kettles • irons • radios Visit www. rother. co. uk for list of sites All other larger items of WEEE, for instance: • Computers • television sets • cookers • washing machines etc. can be either taken to your local Household Waste Recycling Sites or through use of our Bulky Household Waste Collections service.

Metal Recycling Yes Please! No Thanks! The following are examples of the types of aluminium and steel we can collect for recycling: • Food cans • Drinks cans • Aluminium foil tops e. g. milk bottles tops and yoghurt tops, • Aluminium foil food trays, • Aerosol cans (please ensure • Crisp packets • Cat/dog food pouches • Sweet wrappers they are empty, please do not pierce or squash them) Many of the above are made from foil lined with plastic so they are not currently recyclable. Remember the foil test!

Spreading the word! Current Communications + Future Communications • • • Panels on Waste vehicles • School visits Facebook Twitter Website ‘We Do’ campaign – ’Rother Does’ campaign. • WRAP Recycling week • Voluntary organisations e. g. Bexhill & Rother Environmental Groups

Changes ahead? • • • Government initiatives UK Policy UK infrastructure Until Autumn 2019 and then…. . possible changes East Sussex Waste infrastructure-part of PFI until 2033 with Veolia. • Brexit

Please remember…. . Keep separating your glass until June 2019 Please remember…. . The 3 golden rules

• Take the time to recognise what is being thrown away (e. g. look out for bonded and laminated items) • Prompt family, friends and contacts to use social media or sign-up for council alerts (weekly email circulation) • Understand the “environmental” v “economic” argument • Be prepared for further changes in collection systems and the disposal infrastructure • Let everyone know that council’s are non-profit making so only spend for the “public good”. So please abide by whatever services your council offers – we are all genuinely trying to do the right thing!

• • Neighbourhood and Community Services www. rother. gov. uk/ Email : customerservices@rother. gov. uk Tel: 01424 787000 • • Joint Waste Partnership Office Room 48, Bexhill Town Hall Email : jointwaste@rother. gov. uk Tel: 01424 787234