Wrexham County Borough Council Municipal Waste Management Strategy

Wrexham County Borough Council Municipal Waste Management Strategy June 2004 Dealing with our Rubbish – Recycling for a Better Future 24/01/07

Chronology 16 April 2002 Executive Board DES/09/02 Proposals for Municipal Waste Management Strategy 25 June 2003 Environment & Regeneration Scrutiny Committee CCSO/11/03 S Draft Waste Strategy 15 September 2003 Environment & Regeneration Scrutiny Committee CCSO/20/03 S Results of Public Consultation carried out in May/June 2003 16 September 2003 Executive Board DES/35/03 Results of Public Consultation carried out in May/June 2003 4 November 2003 Executive Board CCSO/21/03 WAG Consultation Document – Emissions Trading Bill, including the Municipal Waste Management (Wales) Regulations 18 May 2004 Executive Board PAW/05/04 Approval to adopt Draft WCBC Municipal Waste Strategy and to 24/01/07 2 submit to WAG 24/01/07

Recent (2006) independent reviews were very supportive of the Council’s Waste Strategy 1. WAG / WLGA Waste Peer Review (April 2006) 2. WAO Review of Environment (September 2006) 24/01/07 3

Definition of Municipal Waste Rubbish that the Council is responsible for managing including: - Ø Ø Ø Ø 24/01/07 Household waste Street sweepings Litter Some Commercial and trade waste Parks and gardens waste Schools waste Fly tipping Abandoned cars 24/01/07 4

Why do we need a Strategy? • • WAG requirement Waste mountain is growing Environmental and economic cost of landfill (Multi-million pound taxes and fines) European and National legislation National, Regional and Local Planning Policy Meeting European and National Targets Golden thread is SUSTSTAINABILITY 24/01/07 5

PUBLIC CONSULTATION • “Dealing with our Rubbish” questionnaire was distributed to every household in May / June 2003; • 16% response rate; • Independent analysis by data processing company; • Citizens Panel – August 2003; • Close correlation between the main survey results and the views of the Citizens Panel 24/01/07 6

Key outcomes from 2003 Public Consultation Ø 95% supported Kerbside recycling and 93% would increase their recycling rate; Ø 89% supported garden waste collection; Ø 77% supported home composting; Ø 85% Supported neighbourhood recycling centres; Ø 93% agreed for the need to raise public awareness on recycling and waste; Ø 69% agreed with the proposed strategy to produce energy via a thermal-treatment process after recycling and composting as much rubbish as possible. 24/01/07 7

Wrexham’s Recycling Rate 2001/02 2002/03 2004/05 2005/06 2006/07 - 2009/10 TARGET 24/01/07 3. 75% 10. 52% 14. 84% 18. 41% ? 40 % 24/01/07 8

ACTION TO DATE FROM JUNE 2004 Ø New Household Waste Recycling Centre built at Bryn Lane, Wrexham Industrial Estate with improved recycling facilities (open 8. 00 am - 8. 00 pm) Ø 8 new recycling rounds on the ‘Recycle with Michael’ scheme. A further round is due to start in February 2007 bringing the total of people employed on the scheme to approximately 32 Ø 37 Recycling Sites with a range of recycling banks, including 25 Neighbourhood Recycling Sites operated in-house 24/01/07

ACTION TO DATE FROM JUNE 2004 Ø Recycling Officers have completed 162 presentations to Schools and Community Groups to date Ø Approximately 970 Home Composters have been sold at cost price to Wrexham residents Ø 56 Schools are currently on a waste paper recycling scheme Ø 63 of Wrexham’s trade waste customers have recycling initiatives as part of their contract 24/01/07

ACTION TO DATE FROM JUNE 2004 Ø Real Nappies are continually promoted and a successful trial scheme funded from the Landfill Tax Credit Scheme was completed in 2006 Ø Council actively working with Waste Awareness Wales, Eco-Schools and Keep Wales Tidy, promoting waste minimisation Ø Recycling Banks are now available for Council staff in Lambpit Street car park 24/01/07

ACTION TO DATE FROM JUNE 2004 Ø Recycling and Composting rate for the first 6 months of 2006/07 was 29% Ø Recycling and Composting rate for the last quarter (July – September 2006/07) was 32% Ø Progressed the PFI Waste Management Project 24/01/07

What More Needs To Be Done? Ø Ø Ø Ø Ø Promote waste minimisation; Increase the number of neighbourhood recycling centres; Encourage more people to recycle; Make the most of the recycling facilities available; Introduce more households on to the weekly kerbside collection scheme; Encourage home composting; Promote ‘real’ nappies as an alternative to disposable ones; Deliver a viable alternative to putting rubbish in our landfill sites and successfully ‘draw-down’ the WAG PFI funding; Continue to modernise household recycling centres across the County Borough; 24/01/07 13