Issue - meetings

The Head of Environmental Services presented the Joint Municipal Waste Management Strategy Addendum.  Redditch Borough Council had signed up to this strategy some years previously alongside all of the local authorities in Worcestershire as well as Herefordshire County Council.  The Committee was advised that this addendum provided an update to the joint strategy which would be in place up to 2034. 

The Committee welcomed the report and noted that, whilst the Council had not met all of the targets specified in the strategy, it was anticipated that progress would be made following adoption of the addendum.  The Council was, however, in the top quartile in the country for dry recycling rates.  In response to questions from Members Officers confirmed that there had been a sudden drop in landfill use and a small proportion of reuse for municipal waste disposal routes between 2000 and 2017.

RECOMMENDED that

the Addendum to the Joint Municipal Waste Management Strategy (JMWMS) for Herefordshire and Worcestershire 2004 – 2034 be adopted.