Issue - meetings

To consider a Project Initiation Document for the development of a 10 year waste management strategy.

The Board received a report containing the Project Initiation Document that would be used to develop a Waste Management Strategy for the re3 PFI project for the next ten years.

The Board expressed concern over the length of time that the Strategy would be in place particularly in view of the expected increase in the number of new homes across the area in the coming years which would have a significant impact on the project’s services.  It was noted that officers would work closely with planning officers to ensure that a detailed understanding of the implications that additional housing would have on facilities and services was developed.

The Board was informed that although the strategy would have a ten year lifespan it would be reviewed on an annual basis to ensure that it was kept up to date and work to develop a new strategy would commence early in its lifespan. The Strategy would provide the Joint Waste Disposal Board with a clear strategic direction whilst at the same time enabling the introduction of new technologies and the maximisation of opportunities.

The Board stressed that the Strategy would need to go through the approval processes of each Council and that the proposed recommendations should be amended to reflect this.

RESOLVED that:

1. the Project Initiation Document be approved for the purposes of consultation with the three partner Councils via their appropriate management arrangements and that such views be reported back to the next meeting of the Board prior to any actions being taken or agreed by all three partner Councils.
2. Project updates be brought to each Joint Waste Disposal Board meeting with a final report being considered in July 2013.