Issue - meetings

To approve as a correct record the minutes of the Joint Waste Disposal Board held on 13 October 2017.

RESOLVED that the minutes of the meeting of the Board held on 13 October 2017 be approved as a correct record and signed be the Chairman.

Arising on the minutes, the Board noted that:

·         Work was progressing on the formal change notice for food waste collections. It had been Agreed at Wokingham Borough Council’s Executive on the 25 January that they would be going ahead with Food Waste collection and hoped to have this in place from April 2019.

·         From Monday 12 February 2018 there would be a mail shot regarding the new plastic recycling, sent out to all residents in the Re3 partnership. These would take between 7 -10 days for all residents to receive and included a letter informing what the changes were, FAQs, a leaflet detailing what was recyclable and a leaflet setting out why recycling was important. Clear plastic takeaway containers would be recyclable.

Monica would provide all Members with the final version of the letter and leaflets electronically.

The changes would be implemented from the first collection after the letter had been received.

·         Compost sales  from the recycling centres would be going ahead in the early part of 2018. FCC were in discussions with legal surrounding setting the costs of the compost bags. Advice given had indicated that FCC should not make a loss or a profit and nor were they allowed to undercut the market, a price of £3 per 40L bag had been suggested, which was inline with other local retailers. The bags would be branded as “Re3 Grow” and sold outside the front of the recycling facilities and there were no planning or licensing issues.

Members were supportive of the idea but wished for more detail to be provided around the haulage of the compost. Oliver Burt confirmed that a paper would be circulated to Members outside of the Board Meeting.