Decision details

Cabinet considered the adoption of the Cheshire East Municipal Waste Strategy 2030.

The Municipal Waste Strategy 2030 had received strong endorsement from the public during its consultation phase with nearly 800 responses received, the majority of which agreed with the strategic objectives.

The strategy outlined the key aims and objectives for future municipal waste management in Cheshire East, the public consultation on these objectives and steps that would be needed to implement them.

The strategy would provide the Council with a long-term strategic policy and offer protection against the possibility of challenge from the waste industry over its waste and recycling activities; it would also assist the long term sustainability of its operations. Furthermore, the strategy would provide a vehicle to set measurable objectives for the Council’s alternative service delivery vehicle, Ansa Environmental Services, in accordance with the aims, objectives and priorities of the Council.

Cabinet agreed the following amendments to the strategy:

Page 109 – removal of paragraphs under the heading ‘Reduce the number of HWRCs’

Page 122 – removal of Optimisation of HWRC network

Page 144 – removal of the word ‘efficiency’ under the second recommendation

RESOLVED

That the Cheshire East Municipal Waste Strategy 2030 as amended be adopted.