Issue - meetings

A total period of 15 minutes is allocated for members of the public to make a statement(s) on any matter that falls within the remit of the Committee.

Individual members of the public may speak for up to 5 minutes, but the Chairman will decide how the period of time allocated for public speaking will be apportioned, where there are a number of speakers

Mr. John Tomlinson, a resident from Alderley Edge attended to comment on the transformation of waste and recycling collection services. It was explained that he was speaking from a position of experience in waste inspection.

Mr. Tomlinson began by stating that he welcomed the proposals outlined in the paper, particularly those around increasing the range of materials that could be collected.

Having said this, Mr. Tomlinson continued to outline a number of detailed issues which he felt had not been sufficiently explained or touched upon in the paper.

·        Whether or not ‘bring sites’ would continue in the new arrangements or be abolished

·        As household recycling centres would be used less in the new system, had the possible consequences of prices and charges been considered.

·        Whether or not waste would be disaggregated once collected to ensure that it would be recycled effectively.

·        That to encourage people to recycle, it would be useful to provide a smaller bin for residual waste.

·        Whether or not consideration had been made to review the ‘task and finish’ nature of waste collection practice, as this had occasionally made crews rush, with bins resultantly left in inconvenient places.

·        That no numerical targets had been outlined for recycling.

As a final point, Mr. Tomlinson contended that more effort should have been made to consult with the public prior to the drafting of the report.