Minutes:
Due to large reductions in Government grants, Cabinet would consider a report on the 18 September on the future of the Garden Waste Scheme proposing consultation on future charging. The garden waste collection service currently provides 16 free fortnightly collections for more than 150,000 households across the county between April and November. Introducing a yearly charge would mean that the service would be substantially funded only by those who use it and would deliver the necessary saving of £933,000.
Councillor Hopgood referred to the press release on the 10 September 2013 and expressed concern on the number of residents that would not ‘opt-in’ to the scheme and anticipated that garden waste would end up in household waste bins rather than being recycled.
Councillor Graham, Chairman of Environment and Sustainable Communities Scrutiny Committee advised that the policy and implications that could occur from the introduction of the scheme would be reported to the Environment and Sustainable Communities Scrutiny Committee.