Minutes:
The Overview and Scrutiny Officer referred Members to recent press articles relating to the remit of Environment and Sustainable Communities Overview and Scrutiny Committee.
The articles were:
· Time to make your metals matter – Durham County Council had launched a campaign to target households across the County to recycle cans, foil trays and aerosols. Leaflets will be coming through doors which aim to provide guidance on how to recycle metals correctly.
· Providing warner homes for a greener county – The EU funded project aims to provide 220 homes in County Durham with the solid wall insulation resulting in carbon savings.
· Flytipper’s car to be crushed as council crackdown continues – A van used by a flytipper to dump old furniture is to be crushed and recycled, the flytipper pleaded guilty to the offence. This was the first time the Council had applied to a court to crush a vehicle connected with flytipping.
The Chairman commented that there had been media coverage of the Environment and Sustainable Communities Overview and Scrutiny Special Meeting that included an item on Single Use Plastic. The media reports were positive and it was good that the work of the Council and this committee were being reported.
Resolved: That the presentation be noted.