Decision details

Under the direction of the Waste Strategy Resources Group, a Food Waste Working Group (FWWG) had been formed to consider key areas of work required to implement food waste collection services across East Sussex.  The Partnership would need to meet new legal requirements regarding food waste once the UK Environment Bill was enacted.  However, the deadline for implementing this new service was still unknown, therefore it had not been possible to develop a food waste service plan including all relevant financial and operational considerations.  In the meantime, the FWWG had initiated a desktop exercise to understand aspects including tonnages; safe transfer and disposal at Waste Transfer Stations and at In-Vessel Composting Facility; caddy liners; and increased recycling percentages.  Once all legal requirements and legislation was understood, a report would be presented to the Joint Waste and Recycling Committee (JWRC) at a future meeting.

The JWRC agreed that delegated authority be granted to the Joint Waste Partnership Manager to prepare a mutual robust response to the Government’s consultation and circulate to each Partnership authority for consideration before the end of May 2021, prior to formal submission.

RESOLVED: That:

1)    the establishment of a Food Waste Working Group under the direction of the Waste Strategy Resources Group be noted;

2)    the Waste Strategy Resources Group be requested to continue to develop the food waste service plan and report to the Joint Waste and Recycling Committee when the legal requirements of the UK Environment Bill were known; and

3)    delegated authority be granted to the Joint Waste Partnership Manager to prepare a mutual robust response to the Government’s consultation and circulate to each Partnership authority for consideration before the end of May 2021, prior to formal submission.