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SEP 2025 - A Partnership Approach to Waste Prevention and Recycling

Meeting: 02/02/2023 - Executive (Item 9)

9 SEP 2025 - A Partnership Approach to Waste Prevention and Recycling EXE23-023 pdf icon PDF 92 KB

Reporting Person – Giorgio Framalicco

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Minutes:

Councillor Graves, Portfolio Holder for Waste and Recycling, introduced the report which sought approval on the partnership approach to waste prevention and recycling in Surrey for the next three years through the adoption of the Surrey Environment Partnership’s SEP 2025 Strategy.  The Strategy sought to provide a clear strategic direction for the Surrey Environment Partnership until 2025 to help manage Surrey’s recycling and waste in the most efficient, effective, economical and sustainable way.

Officers confirmed that the end destinations of all waste in Surrey was tracked and information was available on those destinations on the Surrey Environment Partnership website.

Discussion ensued on the key strategic ambitions set out in the report, such as increasing the recycling rate to 55% by 2025 and 65% by 2035.  The Executive heard that the Portfolio Holder would work with Officers, Surrey Environment Partnership and Joint Waste Solutions (JWS) to develop the Council’s individualised delivery plan.  The importance of engaging with residents to reduce their waste, especially food waste, was highlighted.  Members also discussed a potential proposal for free garden waste collection and the ambition for Council-owned vehicles and those used by its partners to be zero emission by 2030.

RESOLVEd

That  (i)    the SEP 2025, attached at Appendix 1 to the report, be endorsed and adopted as set out in the approach document in Annex 1to the report; and

          (ii)   the Strategic Director – Place be delegated to approve the local delivery plan for Woking, in consultation with the Portfolio Holder and in partnership with Joint Waste Solutions.

Reason:   Adopting SEP 2025 will enable the Council to work in partnership with Surrey’s authorities in the face of a number of challenges at a new level of focus to reduce costs where possible whilst increasing performance and still providing a high-quality service to Surrey residents.  It will also ensure as a partnership, that Surrey’s authorities are well prepared to manage the changes that will need to be introduced as a result of the Resources and Waste Strategy (RaWS) in the most efficient and effective way.