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Caerphilly County Borough Council Cabinet agree to undertake public consultation on draft Waste Strategy

Posted on : 18 Jan 2024

In a Cabinet meeting which took place on Wednesday 17th January 2024, Caerphilly County Borough Council’s Cabinet agreed to undertake public consultation on their draft Waste Strategy.

Building upon the Routemap which was outlined in June 2023, the Strategy sets out the strategic direction and longer-term plan to ensure that the Council meets and exceeds its statutory performance targets, whilst being realistic about the timescales and resources required to meet these ambitions.

Local authorities are required to meet Welsh Government recycling targets and Caerphilly is working hard to ensure it reaches the 2024/25 target of 70%, as well as even higher rates for the coming years.

Caerphilly had historically performed well achieving 66.7% recycling in 2017/18 but has since declined with a recycling rate of 60.69% for 2022/23.

The Strategy is based on 5 five strategic objectives:

Reduce overall waste arisings.
Increase repair and reuse.
Increase the proportion and quality of material that is recycled.
Optimise contribution to and use of renewable energy.
Help our residents to manage waste more sustainably.

Under each of these objectives there are a series of actions that will be delivered.

These include changes to the way our Household Recycling Centres are managed, continuing to collaborate with partner organisations in the promotion of repair and reuse, the introduction of a new recycling collection service aligned to Welsh Government’s Blueprint, and a reduction in the frequency of residual waste collections and exploring options to introduce a fleet of ultra-low emission vehicles. All of this will be supported using new IT systems incorporating InCab technology.

Cllr Chris Morgan, Cabinet Member for Waste, Leisure and Green Spaces said, “Whilst we are aware that our current Waste and Recycle methods are favoured by our residents, we are facing challenging national recycling targets set by Welsh Government and we are therefore including a range of changes in our strategy to ensure that we increase the amount of waste that is reused or recycled.

“We look forward to reviewing the views of our residents on the proposed changes and urge everyone to get involved.”

Public consultation will begin from 5th February 2024 and run for 12 weeks.

A further report will then be presented to cabinet in the summer of 2024 once the consultation has been completed and the responses analysed. This report will set out the results of the consultation and seek Cabinet approval for adoption and publication of the final waste and recycling strategy.

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