Agenda item

North Warwickshire

Richard Dobbs stated that North Warwickshire were able to restart their green waste collection service a week early which was initially suspended because of Covid-19 and the HGV driver shortage. 

Nuneaton & Bedworth

Glen McGrandle informed the partnership that they managed to relocate all their workforce during the high winds. Training was a key priority, and they are planning to alter how training was offered, switching to a fortnightly ‘toolbox’ approach. Operatives were being trained to drive the refuse vehicles when they were short on drivers. The enforcement contract being let for January was going well. Fly tipping investigations were planned to give resilience in terms of the enforcement moving forward and it would be in line with the resources and waste strategy. Some Covid-19 restrictions were being phased out in conjunction with health and safety and senior managers. NBBC had been working with Coventry regarding the refuse worker strike to offer resources within the confines of the law and to work with residents to try to mitigate any service disruption.

Glen McGrandle and Councillor Sue Markham praised the work of officers at Coventry City Council for their work and help during the refuse collector strike.

Warwick & Stratford

Julie Lewis said that following a restructure, Craig Bourne had been promoted to be (Joint) Environmental Operations Service Manager for Stratford and Warwick Districts. Most work was being done on the 1-2-3 system rollout and answering questions on this; social media messages were being promoted to push out this new service. Warwick will charge for green waste collection from the 1^st August 2022 (£20 for August 2022-March 2023) with the bins going on sale from the 1^st May. Stratford District had awarded their street cleansing contract to BIFFA and this had to be separate from the waste contract as this was now joint between the districts; this will start on the 1^st August 2022. Garden waste collection in Stratford had gone up £2 and they had over 18,000 subscriptions, 91% of these came through online.

Warwickshire

Ruth Dixon stated that they had success with their e-newsletter as thousands of people were reading/interacting with articles and reading posts. Interaction through Facebook increased over Christmas during the Christmas campaign. Compost workshops have been planned in each district or borough with an extra one for Warwick District because of their change to a chargeable garden waste service. These will run from March until May 2022, but more would be put on if they are popular in a specific location. Information on these can be found here:

https://www.warwickshire.gov.uk/green-waste/composting/6

Information was also available online for people who are unable attend the workshops in person.

Tenders for the procurement for the food waste treatment contract for Stratford and Warwick would be submitted on March 25^th. An evaluation process would then take place to decide the winning bid. The road sweeping and gully waste contract was going well. Glass needs to be reprocured for the HWRCs from April. Waste electricals and electronic equipment would also need to be procured by the end of July 2022.

In response to Councillor Shenton, Ruth Dixon confirmed that the new food waste treatment contract would be in place for the 1^st August 2022.