Issue - meetings

That:

1)         the Re3 Waste Strategy be endorsed;

2)        it be noted that a report on the Council’s Waste Policy and Collection options will be brought forward for consideration in the Autumn.

The Executive considered a report setting out a proposed re3 Waste Strategy which was a framework for enhanced delivery for the re3 Partnership comprising Wokingham, Bracknell Forest and Reading Borough Councils.

The Executive Member for Environment outlined the four key themes around which the Strategy had been developed which included:  reducing the net cost of waste; recycling 50% by 2020; capacity; and support systems.  There were also a large number of objectives included in the Strategy which had been agreed by all three Councils involved in the re3 project.

Councillor Ross stated that there was a need to improve recycling and re-use and it was noted that if the Council did not achieve the 50% recycling target by 2020 it would be liable to a fine of £0.5m.

RESOLVED that:

1)         the re3 Waste Strategy be endorsed;

2)        it be noted that a report on the Council’s Waste Policy and Collection options would be brought forward for consideration in the Autumn.