Decision Maker: Director of Regeneration and Environment
Decision status: Recommendations Approved
Is Key decision?: No
Is subject to call in?: No
In March 2018 the Council changed the kerbside
recycling service to predominantly a wheeled bin resulting in
residents having more capacity for recycling, reducing the reliance
on bring site provision.
Recently the bring sites have been subject to abuse from commercial
outlets and also have become a magnet for fly tipping, leading to a
number of complaints about the sites.
To remove the bring sites on both Council
owned land; and private land where the Council pay for these
containers.
Option 1 - Leave the bring banks in situ
The annual cost of the current arrangement for cardboard, paper,
cans and glass is £34,000 per annum and this would
potentially rise each year through inflation. There is no charge
for textile banks.
The sites will need to be cleared of flytipping and cleansed on a
regular basis, which is currently about £10,000 per
annum.
Option 2 - Remove the bring sites
Currently 17 out of the 54 locations contain bring banks that must
be paid for. By removing these bring sites, it is anticipated that
these items will now be disposed of either at the HWRC’s or
through the kerbside recycling collections (blue bin and green
box). This will not incur any additional collection costs as we
already pay for these receptacles to be emptied as part of the
collection contract with SUEZ.
Based on the current tonnages, the Council will however incur
additional reprocessing costs of approximately £17,000 per
year.
As part of the new collection contract the Council receive a rebate
on the items the Council recycle. Based on current rates this would
equate to around £7,000 per annum (This is flexible as the
price is based on the current recycling values per material
type).
Saving on removal of Bring Sites
£34,000
Less Additional Disposal Cost
-£17,000
Add Recycling Rebate Paid to Doncaster Council
£7,000
Net Saving
£24, 000
In addition to the £24,000 saving, there will also be a
£10,000 saving in Street Cleansing.
All ‘paid for’ bring banks will be removed along with
any that are provided at no cost (such as textiles) to the
authority that are located on council land.
The bring banks will be removed throughout February and March
2019.
A list of site that will be removed is attached as Appendix
1.
Publication date: 03/01/2019
Date of decision: 20/12/2018
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