Issue - meetings

By Councillor Burgess – Household Recycling Charter

“Council;

1.    Notes that the Scottish Government and CoSLA agreed a Household Recycling Charter that aims to bring more consistency to recycling services;

https://www.zerowastescotland.org.uk/content/charter-household-recycling

2.    Notes that many of Scotland’s leading councils have signed up to the Charter;

3.    Notes that the Charter is a declaration of an intent to provide services that deliver local and national benefits, encouraging high-levels of citizen participation in waste prevention, recycling and reuse;

4.    Notes that under the Charter signatories commit:

                        I.         To improve our household waste and recycling services to maximise the capture of, and improve the quality of, resources from the waste stream, recognising the variations in household types and geography to endeavour that our services meet the needs of all our citizens.

                      II.         To encourage our citizens to participate in our recycling and reuse services to ensure that they are fully utilised.

                     III.         To operate our services so that our staff are safe, competent and treated fairly with the skills required to deliver effective and efficient resource management on behalf of our communities.

                    IV.         To develop, agree, implement and review a Code of Practice that enshrines the current best practice to deliver cost effective and high-performing recycling services and tell all of our citizens and community partners about both this charter and the code of practice.

5.    Notes that Scottish Ministers agree to work in partnership with signatories and their representatives to support the delivery of these commitments;

6.    Recognises that these commitments and the actions to achieve them are in-line with Council ambitions for household recycling and therefore agrees that the Council Leader and the Chief Executive sign up to the Household Recycling Charter on behalf of the Council.”