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Minutes:
Matter for
Decision
The Council meeting on 21
July 2022 noted details about waste and recycling.
Council requested a report
to the next Environment & Community Scrutiny committee to consider how this
trend in residual waste reduction can be maintained and increased over the coming
years.
Decision
of Executive Councillor for Climate Change, Environment and City Centre
Reason for the Decision
As set out in the Officer’s report.
Any Alternative Options Considered and Rejected
Not applicable.
Scrutiny
Considerations
The Committee received a report from the Head of Greater Cambridge Shared Waste Service.
The Head of Greater Cambridge Shared Waste Service said the following in
response to Members’ questions:
i.
The Waste Policy Team was designing behavioural
change campaigns that could link with retrofitting training (referenced in
earlier minute item).
ii.
The campaigns would focus on the waste hierarchy
(reduce, reuse, recycle) then offer initiatives to address these such as repair
cafes or ‘library of things’ to share ownership and increase usage. Feedback
would allow officers to improve the program.
The Executive Councillor said that Greater
Cambridge Shared Waste Service were looking at what people threw away to target
campaigns at areas that threw away food waste etc more than others.
The Committee unanimously resolved to endorse the recommendation.
The Executive Councillor
approved the recommendation.
Conflicts of Interest Declared by the Executive Councillor (and any
Dispensations Granted)
No conflicts of interest
were declared by the Executive Councillor.