Issue - meetings

The Committee received a report from the Community Engagement and Enforcement Manager.

The report outlined an overview of the council’s Streets and Open Spaces, Environmental Health and Shared Waste service activity in the Area Committee area over the past six months.

The Committee discussed the following issues:

      i.          Waitrose at Trumpington used to have cardboard recycling facilities. People now fly tipped cardboard despite a sign being in place saying a skip was no longer available.

Action Point: Community Engagement and Enforcement Manager to liaise with Shared Waste Team and ask them to liaise with Cllr Levien about cardboard recycling facilities at Waitrose in Trumpington.

     ii.          Supermarkets were natural recycling points but few were willing to provide facilities if people did not use them correctly ie dump stuff and cause a mess. Sainsbury’s on Coldham’s Lane was affected by anti-social behaviour at recycling facility ie fly tipping.

   iii.          Maintenance and possible moving of Hazel Eagle memorial bench.

Action Point: Community Engagement and Enforcement Manager to liaise with Cllr Slatter and relevant Officers about maintenance and possible moving of Hazel Eagle memorial bench.

In response to Members’ questions the Community Engagement and Enforcement Manager said the following:

      i.          The cardboard recycling skip formerly at Waitrose in Trumpington belonged to the Shared Waste Service. It was understood that they had removed it for operational reasons. Signs stating the skip was no longer available were torn down on a daily basis and were regularly replaced by Shared Waste. Fly tipping cardboard was unacceptable, and it led to general waste was being dumped too.

     ii.          Civic Affairs Committee 18/10/2023 agreed to pause area committee meetings for two cycles (approximately half a year) after November/December 2023. Councillors could contact the Community Engagement and Enforcement Manager for updates on issues in the Environmental Report whilst Area Committees were paused.

   iii.          There were various factors affecting why reported fly tipping figures (agenda page 42) varied in Trumpington 2022-2023. For example changes to Enforcement Officer areas, data methodology and triaging of all flytip cases by enforcement team.