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The approval for the trial of a four-day week waste collection service for three months from Summer 2023 to be funded by existing operational budgets within the service, with a report on the outcome of the trial presented to Strategy & Resources Scrutiny Committee in the Autumn of 2023.
Decision type: Key
Reason Key: Executive Proposals: Development of new plan or strategy;
Decision status: Recommendations Approved
Notice of proposed decision first published: 22/05/2023
Decision due: 3 Jul 2023 by Executive Councillor for Climate Action and Environment
Lead member: Executive Councillor for Climate Action and Environment
Contact: Bode Esan, Head of Greater Cambridge Shared Waste Service Email: bode.esan@scambs.gov.uk.
Additional Information: This is a key item and will automatically appear on the agenda.
Background Information: Greater Cambridge Shared Waste Service (GCSWS) is responsible for collecting domestic waste from 131,000 households and Commercial waste from more than 2,000 businesses across Greater Cambridge. Due to growth in the number of households served, collection rounds have expanded at a significant rate since they were last reviewed in 2017 and are forecast to increase further, resulting in the need to review and optimise routes. Results from a route optimisation exercise conducted by GCSWS demonstrate that the Council has an opportunity to deliver efficiencies and improvements by consolidating waste collections into four days, reducing travel and overtime, and simplifying the service that residents receive.
