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A Scrutiny Committee update on: Street Cleansing Waste and Recycling

11th October 2016

Street Cleansing

Tranche 2013-14 2014-15 2015-16 Litter Detritus Litter Detritus Litter Detritus 1 4 6 4 5 5 4 2 10 9 4 7 4 5 3 7 7 4 6 4 4 Individual Average 7 7 4 6 4.3 4.3 Overall Average 7 5 4.3

Table 1: NI195 History in Waltham Forest: 306 separate locations within the borough are randomly selected and surveyed and graded A to

• D. Grade A and B being acceptable and Grade C and D being a fail. Therefore to achieve a 4% 12

roads failed.

Street Cleansing Statistics

Current Achievements

• Environmentally friendly machines, reducing the

carbon footprint when compared with previous machines used

• Wire brushes used to help remove weeds whilst

sweeping

• A hose is used to clear leaves and detritus between

cars for a deeper clean

• Easy adaption for gritting purposes during winter

months

• Big Belly Bin Trial
• Britain in Bloom – Walthamstow Village and

Cleveland Park

• Spring Clean – borough wide including

schools, faith groups and residents associations

• Street Parties – borough wide

Weed Spraying and Leafing

Weed spraying

• Following the weather that continued through spring, weed control was difficult in both

the commercial and amenity sectors this year. It is advised that you only spray – When it is not raining or surfaces are still wet – When Temperatures are below 28ºC – There is no more than a steady wind of between 3-15 kilometres an hour, blowing away from sensitive areas

• Room for improvement next year, with a contingency plan for such occurrences for

example exploring alternative methods that would not be affected by the weather Preparation for leaf fall

• Annual leafing plan supplied
• Extra resources planned for start of October
• Assistance from new machines
• To increase recycling yield from

leaf collections in comparison to previous years

Next steps

• More comprehensive reporting via neighbourhood officers
• Review of current cleansing schedules – due to more roads now having parking

restrictions meaning that these should be cleaned with a mechanical sweeper as

• pposed to by hand which in turn gives a more effective result
• Increasing the amount and quality of

recyclates collected

• Trialling an initiative to reduce the amount
• f dog fouling in parks, open spaces and

streets.

• £400 fly tipping on the spot charge can now

be issued by Neighbourhood Officers

• Neighbourhood Officers alongside Urbaser

Supervisors will now provide the NI195

• score. Which enables us to carry this out on

a more frequent basis

Refuse and Recycling

Service Description Receptacle Dwellings served % of housing stock Collection frequency TW W F Wheelie Bin Houses with storage space available at the front of their property Refuse (140 litre capacity) 82,000 81 Dry recycling (240 litre) Food & Garden (240 litre) 65,000 64 Plastic sack Flats above shops Green translucent plastic sacks provided quarterly 3,000 3 Four wheeled bulk bin Blocks of flats Communal bulk bins, ranging in capacity depending on the number of properties served 18,000 18

Current Service Offering

Waste and Recycling Tonnages vs. Housing Stock

751.74 673.06 668.68 640.09 650.09 278.76 299.44 322.99 351.72 343.84 99,130 99,800 100,340 100,340 101,090 98000 98500 99000 99500 100000 100500 101000 101500 100 200 300 400 500 600 700 800 2011/12 2012/13 2013/14 2014/15 2015/16 Households Waste (kg/ household) Residual HH Waste HH waste sent for recycling, reuse or composting Number of households

Residual waste down 13.5% Recycling is up by 18.9% Number of dwellings have increased by 2%

Why has the recycling rate dropped?

MRF Code of Practice introduced April 2015, fully adopted by Biffa MRF October 2015

Without the introduction of the MRF Code of Practice the recycling rate would have risen All NLWA boroughs have been experiencing similar issues – shared rejection rate was 5% across all boroughs as standard

27.74% 31.77% 33.62% 36.66% 36.85% 27.1% 30.8% 32.6% 35.5% 34.6% 702.27 954.06 1048.67 1192.95 2267.51 500 1000 1500 2000 2500 0.00% 5.00% 10.00% 15.00% 20.00% 25.00% 30.00% 35.00% 40.00% 2011/12 2012/13 2013/14 2014/15 2015/16 Rejected recycling (tonnes) Recycling rate (%) Axis Title Projected Total Recycling Rate if no rejected loads occurred Actual Total Recycling Rate Total Rejected Recycling

What are we doing to tackle this? Insight and Analysis

20 11 14 26 18 26 39 30 12 10 18 41 22 18 39 8 5 19 17 9 7 5 25 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 NAC NAN NAS Unknown Rejected loads Round

Rejected loads by round 2015/16

4% 2% 3% 5% 3% 5% 8% 6% 2% 2% 3% 8% 4% 3% 8% 2% 1% 4% 3% 2% 1% 1% 5%

Percentages show the number rejected per year

Outcomes

Contract Rectifications and Defaults

1 April 2016 – 19 September 2016 1 April 2015 – 19 September 2015 Kier Rec 1406 38 Defaults 38 7 Urbaser (Street Cleansing) Rec 160 15 Default 9 3

• Rectifications act as a formal warning to the contractor to correct a situation that should have

been carried out routinely as part of their responsibilities. A default is issued if the rectification isn’t adhered to in the timeframe or the situation has occurred for the second time in a set timeframe, usually a month. Defaulting a contractor means issuing a financial penalty.

• The digital journey for resident reporting has improved, in turn this makes it quicker and simpler

for us to monitor elements of both of these contracts. The digitalisation process has enabled us to see what’s happening in real time reporting. For example neighbourhood officers carry tablets which can take photographs and issue on the spot rectifications to the contractor

• Kier’s performance dipped in the second quarter of this financial year, regarding bin collections
• Kier responded to these formal warnings and put an immediate remedy into place. In addition

to this they developed a contingency plan to prevent such an occurrence happening in the future