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Joint Municipal Waste Management Strategy for Lincolnshire A Boston Perspective

Waste Management arrangements in Boston & Lincolnshire

Waste Disposal and Waste Collection, who does what?

• Residual waste (green bin)
• Dry recycling (blue bin)
• Garden Waste (brown bin)

The Lincolnshire Waste Partnership (LWP)

Strategic challenges for Boston

• Recycling rates are declining – in Lincolnshire, down from

52.9% in 2010/11, to 46.7%, in 2016/17

• Boston has 3rd Lowest recycling rate of all districts at 37.6%,.

(national average 44.3%) 2016/17.

• Residual waste per household is increasing in Lincs, 496 kg’s

in 2010/11 to 561 kgs in 2016/17

• Boston performance on residual waste per household is

poorest of all districts at 597 kgs (528 kgs exc. HWRC)

• Recycling contamination rates highest in the county (equal
• nly to Lincoln) at 35%, (33% January 2018)
• No district achieves <30%.

Strategic challenges for Boston

Continued……

• Overall tonnage of waste collected in Boston has increased by

5.35% or 1,500 tonnes since 2013/14 (c.28,000t total)

• Forecast population growth of 4.6% (2011 census 64,637, mid

year est.2016 67,600). 4.2% Lincolnshire.

• New homes, additional 900 homes built between 2013-2017

plus a further 1,900 homes in the pipeline to 2022

• Managing costs of municipal waste services within the county

and disposal capacity

Strategic opportunities for Boston

What we must seek to achieve through the JMWMS:

• Improve our recycling performance
• Reduce household residual waste
• Reduce contamination in recycling
• Divert or recycle new waste streams eg plastic film, textiles,

food waste

• Managing the ‘whole

cycle costs’ of waste

What could the future look like for waste and recycling services in Boston?

Maximising opportunities will require a fundamental shift in current service arrangements:

• Collection of food waste
• Harmonising recycling streams
• New collection methods & vehicles
• Collection frequencies
• Communication & education of residents
• Enforcement response
• Growing our commercial waste service

Learning More about our Waste

Do members wish to learn more through visits to?: Waste Transfer Station, LCC, Slippery Gowt Lane, Boston Materials Recycling Facility, Mid UK Recycling, Barkston Energy from Waste facility, FCC, North Hykeham, Lincoln

Q & A session

Introducing your hosts:

• Councillor Eddy Poll –Chair of Lincolnshire Waste Partnership &

Lincolnshire County Councillor

• Councillor Mike Brookes –Portfolio Holder for Environment,

Boston BC

• Councillor Mike Cooper – Leader, Boston BC