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Waste and Recycling Community Engagement Peter Blenard Waste and Recycling Community Engagement Officer – East Cornwall

Waste Management at Cornwall Council Integrated Waste and Community Waste Environmental Engagement Management Contracts Team • Waste disposal • Collection Services • Increase recycling contract (CERC, (household waste/ rates whilst MRF, RTS) recycling, garden, reducing waste bulky, clinical) arising • HWRC management • Street and beach • Support cleansing including communities in • Closed landfills litter waste reduction projects • New contract www.cornwall.gov.uk

Waste and Reycling Community Engagement Esther O’Bearagh Waste & Recycling Community Engagement Team Leader Peter Blenard Rachael Reid Richard Haycock Waste and Recycling Waste and Recycling Waste and Recycling Community Support Officer Community Support Officer Community Support Officer (East) (Mid) (West) www.cornwall.gov.uk

So the hard facts • In 2017/2018 the Council disposed of 267,366 tonnes of municipal waste. • That’s 975kg per household. • It costs about £205 per household to provide waste and recycling collection and disposal, this includes street and beach cleansing, HWRC’s, operating the CERC and providing bring bank network www.cornwall.gov.uk

Where did your bin bags go? Until very recently waste that wasn’t recycled or composted went to landfill. 120 lorries a day Connon Bridge landfill closed in 2018 now all waste goes to the EfW plant www.cornwall.gov.uk

Disposing of your waste at Cornwall Energy Recovery Centre • 240, 000 tonnes of residual waste per year • Operating 8,000 hours per year • 20 MW of electricity exported to grid powering 21,000 homes per year • On-site bottom ash recycling for 65,000 tonnes of ash produced www.cornwall.gov.uk

Happier facts • We currently recycle and compost 34.9% of our household waste. • Kerbside recycling average for Cornwall: 25% In the areas that the CNP cover ranges from 26.76% to 32.15%. • Due to our kerbside separation systems we recycle 99.5% of the material we collect. • The 13 (+1) Household Waste and Recycling Centres recycle around 60% of the waste they receive. • All of the material we collect for recycling is reprocessed in the UK or Europe. www.cornwall.gov.uk

1.47% 2.01% 4.91% Plastic Recyclable Recyclable bottles, Metals Paper tubs, pots and trays 3.37% 3.82% 3.47% Recyclable Recyclable Glass Cardboard Textiles bottles and Jars 43.1% 2.70% RESIDUAL WASTE Green Waste 21.75% Recyclable 35.15% material Food Waste www.cornwall.gov.uk

Current recycling service • 1 box & 3 bags for recycling • Black bag for general waste • Garden waste subscription available Fortnightly Weekly www.cornwall.gov.uk

New recycling service Weekly Fortnightly 48% 1.5kg Food Kerbside week recycling rate Paper, Card, Plastic and Cans 13.2kg Glass fortnight 3.7kg week Garden waste subscription service unchanged www.cornwall.gov.uk

Garden Waste Collection Fortnightly collection on the alternate week to your recycling collection What can I put in the garden waste collection? Grass cuttings o o Leaves or organic sweepings o Tree, shrub and rose prunings o Branches (up to 30cm long and 2.5cm diameter) o Cut flowers Weeds o o Windfall www.cornwall.gov.uk

Service cost Bin or bag options One-off purchase price 240 litre bin holds the equivalent of four garden waste sacks £18.05 140 litre bin holds the equivalent of two garden waste sacks £15.16 70 litre reusable garden waste bag with velcro flap £3.50 2019/20 140 litre 240 litre Garden waste bag bin bin 1 year (online including discount) £24.75 £38.75 £19.75 2 year (online including discount) £47.50 £72.50 £38.50 1 year (not online - no discount) £27.50 £41.25 £21.75 2 year (not online - no discount) £53.00 £80.50 £42.00 www.cornwall.gov.uk

Sites at Bodmin, Fraddon, Hayle and Plymouth Photos credit: www.cornwall.gov.uk

Benefits to customer instead of transporting waste to a Household Waste Recycling Centre • Convenience • No longer need to take your waste to HWRC • Cost saving • Reduced travel cost • Environmental • Less vehicle movements • To sign up to the garden waste collection scheme visit www.cornwall.gov.uk/gardenwaste www.cornwall.gov.uk

Did you know? • Drinks cartons at 7 HWRC’s in Cornwall • Textiles on the kerbside – 2.4% capture rate • Black plastic problem • Yogurt pots • Compost bin offers • Householders responsibility • Seagull proof bags • Different services for different accommodation types www.cornwall.gov.uk

Any Questions? www.cornwall.gov.uk/recyclingteam www.cornwall.gov.uk