Waste Management

Workstream:	Corporate Improvement and Value for Money – Business Transformation
Title:	Waste Management
Scope:	Sub-regional North Yorkshire
Funds awarded:	£250,000
Lead contact:	Janet Waggott Chief Executive Ryedale District Council Ryedale House Malton North Yorkshire YO17 7HH Tel:01653 600666 Email: janet.waggot@ryedale.gov.uk
Background:	The regional capacity building programme recently funded a scoping exercise which led to a detailed report that reviewed existing arrangements and identified areas in which the partnership is already performing well as well as setting out some areas where the partnership might benefit from greater collaborative working and areas where major transformation is likely to lead to improvements in efficiency and the effectiveness of service delivery. This project will allow the partnership to take forward some of these recommendations by developing intelligence and capacity in the key areas so that individual authorities understand the impacts on their operations whilst collectively making decisions in the best interest of the partnership as a whole.
Delivery:	The project will include a number of parts: 1. A detailed review of commercial waste services across the Partnership area to explore options for delivery of joint commercial waste services. The review will also assess impact upon overall waste strategy and long term commercial viability of partners existing operations and arrive at a preferred option for the partnership.   2. Comprehensive review of kerbside recycling systems including financial modelling. Initial modelling indicates scope for significant improvements in performance if a common system is adopted.   3. Expansion of waste minimisation activities across the partnership including a community outreach programme and campaigns focussed on diverting more of the organic fraction of the waste stream i.e. food and garden waste.   4. Long term treatment infrastructure - North Yorkshire County Council and the City of York Council are jointly procuring a long term contract to deliver infrastructure that will provide long term disposal services for the municipal waste produced in North Yorkshire and York. The project demands increased project management skills and resources to ensure cost effective delivery and a key workstream is the compilation and review of waste flow data for all authorities in the partnership on an ongoing basis. This project seeks to secure resources for those activities.   5. The Partnership currently utilises an extranet but indications are that it is underused and the sharing of best practice could be enhanced. The project is therefore to explore alternatives and establish protocols for sharing of best practice.   6. Exploration and implementation of a countywide contract for the collection of household hazardous healthcare (i.e. clinical) waste. Such an approach would secure economies of scale and a standardised collection and disposal service across the partnership.
Outcomes:	The outcomes for the various aspects of the project will be: 1) Commercial waste • A joint partnership approach to the delivery of a cost effective commercial waste service • An improvement and efficiency hub for the dissemination of learning from the project to other local authorities or partnerships in the region • The transformation of the commercial waste service into an exemplar for the region.  2) Kerbside recycling schemes • Common kerbside recycling collection systems across the partnership area • Increased recycling and composting performance (NI 192) • Savings in LATS and disposal costs • Common literature and promotions across partnership area 3) Waste minimisation • More cost effective and economical method of delivering waste minimisation campaigns across the partnership area • Savings in disposal and LATS costs • Reduction in the amount of residual household waste per household (NI 191) • Raising the profile and awareness of waste minimisation amongst the public and businesses of the sub-region • Strengthening community ownership and engagement in waste agenda