137 Bulky Waste Charges (00-04-23) PDF 100 KB
Arising from a report of the Group Manager for Street Scene and Open Spaces, the Environment Policy Development Group had recommended that the fixed price items charge of £27.00 within the charging schedule for bulky waste be abolished.
Minutes:
To consider a * report of the Group Manager for Street Scene and Open Spaces regarding an alternative charging structure for bulky waste.
The Leader outlined the contents of the report stating that at a meeting on 8 January 2019, members of the Environment PDG had asked that the bulky waste charges be investigated to ensure that they were in line with other authorities in Devon. As part of the exercise it was shown that in certain instances users were actually paying less for more items being removed under the fixed price items charge. It was therefore proposed that the charge for fixed priced items, for example a settee and 2 armchairs be removed from the charging scheme and that those be dealt with as individual/additional items.
Discussion took place regarding the value of the scheme in that it sought to reduce fly tipping and that the revised scheme would commence on 1 April 2019 with a press release being produced to inform the public.
RESOLVED that the current fixed price item charge of £27 for bulky waste be abolished as recommended by the Environment Policy Development Group on 8 January 2019.
(Proposed by the Chairman)
Note: *Report previously circulated, copy attached to minutes.