Cheshire East Council is inviting residents to have their say on a household waste recycling centre consultation.
The council currently runs eight household waste recycling centres (HWRCs) for use by residents. The contract for this operation ends in 2023 and therefore preparation for the procurement of a new contract is starting to take place.
Cheshire East Council's approach to waste management is determined by its recently reviewed Municipal Waste Management Strategy.
The key aims of this strategy are to continue to encourage residents to reduce the amount of waste they produce, reuse any items, recycle and compost all they can and as a last resort, to place waste that cannot be managed any other way in the black bin. The council are striving to run a service that delivers the best for the environment.
Part of waste management is the provision of HWRCs, and the strategy shows that it is the council's responsibility to ensure that the service remains fit for purpose and follows industry best practice.
The current contract comes to an end within three years and therefore the council will review the future service provision through Ansa, their wholly-owned environmental services company.
To have your say, complete the consultation online.
The deadline for completion is 5pm on Monday 4 January 2020
Once the consultation closes, the council will analyse all responses, produce a summary report of them, and publish this online on their consultation web pages.
Comments
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Why do the plans not include significantly improved provision for Wilmslow/Handforth? One of the largest conurbations in the Borough and yet residents are expected to complete round trips of over 18 miles and travel times in excess of 40 minutes - and have done so for too many years since the closure of Newgate. This is not good service. There is still plenty of ex MOD land on the far side of the A34 from TESCO/Marks and Spencer's - which would not impact residents - unless of course planning permission is given for even more housing on these sites.
Add in Alderley and Handforth and that’s a lot of carbon, wasted time and money.
However, I really just wanted to start a discussion about an issue around which I feel Wilmslow and Handforth have been very poorly served for may years - and yet it does not seem to be under any kind of consideration.
As one of the largest (and getting larger) conurbations in the Borough I believe the current provision is inadequate. I wonder who might be prepared to listen and consider.
I don't imagine that Manchester will be too chuffed if they all nip over the border to Sharston.
I see some people have started to make conclusions about how much extra pollution that creates. I hope they have considered:
1. Some people from Wilmslow and Handforth would already make journeys to other towns in Cheshire East by car (e.g. some people in Wilmslow, work in Knutsford.) Therefore, they may be able to dispose of their rubbish at the same time and don't need to make an additional journey
2. Some households never make trips to the household waste centre, even some who live close to one. There are also collection options for items which don't go in your bins and there's the option of hiring a skip.
3. The pollution created by lorries taking the rubbish away from household waste centres - does having more waste centres mean more lorry mileage or not?
However, there is the issue of old electrical items needing to be taken to a household waste centre (or another facility) and they aren't supposed to be placed in the ordinary black bins. Therefore, what does someone do when they have an old kettle to get rid of and they don't live near a waste centre? Do they leave it lying around until they next plan to go somewhere suitable to dispose of it? Do they think they'll just put it in the black bin anyway? Do they make a special trip to dispose of one kettle?