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New targets agreed for joint waste strategy - 27/06/2012
The recycling and waste prevention targets for the area have been approved at Monday's (June 25) meeting of Hull City Council's Cabinet.

The targets are part of the Joint Sustainable Waste Management Strategy in which the council is a partner with East Riding of Yorkshire Council.

The targets for Hull include:

a recycling target of 55 per cent by 2015/16 and 60 per cent by 2020/21
a landfill diversion target of 85 per cent by 2015/16 and 90 per cent by 2020/21
having in place waste contracts for the processing of waste, the provision of recycling centres and waste transfer facilities up to 2020/21
a reduction in the amount of biodegradable waste sent to landfill to 15 per cent of the 1995 level by 2020/21
an increase in the recycling rate of the council's internal waste to 65 per cent by 2020/21
customer satisfaction levels of 90 per cent for its waste management services, and a performance within the top 10 per cent of similar waste management systems
reduced CO2 emissions relating to waste management services by 2 per cent to 3 per cent per year.
It is hoped that meeting these targets will help the council reduce the financial impact for council tax payers of the increasing cost of landfill tax - currently, £64 on every tonne sent to landfill (2011\12: £56. 2010\11: £48).

Between February and April this year, the councils invited residents to have their say on these targets and on the way waste is managed through to 2020.

The consultation involved answering a series of questions based on the review of the strategy. There were almost 300 responses, with 93 per cent of those responding supporting the joint plans and future targets for managing waste. A minority suggested the targets should be even more ambitious.

More than 60 per cent addressed the frequency of the bin collections with a general preference for reducing those for the refuse bins and increasing the blue bin collections particularly in the East Riding.



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