A Review of BCC’s Municipal Waste Management Strategy 2006 – 2026

Municipal Waste Management Strategy Approved by City Council in 2006 To be reviewed in 2011/12 (and 2016/17) No prescribed review format Transport, Environment and Regeneration Overview and Scrutiny Committee Proposed wider consultation through the BEP and Sustainability Forum.

Overview – Household Waste Collection 420,000 households Weekly collections of residual waste Fortnightly collections of paper Fortnightly collections of multi-materials Fortnightly collections of green waste

Overview – Other Collections 5 Household Recycling Centres 400 Bring Sites 100,000 Bulky Waste Collections 220,000 Special Street Collections Charitable Waste Inputs Street Cleaning / Litterbins Fly-Tipping (illegal dumping)

Overview – Waste Arisings and Disposal 2011 Total municipal waste is around 500,000 tonnes per annum. Of this: 350,000 tonnes to Energy from Waste 120,000 tonnes recycled/composted 30,000 tonnes landfilled.

Strategy – Recycling Targets 2006 – Recycling / Composting rate of 17% Strategy target – to double recycling / composting within 5 years (34% by 2011/12) Strategy target – to achieve a 40% recycling / composting rate by the end of the Strategy period (2026).

Recycling Performance 2010/11 – 32% Recycling and Composting. July 2011 – 34% Around average for Core Cities Target on course to being achieved

Waste Minimisation – Strategy Targets 2006 – 560,000 tonnes of municipal waste. Growth in waste stream estimated at 2% per year, decreasing over Strategy term. Target – aim to be better than average by reducing household waste relative to the average Authority. Target – aim to be better than average for Metropolitan Authorities for household waste arisings.

Waste Minimisation Performance 2011/12 – estimated 500,000 tonnes of municipal waste. 2010/ kg of residual waste per household. BCC target 2011/12 = 690kg per household Metropolitan Cities average (2009/10) = 628 kg per household Target off course

Treatment and Disposal – Strategy Targets Waste Disposal Contract to 2019 Energy from Waste Plant 350,000 tonnes per annum capacity Landfill tax - £56/tonne and rising by £8/tonne per year. Target – to be consistently among the best performers in England for minimising waste sent to landfill.

Treatment and Disposal – Performance 2004/05 – Birmingham landfilled 24% of municipal waste. 2010/11 – just 10.38% landfilled – currently around 4%. Target exceeded.

Legislative Change National Waste Strategy for England Revised European Waste Framework Directive. House of Commons Select Committee report (January 2010) Waste Strategy Review 2011

Summary Achieving on Recycling / Composting targets Not achieving on waste reduction Exceeding on reducing landfill Significant legislative challenges. Budget savings

Will what we currently do get us to where we want to be? Kevin Mitchell Assistant Director Fleet and Waste Management