Waste Strategy

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The Council and Kingston’s residents must work together to reduce the amount of household rubbish and increase the amount of recycled products.

It is important to find out what we can do to help you to reduce, reuse and recycle your rubbish. A survey carried out in 2005 and 2006 told us that Kingston residents are keen to reduce their waste and recycle and compost more.

In August 2004 the Council released its Waste Strategy to assist us in reducing the amount of waste produced and meeting the recycling and composting targets set by the Government. The five key objectives of the Waste Strategy are:

1. Objective One: Reduce the amount of biodegradable municipal waste (BMW) to landfill and comply with the annual BMW allowances to landfill under the Landfill Allowance Trading Scheme (LATS).
   
2. Objective Two: Securing 40% recycling and composting rate by March 2010 and securing future targets, yet to be set by DEFRA.  This will require residents to understand and support the service changes being made from September 2008.  [Note previously amended and now updated to set the target for 2010]
3. Objective Three: Development and delivery of a comprehensive waste awareness and waste minimisation programme encompassing a wide ranging communication strategy engaging with all of Kingston’s residents.
   
4. Objective Four: Seeking strong community based partnerships to help deliver elements of the recycling and composting infrastructure, these partnerships to be with community based organisations, environmental groups or other third parties.
   
5. Objective Five: Robust mobilisation and implementation of the Council’s new waste management contracts from June 2008.  [Note previously amended and now updated to focus on implementation of procured contracts]

Since December 2004 the Council has also released its first, second and third Waste Strategy Implementation Plans which set out in detail the key projects and activities to acheive these 5 objectives.

Copies of the current strategy can be viewed at the Environmental Services reception in Guildhall 2 and libraries or you can download the Waste Strategy in PDF format below: