Cabinet Member for Environment

Cabinet considered the report of the Head of Commissioning and Customer Contact and the above Cabinet Member which set out a proposed statement on the form of a TEEP assessment to comply with the European Union Waste Framework Directive 2008.

The Cabinet Member for Environment set out the background to the report and proposed the recommendations.

The Cabinet Member for Localism, Sport, Culture and Heritage congratulated the Cabinet Member for Environment and the Head of Commissioning and Customer Contact for their hard work and the substantial savings achieved through the new waste contract.

A Member considered that the EU Directive was unreasonable and it had led to a waste of time and money in producing this assessment.  The Cabinet Member for Environment acknowledged the sentiment, but considered that it had provided officers with an opportunity to review the contract and recycling figures and as such had been a valuable process.

RESOLVED:

(1)  That the report be noted and that the proposed technically, environmentally and economically practical “TEEP” assessment be adopted.