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After a public consultation earlier this year we
are developing a new Waste Strategy for North Somerset which aims
to improve how we manage future waste and
recycling.
Your views will contribute to the Development Plan documents and
the Waste Strategy which will be published in 2008.
More than a thousand residents took part in the survey. Some of
the issues raised by residents include:
- encourage increased recycling
- reduce the amount of rubbish taken to landfill
- reduce the total amount of waste
- the impact of waste on the environment.
The consultation also asked you to think about an alternative to
landfill and how new waste facilities sites should be selected.
Although the consultation focused on household waste many people
believed that businesses and residents alike should be equally
encouraged to reduce waste and re-use items.
There was a high number of requests for more information on
climate change and on the impact of carbon emissions on the
environment. More work is being done to evaluate the environmental
impact of waste and treatment solutions.
Other key issues that have come from the consultation report
will be fed into the new Waste Strategy and the Development
Plan:
- the need to reduce the distance that waste is transported
- many people favoured a network of smaller localised facilities
dispersed across the district
- the effect of excessive carbon dioxide levels on the
environment.
There will be another public consultation on the new joint
Development Plan Document in 2008. This report will give some
indication of potential locations for waste facilities to handle
household as well as commercial and industrial waste.
For more information on the issues of waste disposal and
recycling visit the
rubbish or resource
website, or contact our
Streets and Open Spaces Team on 01934 888
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