Waste Aware North East County Durham Waste Awareness

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Waste Aware North EastCounty Durham Waste
Awareness Working in PartnershipVicki
BurrellDurham County Council
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Geographical Position
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Waste Management in County Durham

• County Council Waste Disposal Authority
• 7 District/Borough Councils Waste Collection
  Authorities
• From April 2009 both will be delivered by a
  single Unitary Authority the new Durham County
  Council (workstream established to ensure a
  smooth transition)
• Collection service will be delivered across 3
  areas

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County Durham

• Households 230,000 approximately
• Population 500,700
• Household waste 260,000 tonnes
• Reuse, Recycling Composting rate currently 30

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County Durham Waste Partnership

• County Durham Waste Partnership between DCC, 7
  District and Borough Councils, Premier Waste
  Management and The Environment Agency
• Set up in 2001 three major terms of reference
• achieve integration of waste collection
  disposal
• provide best value achieve Government targets
• keep strategy under review monitor performance
• To help deliver the sub-group called County
  Durham Waste Awareness Partnership

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Waste Strategy 2007
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National Strategy

• The Waste Strategy for England 2007
• Key aims
• Key objectives
• National targets
• Vision for local authorities
• The Environmental Rationale

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The Waste Hierarchy
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Waste Targets for County Durham

• 2008/9 35 - reuse, recycling composting
• 2009/10 40- reuse, recycling composting
• 2010/11 41 - reuse, recycling composting
• Residual household waste per household
• 2008/9 741kg
• 2009/10 684kg
• 2010/11 673kg
• These are a reflection of the LAA targets for the
  County which are agreed via GONE

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Funding

• 30,000 allocated to Countywide waste awareness
  projects potential for more funding as part of
  a unitary authority.
• Successful in obtaining WRAP funding for the
  following campaigns.
• Waste SMART - 450,000 (18mths)
• Kerb-it - 250,000 (12mths)
• Love Food Hate Waste - 110,000 (6mths)

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Waste SMART (2004-2006)

• Dedicated canvassing team of 8
• recycling assistants used for
• Survey work monitoring
• Roadshows
• Door stepping
• Educational Visits

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Kerb-it Campaign (2007-2008)
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Love Food Hate Waste (Nov 2008 March 2009)
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County Durham Waste Partnership Initiatives

• Home composting 35,000 on WRAP scheme
• - Currently developing Master Composting scheme
  across County Durham
• County Durham Furniture Forum
• - Reuse credit
• - Recycling credit
• Love Food Hate Waste
• Real Nappies Countywide promotion
• SMART shopping / bag campaigns
• Junk mail

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Barriers

• 8 Councils
• 8 Logos
• 8 Management Teams
• 8 Political Agendas
• Resources

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Logos adopted by the Partnership
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Future for Waste Awareness In County Durham

• New Unitary Authority
• Group of Officers working together
• Hopefully additional resources staff and
  funding
• Currently working with WRAP to produce a County
  Durham Waste Reduction Strategy
• Monitoring! every 2,600 tonnes of household
  waste diversion 1 on the Countys reuse,
  recycling and composting rate x 65 per tonne
  invest to save!

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• Questions?

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• For further information contact
• Mrs Vicki Burrell
• Waste Strategy, Projects Waste Reduction Team
  Leader
• Tel [phone]
• Email victoria.burrell_at_durham.gov.uk