Issue - meetings

Cabinet Member: Environment

Forward Plan Ref: 2019/054

Contact: Rachel Burns, Waste Strategy Manager Tel: 07789 877310

Report by Environment & Heritage Manager and Waste Strategy Manager (CA9).

The Oxfordshire Environment Partnership (OEP) is a partnership of County, City and District Councils working together on waste management and environmental matters.  Our Joint Municipal Waste Management Strategy (JMWMS) is a statutory document that details how we will work together to provide waste and recycling services in the county. 

The first JMWMS was agreed in 2007, and it was reviewed in 2012.  In 2018/19 OEP carried out a second review of the JMWMS, incorporating the newly published national Resources and Waste Strategy. 

The strategy is bold and ambitious, supporting efforts to reduce waste and increase recycling. OEP’s vision is for everyone in Oxfordshire, residents and businesses, to take ownership for the waste they generate.   OEP wants to work together to ensure items and materials are seen as a valuable resource to be used again, recycled for further manufacturing or sent for energy recovery.  OEP will encourage and help residents and businesses to embrace the principles of waste as a resource and be part of our vision to think and act differently from now on.

The strategy is being presented to all partner authorities for adoption.

Cabinet is RECOMMENDED to:

(a)          note the contents and challenges of the Joint Municipal Waste Management Strategy for Oxfordshire

(b)         adopt the Joint Municipal Waste Management Strategy for Oxfordshire.

Recommendations agreed.

The Oxfordshire Environment Partnership (OEP) is a partnership of County, City and District Councils working together on waste management and environmental matters.  Our Joint Municipal Waste Management Strategy (JMWMS) is a statutory document that details how we will work together to provide waste and recycling services in the county. 

The first JMWMS was agreed in 2007, and it was reviewed in 2012.  In 2018/19 OEP carried out a second review of the JMWMS, incorporating the newly published national Resources and Waste Strategy. 

Cabinet had before them the Strategy that was being presented to all partner authorities for adoption. The Cabinet received a presentation on the Strategy from Rachel Burns, Waste Strategy Manager.

Cabinet welcomed the report and Strategy

RESOLVED:              to:

(a)          note the contents and challenges of the Joint Municipal Waste Management Strategy for Oxfordshire

(b)         adopt the Joint Municipal Waste Management Strategy for Oxfordshire.