Issue - meetings
Preparations for the introduction of Weekly Food Waste Collections in Eastbourne - managing capital transitional funding.
Meeting: 17/07/2024 - Eastbourne Borough Council Cabinet (Item 13)
Report of Deputy Chief Executive and Director of Regeneration and Planning
Lead Cabinet member: Councillor Swansborough
Additional documents:
- Preparations for the introduction of Weekly Food Waste Collections in Eastbourne - managing capital transitional funding - Appendix 1, item 13
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Decision:
(Key decision):
That Cabinet acknowledges the receipt of new government capital transitional funding to meet the requirements of the Environment Act relating to weekly food waste collections, approves the plans presented and authorises the Chief Executive:
(1) To undertake an assessment of the most effective and efficient way to structure the use of the funding and to implement the chosen route or routes, working with SEESL.
(2) To work with SEESL Board to commission the delivery of weekly food waste collections from April 2026.
(3) To work with the SEESL Board to begin procurement of vehicles and receptacles as required.
(4) To carry out all acts and to enter into or authorise the signature or sealing of all documents, necessary for the delivery of items (1) to (3) above.
Minutes:
The Cabinet considered the report of the Deputy Chief Executive and Director of Regeneration and Planning, covering preparations for the introduction of weekly food waste collections and setting out how capital funding for food waste collections would be deployed.
The Head of Environment First addressed Cabinet, updating it on the implementation of food waste collections at Lewes District Council and experience gained.
Resolved (Key decision):
That Cabinet acknowledges the receipt of new government capital transitional funding to meet the requirements of the Environment Act relating to weekly food waste collections, approves the plans presented and authorises the Chief Executive:
(1) To undertake an assessment of the most effective and efficient way to structure the use of the funding and to implement the chosen route or routes, working with SEESL.
(2) To work with SEESL Board to commission the delivery of weekly food waste collections from April 2026.
(3) To work with the SEESL Board to begin procurement of vehicles and receptacles as required.
(4) To carry out all acts and to enter into or authorise the signature or sealing of all documents, necessary for the delivery of items (1) to (3) above.
Reason for decisions:
The Department for Environment Food & Rural Affairs (Defra) has provided Eastbourne Borough Council (EBC) with capital transitional costs for vehicles and receptacles to assist preparations for the introduction of weekly food waste collections in 2026. EBC will work with SEESL to make arrangements for the appropriate use of the funds to support the acquisition of vehicles and receptacles , as the procurement timeline requires.