South Gloucestershire's Draft Waste Strategy 2015 - 2020                                              Have Your Say Background The management of household waste is a key service provided by the council, it helps protect the local environment. The Council's Waste Strategy plays an important part in helping residents understand the impact of waste and how we can all work towards an environmentally sustainable future. Waste minimisation and prevention is our priority. An outcome of previous strategies has seen an impressive reduction of total waste by 61% since 2000. Despite this success there are still challenges and our waste is higher than out statistical neighbours. The new strategy outlines how we will continue to reduce waste across the region. Our second priority is recycling. Since we embarked on the 25 year partnership with Suez (formerly SITA) we have made excellent progress in our recycling and composting performance. The refuse and recycling services have been transformed: in 2000 we collectively recycled and composted seven percent of municipal waste; in 2014-15 this had increased to 47.5%. However this is below the European target of 50% by 2020 and therefore recycling continues to be an important priority. The last few years have seen very challenging times for the whole economy and the council has faced significant cuts. This strategy has to find ways to drive waste out of landfill, putting it to better use, without increasing overall cost. We need to treat waste as a resource to be tapped rather than a problem. The strategy presents the best available options for South Gloucestershire to enable it to meet our environmental aspirations of reducing waste and encouraging a circular economy through recycling, reuse and repair. At the same time we also need to ensure financial targets are met to deliver savings to the council. The new proposed changes to the service intends to simplify the kerbside offering to residents. It will encourage reuse and recycling through increasing recycling collections to weekly and reducing the size of the black bin. These two proposals come as a package and would be delivered together.

Have Your Say We are interested in your views on the updated strategy and in particular your views on the new kerbside services and how it may affect you as a resident. We are also open to any further ideas that residents may have to help deliver our waste and recycling services. Further details about the proposals are available in the draft Waste Strategy 2015-2020. The consultation will be open for 14 weeks from the 9 November 2015 to the 15 February 2016. How can I find out more? We will be holding roadshows on the following dates and locations: November Wed 18 - 10am - 4pm        Kingschase Shopping Centre, Regent Street, Kingswood, BS15 8LP Sat 21 -   10am - 6pm        Willowbrook Centre, Savages Wood Road, Bradley Stoke, BS32 8BS Wed 25 - 9am - 3pm          Flaxpits Lane shops, Winterbourne Thur 26 - 9am - 3pm         The Square, High St, Staple Hill Sat 28 - 10am-5pm           Willowbrook Centre, Savages Wood Road, Bradley Stoke, Bristol BS32 8BS December Sat 5 -    10am - 2pm       Thornbury Christmas Food Market, Castle Street and The Plain, Thornbury Tues 8 - 10am - 4pm       Filton library, Shield retail park, Link Road, Filton, BS34 7BR Wed 9 - 10am - 5pm        Yate Shopping Centre Thur 10 - 9am - 3pm        Park Crescent shops, Cadbury Heath, BS30 8EE Tues 15 - 10am - 4pm     Co-Op, Downend Rd, Downend, BS16 5UJ Wed 16 - 10am - 6pm      Waitrose, Wickwar Rd, Chipping Sodbury, BS37 6AU Presentations We will be giving short presentations at the following Area Forum meetings and Town and Parish Council meetings: November Mon 16 - 7pm             The Chase Area Forum, Kingswood Civic Centre, High Street, BS15 9TR Mon 16 - 7:30pm        Westerleigh Parish Council meeting, Manor Hall, Henfield Road, Coalpit Heath,Bristol, BS36 2TG Tues 17 - 7pm            Southern Brooks Area Forum, Wallscourt Farm Academy, Long Down Avenue, Stoke Gifford, BS16 1GE Tues 17 - 7pm            Oldland Parish Council meeting, Longwell Green community centre, Shellards Road, BS30 9DU Mon 23  - 7pm            Kings Forest Area Forum, Kingswood Civic Centre, High St, BS15 9TR Wed 25 - 7pm             Bradley Stoke Town Council meeting, Jubilee Centre, Savages Wood Thur 26 - 7pm             Frome Vale Area Forum, Chipping Sodbury Baptist Church, High Street, BS37 6AH‎ December Tues 1 - 7:45pm            Rangeworthy Parish Council meeting, Memorial Hall, Wotton Rd, BS37 7LZ Wed 2 -  7pm                 Severn Vale Area Forum, Turnberries Community Centre, Bath Road, Thornbury, BS35 2BB Mon 7 - 7pm                 Hawkesbury Parish Council meeting, Hawkesbury Village Hall, High St, Hawkesbury Thur 10 - 7:30pm          Downend and Bromley Heath Parish Council Meeting, Downend Baptist Church, Salisbury Road, Downend January 2016 Tues 5 - 7.30pm            Hanham Abbots Parish Council meeting, Hanham Hall (Old Hospital Building). Off Whittucks Rd, Hanham. Tues 12 -  7:30pm         Bitton Parish Council meeting, North Common Village Hall, Millers Drive, BS30 8XX Further information is available from the webpage:  http://consultation.southglos.gov.uk/consult.ti/wastestrategy2015/consultationHome or by emailing consultation@southglos.gov.uk or phone 01454 868195

The Survey: What do you Think? Priorities The vision and priorities of the waste service are to reduce waste and encourage a circular economy through seeing waste as a valuable resource and supporting reuse, repair and recycling. Q1 How strongly do you agree or disagree with our priorities?   Strongly agree Tend to agree Neither agree or disagree Tend to disagree Strongly disagree   To reduce waste To reduce waste Strongly agree To reduce waste Tend to agree To reduce waste Neither agree or disagree To reduce waste Tend to disagree To reduce waste Strongly disagree   To support reuse To support reuse Strongly agree To support reuse Tend to agree To support reuse Neither agree or disagree To support reuse Tend to disagree To support reuse Strongly disagree   To encourage recycling To encourage recycling Strongly agree To encourage recycling Tend to agree To encourage recycling Neither agree or disagree To encourage recycling Tend to disagree To encourage recycling Strongly disagree   To promote waste prevention To promote waste prevention Strongly agree To promote waste prevention Tend to agree To promote waste prevention Neither agree or disagree To promote waste prevention Tend to disagree To promote waste prevention Strongly disagree

Increasing recycling Increasing recycling is important to meet EU recycling targets and we know that 52% of the average black bin contents could be recycled. By increasing recycling we can reduce the cost of running the waste service as the material creates an income that offsets the cost and also diverts waste away from more expensive treatment and processing. We are therefore proposing that kerbside recycling is collected weekly, alongside changes to the size of the black bin (see Q5). Q2 Please use this space to make any comments on the proposal for weekly recycling. It is proposed that we stop collecting engine oil, household and car batteries from the kerbside. It will still be possible to dispose of these items at the Sort It Centres. Q3 Please use this space to make any comments about this proposal.

Recycling containers We currently provide 10 different containers for free to households and residents living in flats. Last year we delivered over 58,000 containers to residents in South Gloucestershire at a cost of £215,837. We also know from feedback that some people find the current system confusing and the number of containers used to store and collect waste difficult to manage. We are considering options to reduce and improve container choice and make the service more convenient to use. We are therefore proposing to replace the existing bags with more boxes. Q4 How strongly do you agree or disagree with the proposal to stop using the plastic, cardboard and paper bags and instead provide alternative containers? Strongly agree   Tend to disagree Tend to agree   Strongly disagree Neither agree or disagree   Q5 Please use this space to make any comments on the containers used for the kerbside recycling service or our proposal to change them.

Black bins Every household is currently provided with a 240 litre black bin for non-recyclable residual waste. The size of the bins has not changed for over 20 years since when they were first introduced and there was very limited kerbside recycling. Our neighbouring authorities in Bristol and North Somerset have already reduced the size of the black bin. The waste analysis shows that over half of the waste in black bins could be recycled using the existing kerbside recycling service. Recycling this waste will save the Council money and you as a tax payer. To enable us to reduce waste by encouraging recycling, we are proposing reducing the size of the black bin at the same time as improving the opportunities to recycle. We will do this by providing a new smaller black bin alongside additional weekly recycling collections. Q6 Please use this space to make any comments on the proposal to reduce the size of the black bin. There are some households that have and will continue to need additional capacity black bins such as large families or residents with medical conditions. Q7 How strongly do you agree or disagree with changing the criteria for receiving additional black bin space from 5 to 6 members of a household and from 2 to 3 children in nappies? Strongly agree   Tend to disagree Tend to agree   Strongly disagree Neither agree or disagree   Q8 Please use this space to make any comments about residual waste collections (black bin waste) and our proposals

Your comments and ideas Q9 Please use this space to make any other comments that you think are relevant to our waste strategy and services and how you may be impacted by the proposals being considered About you This section is really important as it helps us to gain a better understanding of the needs of different service users, the views of different people and how they could be impacted by any changes. This information will remain confidential and will be used for analysis purposes only. Your personal information will not be published and individuals will not be identified. Q10 Are you responding to this consultation as? A local resident   A local business A parish or town council   Other A local voluntary or community organisation     If 'other', please specify

Q11 Please tell us your full postcode? Q12 Which of these statements best describes your attitudes to and opinions on recycling at home? I recycle even if it requires additional effort   It's too time consuming   I don't see why I should recycle I recycle if it does not require additional effort   I can't be bothered   I can't see the benefits of recycling I find it easy   I recycle when I remember   I should be able to recycle a wider range of material I find it convenient   I do not recycle   I find it convenient It fits into my normal routine   I find all the containers difficult to store/unsightly   It's important to recycle to help the environment   I don't understand the recycling system   If you are responding on behalf of an organisation you do not need to answer these questions. Q13 What type of housing do you live in? High rise flat (More than 4 floors)   Mobile home   Detached house Bungalow   Low rise flat (less than 4 floors)   Shared accommodation Semi-detached house   Terraced house   Other   Other, please specify Q14 How many people of the following ages live in your household   Pre-school children   School age children   Adults   Pensioners

Q15 Are you Female   Prefer not to say Male   Q16 Your age: Under 25   46 to 55   Over 75 26 to 35   56 to 65   Prefer not to say 36 to 45   66 to 75   Q17 Do you consider yourself to be disabled? Yes   Prefer not to say No
If yes, please tell us how this impacts on your use of waste and recycling services.
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