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Report and appendix attached.

The report before Members detailed a consultation summary of the resource and waste strategy.

The Government’s Resource and Waste Strategy had been published in December 2018. From this, four consultations had been released in February 2019, and Havering had responded to these in May 2019. The consultations were as follows:

1.     Consistency in Household and Business Recycling Collections

2.     Introducing a Deposit Return Scheme

3.     Reforming the UK Packaging Producer Responsibility System

4.     Introducing a Plastic Packaging Tax

The Government had now published its summaries of all responses gathered, with proposed next steps. Outlined in the summary were those parts of the responses pertinent to Havering and its waste collection and street cleansing services.

During discussions Members questioned as to whether the Council still provided a trade waste service. Officers responded by confirming that the Council no longer provided a trade waste service and that it was for individual businesses to select a contractor to remove their waste although this was something that could be reviewed in the future.

The Sub-Committee noted the report and attached summary.