Corporate Strategy
Medium Term Corporate Strategy to 2009 Improving Life in Leicestershire
Consultation Draft
The Environment and Waste Management
We aim to improve the attractiveness of Leicestershire as a place in which to live
and work, whilst taking account of the needs of future generations. We will work in partnership
with ENABLE (the environmental partnership for Leicestershire) to provide advice on, co-ordinate and
promote activity to improve Leicestershire’s environment. We will also implement actions to improve
our own environmental performance. Our transport strategy, covered in a separate section, will play
a key part in improving Leicestershire’s environment, for example through our approach to school and
workforce travel plans.
In order to meet government targets we need to ensure that the volume of waste sent
to landfill is substantially reduced in a manner which is both cost effective and minimises environmental
impacts. In order to do this we are working with District Councils to review and implement a revised
Leicestershire Municipal Waste Management Strategy and provide a more integrated waste management service
in future. As part of the strategy we will need to take decisions during 2006 on the best technologies
for treating and disposing of household waste in future, identify locations for new waste facilities
and begin the procurement process for these facilities.
We will:-
- implement initiatives to encourage waste minimisation, recycling and composting
including improved recycling and composting facilities;
- plan for and implement new and improved waste treatment and disposal facilities including
consideration of alternative technologies and procurement options such as the Private Finance Initiative;
- improve our Recycling and Household Waste sites and introduce new arrangements to improve
service delivery and customer satisfaction;
- prepare and implement a new planning framework for the location of waste management facilities
and mineral sites which balances environment considerations with the demand for new facilities;
- campaign for ‘designation’ status at East Midlands Airport, to enable night flying to
be controlled.
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HIGH PRIORITIES
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WE WILL ACHIEVE
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REVIEW AND IMPLEMENT A REVISED WASTE MANAGEMENT STRATEGY IN 2006
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MEET NATIONAL GOVERNMENT WASTE TARGETS
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INCREASE RECYCLING AND COMPOSTING AND REDUCE WASTE GOING INTO LANDFILL SITES
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DIVERT AN ADDITIONAL 30,000 TONNES OF WASTE FROM LANDFILL IN 2009/10 COMPARED WITH 2004/05
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IMPROVE RECYCLING AND HOUSEHOLD WASTE SITES
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MAJOR IMPROVEMENTS TO 3 SITES
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IMPLEMENT THE COUNTY ENVIRONMENT STRATEGY AND IMPROVE THE COUNTY COUNCIL’S ENVIRONMENTAL PERFORMANCE
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MEET THE 7 KEY OUTCOMES IN THE STRATEGY BY 2009. DELIVER THE ACTIONS AND TARGETS IN THE COUNTY COUNCIL’S ENVIRONMENT STRATEGY
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Caveat
- The waste targets are currently provisional pending the outcome of the review of the Leicestershire
Waste Management Strategy and the emerging Waste Development Framework. The Council will publish more
detailed targets when these have been finalised.
Draft Local Area Agreement (LAA) Priorities
- ·Work with and through the Leicestershire Waste Management Partnership to
develop a strategy to reduce the amount of waste going to landfill and provide an infrastructure for
recycling in the longer term.
- ·Improving the quality of the environment in town and village centres through improving
response on the removal of graffiti, fly tipping and cleanliness.
- ·Combining to produce a common standard for the management of green space, and the achievement
of Green Flag status for at least one park in each district.
- ·Improved co-ordination and promotion of walking and cycling events across the County,
with links to GP referral schemes and ‘Green Gyms’.
- ·Raising awareness of the issues of climate change and the actions individuals can take
to reduce their own contribution, including leading by example in the public sector in the promotion
of renewable energy and the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions.
- ·Development and delivery of biodiversity action plans in order to protect the quality
of the environmental and wildlife amenities in Leicestershire.
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