Service Description: The current household waste contract comes to an end in 2015 providing us with an opportunity to explore new ways of managing the Island’s waste. We are in the process of developing a new waste strategy for how our waste should be dealt with in the future that may include utilising new technologies. As well as increasing recycling, we will be looking at ways to treat waste as a resource from which we can generate heat and power for the Island.
Also known as:- Landfill Planning Application, Waste Contract, Waste Procurement
Answer: A waste strategy is a plan for how an authority will manage household and municipal waste over a set length of time, normally ten to 15 years. A strategy will review amounts and types of waste historically produced and how it has been dealt with. It then sets out objectives for the future that meet national and local targets as well as aspirations for reuse, reducing, recycling, treating and disposing of waste.