Plastic waste recycling

1. True copies of the extract/s of the agreement/s between the Council (Waste Disposal Authority) and the Collection Authorities and/or their appointed collection contractors that are authorised to use the disposal authority, stating the plastics that are authorised for recycling for the periods 2021/22, 2022/23, 2023/24.

This is N/A as there is no contractual statutory agreement.

2. True copies of the assignment documentation of plastic waste assigned to the Waste Disposal Authority authorised for recycling under the Environment Protection (Duty of Care) Regulations from the collection authority/ appointed organisation for periods 2021/22, 2022/23, 2023/24. 

This is N/A as there is no contractual statutory agreement.

3. True copies of extract/s from the contract/s between the Waste Disposal Authority and its appointed waste disposal contractor/s detailing the list of authorised plastics that will be recycled as stated in Metropolitan District City/County/District/ Borough Council etc public communications for the periods 2021/22, 2022/23, 2023/24 

The current Household Waste Recycling Centre contract specification states;

“The following waste streams must be containerised separately and Recycled or Re-Used: Glass, Paper, Cardboard, Cans, Textiles, ferrous metals, non-ferrous metals, Garden Waste, Plastics (mixed plastic bottles -all types), Plastics (mixed packaging plastics -all types and including carrier bags and film), Plastics (Bulky-hard plastics-all types. e.g. plastic furniture or toys and the like)”.

4. True copies of the audit/s undertaken by the Waste Disposal Authority to evidence the plastics published in the list/s of authorised recyclable plastics will all be processed to end of waste life status before executing the contract with the selected waste contractor/s relating to the periods 2021/22, 2022/23, 2023/24.

Devon County Council does not hold this information.

5. True copies of all communication between the Waste Disposal Authority and the Waste Collection Authorities relating to plastic waste disposal and recycling for the periods 2021/22, 2022/23, 2023/24  

This is N/A as there is no contractual statutory agreement.

6. True copies of all communications to include audits between the Waste Disposal Authority and its appointed waste contractor/s for the periods 2021/22, 2022/23, 2023/24 relating to plastic waste/recycling. 

Please see email communications at the following link Combined Emails.

Information that is greyed out is exempt from disclosure under Regulation 13(1) of the Environmental Information Regulations 2004 (Personal Data). 

The Council cannot disclose personal information, if releasing it would contravene any of the provisions in the UK General Data Protection Regulation. In this instance release of this information would contravene the first data protection principle and therefore the information is withheld.

7. True copies of evidence that under the Environment Protection Regulations duty of care has been taken by the Disposal Authority with for example  internal/ external audits/ site visits/inspections to evidence all plastic grades used to manufacture the publicly published authorised list of plastic recyclables (NOT product type, as one plastic bottle can be manufactured in a different plastic to another bottle for example) assigned to the Disposal Authority as ‘Recyclable’  are confirmed and evidenced to have met end of waste life status in the UK and/ or abroad (if exported) to ensure the protection of human health and the environment.

Duty of Care evidence is reported in Waste Data Flow. Public access to Waste Data Flow can be found here: Register for public access.

8. True copies of Recycling Credit applications from the Collection Authority received by the Disposal Authority for all plastics sated as authorised in communications to the public for the periods 2021/22, 2022/23, 2023/24.

Kerbside Plastics only:

9. True copies of all Environment Agency audits and correspondence relating to plastic waste for the periods 2021/22, 2022/23, 2023/24.

Devon County Council does not hold this information.