The Committee gave consideration to a report providing an update on a number of waste related matters, specifically on the capital funding request to support compliance with the landfill ban; the Circular Economy Bill and the Waste Composition Analysis undertaken by Zero Waste Scotland.
Decision
The Environment, Development and Infrastructure Committee –
1. noted that the Scottish Government had made £1.5million of capital funding available to the Council to support compliance with the landfill ban;
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2. noted that officers would bring forward a progress update along with a plan and timescales which detail the steps the Council requires to take to get to a complaint solution by the end of 2025 to the December Committee Meeting;
3. noted that the Circular Economy Bill was passed in Scottish Parliament on 26 June 2024; and
4. noted the content of the waste composition analysis and the outputs from the report attached at Appendix 1.
(Reference: Report by Executive Director with responsibility for Roads and Infrastructure dated September 2024, submitted)