For more information, please contact Environmental Services:
Telephone:
01638 719284
Email:
es@forest-heath.gov.uk
Strategy Overview
Between 1995 and 2007, the County increased its household waste
recycling level from 12.1% to 44%. The foundation for this success
has been the emphasis placed on partnership working between the
county’s seven District and Borough Councils and the County
Council, known collectively as the Suffolk Waste Partnership.
In 2003 the Partnership adopted the Joint Municipal Waste
Management Strategy for Suffolk. This document outlined a vision to
recycle 60% of the county’s waste by 2010 and to break once and for
all the link between economic growth and waste produced. Implicit
within the strategy is the importance placed on joined-up working
and the sharing of ideas and best practice between all members of
the partnership.
A central goal of the Suffolk Waste Partnership is the universal
adoption of a Three-Stream waste collection system, allowing for a
step change in recycling rates. In Forest Heath we consistently
achieve a recycling rate above 45%, which puts us in the top 20
authorities in the country.
Strategy
Progress
Part of the review process has also resulted in the production of a
set of Action Plans for 2007 to 2012 that highlight those actions
that will be implemented and developed for this period and other
activities which could be considered with the aim of reaching the
targets and aspirations set in the Strategy.
In January 2008 the results of the "Strategy review" were adopted
(the Addendum) and published with a reprinted version of the
Strategy. The Addendum also includes a set of joint Policy
Statements and a summary of the consultation undertaken as part of
the review. The Action Plans and Policy Statements will be
reviewed, updated and published annually. These documents have been
collated into Annexes A B & C of the Addendum.
A copy of the above documents is available on the
Suffolk Recycling Progress website.
Suffolk County Council are also looking at
how to deal with residual waste in the future as we run out of
landfill space, face huge fines and need a more environmentally
acceptable method of
disposal.