Joint Municipal Waste Management Strategy
The Councils Joint Municipal Waste Management Strategy sets out
how Cheshire's local authorities intend to reduce, recycle, recover
and dispose of Cheshire's municipal waste between 2007 and
2020.
The current Joint Municipal Waste Management Strategy 2007 -
2020 is set out in a Headline Strategy Document and is supported by
other key technical documents which can be downloaded below:
Background
Cheshire's first Joint Household Waste Management Strategy was
agreed in 2002 by the Cheshire Waste Partnership which
comprised the former County and District Councils. The Strategy was
developed following two extensive public consultation exercises. A
copy of the Joint Household Waste Management Strategy 2002 can be
down loaded below. A further public consultation on the need for
energy from waste was undertaken in 2004. Following the results of
this consultation, the Cheshire Waste Partnership agreed new
targets for recycling and minimisation and a preferred approach to
treatment of residual waste.
In 2007 the Cheshire Waste Partnership consolidated the original
Strategy documentation to ensure that the Strategy fully
reflects the extent of work undertaken by the Partnership since
2002 and that it complies with the Government's revised
guidance on the format required for local authority Joint Municipal
Waste Management Strategies.
The resulting Joint Municipal Waste management Strategy
documents were approved by all the Cheshire Waste Partnership
authorities in 2008. The core approach of the Joint Municipal
Waste Strategy remains unchanged from the 2002 Strategy.
Strategic Environmental Assessment
In parallel to the re-formatting of the Strategy, the Cheshire
Waste Partnership took the opportunity to conduct a Strategic
Environment Assessment of the Strategy. A Strategic Environmental
Assessment is a method of assessing environmental, health and
sustainability impacts of a Strategy.
The process used a range of agreed environmental criteria to
assess the impacts of the Joint Municipal Waste Management Strategy
objectives and the key options for recycling and for waste
treatment. The Cheshire Waste Partnership appointed Enviros LTC to
undertake the Strategic Environment Assessment. The results are set
out in the Strategic Environment Assessment Environmental report
and its Non-technical Summary which can be down loaded above.
Consultations on the Strategic Environment Assessment
Stage 1. An 'Strategic Environment Assessment Scoping Report'
was prepared. This set out the proposed scope of the Assessment
including the key assessment criteria and the Strategy options
which would be assessed.
Stage 2. This scoping report was consulted upon over a five week
period with statutory consultees (Natural England, English Heritage
and the Environment Agency). Responses from the consultation were
used to refine the scope of the Strategic Environment
Assessment.
Stage 3. Enviros Ltd then undertook a fill assessment of
the Strategy objectives and options. This is reported in the
Strategic Environment Assessment - Environmental Report, which can
be downloaded above.
Stage 4. In line with the requirements of the Strategic
Environment Assessment legislation, this full assessment was then
made available for public comment via a public consultations
exercise. The consultation period ran from 2007 to February
2008.
An Strategic Environment Assessment Consultation Report, which
summarises the consultation responses, was presented to members of
the Local Government Association Waste Task group which
oversees the Cheshire Waste Partnership. The responses were taken
into account in the final approved Strategy documents. The County
Council statement on the Strategic Environmental Assessment can be
downloaded below.