Schedule 8 ENVIRONMENTAL INDICATORS

In this indicator—

• “Recycled” means household waste materials which have been collected and separated from municipal waste with subsequent processing to produce marketable products. Recycling differs from product re-use because of the need to process the recovered material.

• “Household Waste” means all waste collected by Waste Collection Authorities (WCA's) under section 45(1)(a) of the Environmental Protection Act 1990^f3, plus all waste arisings from Civic Amenity (CA) Sites and waste collected by third parties for which collection or disposal recycling credits are paid under Section 52 of the Environmental Protection Act 1990.

• “Civic Amenity Site” means places provided by the Waste Disposal Authority (WDA) at which persons resident in the area may deposit their household waste (Services provided under Section 51(1)(b) of the Environmental Protection Act 1990).

• “Waste arising” means waste generated by householders in the authority’s area.

“Composted” means organic waste material which has been broken down by the action of micro organisms aerobically at a central composting facility. Home composting shall not be included.

“Used to recover heat, power and other energy sources” includes—

1. (a)

   the controlled combustion of waste in specialised plant specifically to generate power and/or heat from the waste feedstock;

2. (b)

   the controlled combustion of refuse derived fuel (RDF) in specialised plant specifically to generate power and/or heat from the waste feedstock;

3. (c)

   the production of gaseous fuels by reacting hot carbonaceous waste with air, steam or oxygen (gasification);

4. (d)

   the thermal decomposition of organic waste to produce gaseous, liquid and solid products by pyrolysis; and

5. (e)

   the biological degradation of organic wastes by anaerobic digestion.

The following shall not be included in the above definition—

1. (a)

   ash residues subsequently landfilled or recycled;

2. (b)

   methane recovery from landfill; and

3. (c)

   material recovered for recycling following incineration of waste.

“Landfilled” means waste deposited on, or on a structure set into, the surface of the land; or under the surface of the land (land includes land covered by water which is above the low water mark or ordinary spring tides).

In this indicator—

• “household waste” shall have the same meaning as in section 75 of the Environmental Protection Act 1990 and Schedules 1 & 2 of the Controlled Waste Regulations 1992^f4; and

For Waste Collection Authorities (WCA) the indicator is to be calculated by means of the formula

where—

1. (a)

   X = Total tonnage of household waste arisings collected by the WCA under Section 45(1) of the Environmental Protection Act 1990 plus arisings for which collection recycling credits are paid to third parties under Section 52(4) of the Environmental Protection Act 1990; and

2. (b)

   Y = Population in the waste collection authority area using Office for National Statistics mid-year projections.

For a Waste Disposal Authority (WDA), the indicator is to be calculated by means of the formula

where—

1. (a)

   X = Total tonnage of household waste arising from places provided by the WDA at which persons resident in the area may deposit their household waste (Services provided under Section 51(1)(b) of the Environmental Protection Act) plus total tonnage of household waste collected by the constituent WCAs under Section 45(1) of the Environmental Protection Act 1990 plus arisings for which disposal recycling credits are paid to third parties under Section 52 of the Environmental Protection Act 1990; and

2. (b)

   Y = Population in the waste disposal authority area using Office for National Statistics mid-year projections.

For an Authority which is both a Waste Collection Authority and a Waste Disposal Authority the indicator is to be calculated by means of the formula

where—

1. (a)

   X = Total tonnage of household waste arisings collected by the authority pursuant to section 45(1) of the Environmental Protection Act 1990 plus total tonnage of household waste arising from Civic Amenity Sites, plus arisings for which collection or disposal recycling credits are paid to third parties under Section 52(4) of the Environmental Protection Act 1990; and

2. (b)

   Y = Population in the waste collection and waste disposal authority area using Office for National Statistics mid-year projections.

The net cost of waste collection is that specified in the financial return made to the Secretary of State under section 168(1) of the Local Government Act 1972 on the “Revenue Outturn Form 6” (RO6).

The information about the number of households is that used in the statement of numbers and bands of all properties in the valuation list for the authority compiled and maintained by the listing officer under section 22 of the Local Government and Finance Act 1992^f6.

This indicator is to be calculated using the figure of direct expenditure as specified in the local financial return made to the Secretary of State under section 168(1) of the Local Government Act 1972^f7 on the “Revenue Outturn form 6” (RO6) plus the amount of any joint disposal authority levy as specified in that form, less the net cost of the management of old landfill sites, divided by the total tonnes of municipal waste covered by that expenditure.

In this indicator “net cost of the management of old landfill sites” means any costs, (including staff, central support services, revenue and capital charges) associated with the management, monitoring and pollution control of old landfill sites formerly operated by the authority as waste disposal authority.

In this indicator—

• “missed collection” means—

  1. (a)

     any collection reported by a resident/commercial organisation where the resident was not informed in writing of a change in the arrangements;

  2. (b)

     any collection which is known by the authority not to have taken place on the prescribed day due to a failure of the authority or its contractor including those missed due to weather conditions or industrial action; and

  3. (c)

     any collection which did not take place on the prescribed day where residents werre not informed in writing of the changed arrangements.

• “Prescribed day” means the day of the week on which collections would normally take place.

• “Informed in writing” means by printed refuse sacks, leaflets, newspapers or any other written communication provided to all relevant households/businesses by the authority or its contractors.

This indicator is to be calculated by using the formula—

where—

“Civic Amenity Site” means places provided by the Waste Disposal Authority at which persons resident in the area may deposit their household waste (These are services provided under section 51(1)(b) of the Environmental Protection Act 1990).

The information used is that contained in the survey requirements specified for the Best Value Performance Indicator Number 90 (BVPI90) in Chapter 14 of Volume One of the DETR’s document entitled “Best Value and Audit Commission Performance Indicators for 2000/2001”^f9.

In this indicator “recycling centre” means—

1. (a)

   A collection of drop-offs or bring banks in one location where recyclable material may be deposited. In this indicator “drop-offs or bring banks” means a collection of containers in a location within the authority’s area where members of the public may deposit one or more types of recyclable material;

2. (b)

   Places provided by the Waste Disposal Authority at which persons resident in the area may deposit their household waste (Services provided under section 51(1)(b) of the Environmental Protection Act 1990), at which bring banks are provided; and

3. (c)

   Any materials reclamation facility (MRF) provided by the Waste Collection Authority or the Waste Disposal Authority, at which members of the public may deposit their recyclable waste.