SCC Consultation on Waste Management

The Surrey Waste Partnership (made up of the County Council and 11 districts and boroughs) is currently preparing a revised Plan for Waste Management in Surrey. This was formerly known as Joint Municipal Waste Management Strategy. Please find further information about this document at the bottom of this email.

We would like to invite you to participate in the engagement around the draft plan. There are two ways you can do this:
1. By responding to the public consultation which is open from 17 May until 12 August 2010
2. By attending a stakeholder workshop on 21 July 2010.

1. PUBLIC CONSULTATION

The public consultation is open from 17 May until 12 August 2010 and is hosted at click here On this website, you will find the consultation document 'A Plan for Waste Management in Surrey' and supporting information and you will be able to enter your responses online.

2. STAKEHOLDER WORKSHOP

This meeting will
*update you on the developments that have taken place since the previous version of the strategy was published in 2007
*give an overview of the changes proposed for the revised strategy
*give you an opportunity to articulate key issues or areas of concern related to these changes
*provide information on how you can take part in the public consultation.

The workshop will involve a wide variety of organisations with an interest in waste issues.

The details of this workshop are:

Date: Wednesday, 21 July 2010
Time: tbc - currently we are planning to hold the workshop from 10am to 1pm, however depending on the demand we may hold another workshop in the afternoon.
Venue: Chertsey, Surrey

Please return the attached registration form to facilitators@dialoguebydesign.com by 18 June 2010. Alternatively, you can send an email to the same address, including the following information:

*whether or not you will attend. If you cannot attend, your organisation can nominate another representative
*name and full postal address of the workshop attendee (yourself or another representative)
*dietary, access and other special requirements.

We will try to accommodate all who would like to attend the workshop but places will be limited so early booking is advised. We will email Joining Instructions ahead of the workshop date.

We hope that you can participate in this consultation process and look forward to hearing from you.

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What is the Plan for Waste Management in Surrey?

This is our strategy to manage waste across the county. This plan was first published in 2007 and was called the Joint Municipal Waste Management Strategy. The new strategy will set revised targets for recycling, reducing waste and managing Surrey's waste in the most sustainable and cost-effective way.

Why are we reviewing the strategy?

We have a commitment to review all of our strategies on a regular basis. However, the strategy is also now out of date for a number of reasons:
- We believe Surrey is able to exceed the waste management targets set in the 2007 strategy.
- We need to manage waste in the most sustainable and most cost-effective way.
- Technological development provides us with improved options for waste treatment.

Why a public consultation?

The way we manage the waste service in Surrey directly affects you, so we want to know what you think. We want the updated strategy to reflect your views and want to know what we could be doing to help you waste less. We have identified a number of key areas where change is proposed.