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    • FOI request (FOI202780)

      Waste

      Requested Wed 07 December 2016
      Responded Mon 19 December 2016

       

       

      I am writing to you under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 to request the following information from Hastings Borough Council.

       

      ·         What charging increases have been introduced for householders and on what type of waste between November 2015 and December 2016?

       

      ·         What charging increases or restrictions have been introduced for commercial customers (businesses) and on what types of waste between November 2015 and December 2016?

       

      ·         How many recycling centres and tips have been closed between November 2015 and December 2016?

       

      ·         Have opening hours of any recycling centres and council tips changed between November 2015 and December 2016?

       

      ·         How many hours per week, on average, were recycling centres and council tips open in your council area between November 2015 and December 2016? What were  those usual opening hours?

       

      ·         How many hours per week, on average, were recycling centres and council tips open in your council area between November 2014 and December 2015? What were those usual opening hours?

       

      ·         Did you charge for the collection of garden waste between November 2015 and December 2016? If so, how much?

       

      ·         Did you charge for the collection of bulky waste between November 2015 and December 2016? If so, how much?

       

      ·         What waste did you charge for and how much was the charge before November 2015?

       

      ·         How many incidents of flytipping have been reported to the council between November 2015 and December 2016?

       

      ·         How many on the spot fines have been issued for flytipping since the new powers were given in May 2016 to December 2016?

       

      ·         How much money has been made from on the spot fines for flytipping between May 2016 and December 2016?

       

      ·         How many prosecutions have there been for flytipping and waste crimes between November 2015 and December 2016?

       

      ·         How many people have received jail sentences for flytipping or waste crimes between November 2015 and December 2016?


      Response

      Q1 - There was an increase of £5 per annum for our garden waste collection service

      Q2 - We do not operate a commercial waste service

      Q3 - Q6 Recycling Centres and Tips come under the remit of East Sussex County Council, please visit their website for further information www.eastsussex.gov.uk

      Q7 -  YES. £50 per annum (£5 increase from previous year)

      Q8 - YES. £21 for up to 3 items

      Q9 - Garden Waste and Bulky waste - £45 per annum for garden waste - Bulky waste: £21 for up to 3 items

      Q10 -  2153 (1st November 2015 to 31st October 2016). November figures have yet to be finalised and December cannot be calculated due to being part way through the month.

      Q11 - 0

      Q12 - £0

      Q13 - We are unsure what is meant by waste crime - please can you clarify?

      Q14 - none
       
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