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ian norris made this Freedom of Information request to Stoke on Trent City Council
Waiting for an internal review by Stoke on Trent City Council of their handling of this request.
From: ian norris
22 April 2009
Dear Sir or Madam,
In relation to the savings of £1m Stated by Councillor Kieran
Clarke Portfolio holder for resources, and bearing in mind dealing
with Catering waste can be 3 times that of the present green
composting.
What is the approx cost on 15yr In-vessel contract is to be, per
year?
Why In Vessel and not anabolic digestion?
What is happening to the animal waste collected at present?
Your press release currently state amount of waste collected, but
does not break it down into recyclables and waste, or what the
previous system was producing?
Yours faithfully,
ian norris
From: Louise Kelly
Stoke on Trent City Council
23 April 2009
Dear Ian,
Re: Your request for information.
Thank you for your request for information about waste. Your request
was received on 22nd April 2009 and I am dealing with it under the terms of the Freedom of Information Act 2000.
In some circumstances we may charge for information. If there is a charge I will let you
know as you will have to pay it before we deal with your request.
Some information does not have to be released under the Freedom of Information Act. We
will check the information you have asked for and send you as much as possible. If another
person or organisation is named in the information we may have to ask their opinion before
we decide what we can give you.
If you have any queries about this email please do not hesitate to contact me.
Yours sincerely,
Louise Kelly
Louise Kelly | Information Manager
Information Governance | Chief Executive's Directorate
City of Stoke-on-Trent
Civic Centre Glebe Street Stoke-on-Trent ST4 1HH
t 01782 235965
e [email address]
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From: Hannah Quinn
Stoke on Trent City Council
20 May 2009
Dear Mr Norris
Your request for information on cost in vessel contract
Unfortunately it has proved more complex and time consuming than
anticipated to locate and retrieve the information that you have asked for
and I now expect to be able to send it to you by 1st June 2009. I
apologise for any inconvenience that this may cause.
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Executive’s Directorate, Civic Centre Floor 4, Glebe Street, ST4 1HH or
email [Stoke on Trent City Council request email].
If, after contacting us, you are not content with the outcome, you may ask
the Information Commissioner for a decision. Generally, the Information
Commissioner cannot make a decision unless you have already used our
appeal procedure. The Information Commissioner can be contacted at: The
Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow,
Cheshire, SK9 5AF.
Yours sincerely,
Hannah Quinn
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22 May 2009
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From: ian norris
22 May 2009
Dear Sir or Madam,
The Savings from enhancing recycling was part of the Budget
savings, why are officers unable to provide approx cost of the 15
year Contract?
Yours sincerely,
ian norris
From: ian norris
6 June 2009
Dear Hannah Quinn,
You offered to have a response to my query by 1st June, is there
any problem as a response is now well overdue
Yours sincerely,
ian norris
Stoke on Trent City Council
8 June 2009
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From: ian norris
10 June 2009
reply received on private email
Response to Ian Norris
The £1 million pound saving referred to in the enquiry and stated
in the report does not come from the processing cost of green waste
but from changes to the collection arrangements in moving to an
enhanced weekly co-mingled collection.
Cost
The City Council does not have a contract for In-Vessel. It is
currently out to tender.
Treatment Options
The In-Vessel system has been chosen because it can deal with the
three wastes of cardboard, kitchen waste and green materials.
Unclear what anabolic digestion is. If this is meant to be
Anaerobic Digestion then this system was rejected as it needs to be
carefully balanced in respect of temperature and controlled
conditions and does not deal with cardboard effectively.
Animal Wastes
The treatment of animal wastes has not changed. All animal waste
should be placed in the grey bin for energy recovery with the waste
from the dog bin collection being taken to deep landfill as
hazardous waste.
Breakdown
TONNAGES APR 2006- MAR 2009
06/07
07/08
08/09
INCL COMMERCIAL
RESIDUAL TOTAL
105336.65
96477.60
89655.96
SITE
TYPE
06/07
07/08
08/09
KERBSIDE
PAPER
5282.22
5794.97
4930.94
KERBSIDE
GLASS
2839.92
3115.58
3235.73
KERBSIDE
CANS
465.62
510.81
1032.18
KERBSIDE
TEXTILES
131.66
144.44
181.60
KERBSIDE
PLASTIC
0.00
0.00
39.41
KERBSIDE TOTAL
KERBSIDE RECYCLING
8719.42
9565.80
9419.86
KERBSIDE
GREEN/ORGANIC
2512.64
8249.76
9857.04
HWRC
TOT CA RECYCLED
5730.12
5622.56
6136.13
HWRC
TOT CA GREEN RECYCLED
3634.64
1880.76
1843.64
RECYCLING BANKS
BRING SITE RECYCLING
1297.63
1442.89
1235.89
BUKLY WEEE ETC
WCA RECYCLING
294.4
231.18
185.97
TOT TO INCIN
74809.10
70590.32
68731.57
TOT LANDFILL
30527.55
25887.28
20924.39
From: ian norris
25 June 2009
Dear Sir or Madam,
The reply did no answer the question
What is the approx cost of the 15yr In-vessel contract to be, per
year?
Yours sincerely,
ian norris
GK Harvey left an annotation ( 4 July 2009)
Ian,
You may wish to look at this also. So much for a trial, it seems that they had decided the trial was going to work before they even announced it!
http://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/bl...
Yours,
GK Harvey
From: ian norris
8 September 2009
Dear Sir or Madam,
The reply did no answer the question
What is the approx cost of the 15yr In-vessel contract to be, per
year?
Yours faithfully,
ian norris
From: ian norris
6 October 2009
Dear Sir or Madam,
Please pass this on to the person who conducts Freedom of
Information reviews.
I am writing to request an internal review of Stoke on Trent City
Council's handling of my FOI request 'Approx cost in vessel
contract'.
A full history of my FOI request and all correspondence is
available on the Internet at this address:
http://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/ap...
Yours faithfully,
ian norris
ian norris left an annotation (12 October 2009)
Dear Mr Norris,
We have now considered your appeal regarding the In-Vessel Contract. Your appeal is attached below:
'What is the approx cost of the 15yr In-vessel contract to be, per year?'
Following contacting the relevant Department who holds the information you had requested, I can confirm that the information provided to you in our response was accurate at the time of writing and that there is no more information relevant to this question to provide you at this point in time.
If you are not content with the outcome your appeal, you may apply directly to the Information Commissioner for a decision.
The Information Commissioner can be contacted at: The Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire SK9 5AF.
If you have any queries about this email, please do not hesitate to contact me.
Yours sincerely
Louise Kelly
I have replied
The information commissioner is already investigating this matter, but they have a back log of around 3 months, you should hear from them soon.
The City Council have recently released information of £750,000 a year for in-vessel composting (City Councils Forward Plan), if this is correct it should have been made available to councillors setting this years budget and advising them when implementing a new collection process (which claimed to save £1 million, but with this cost could only save £250,000), and provided in my FOI request. Which Department did you contact and was not aware of this cost?
I’ll await information commissioner investigation.
Thanks
Ian
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ian norris left an annotation (11 June 2009)
The £1 million pound saving referred to in the enquiry and stated in the report does not come from the processing cost of green waste but from changes to the collection arrangements in moving to an enhanced weekly co-mingled collection.
Cost
The City Council does not have a contract for In-Vessel. It is currently out to tender.
Treatment Options
The In-Vessel system has been chosen because it can deal with the three wastes of cardboard, kitchen waste and green materials.
Unclear what anabolic digestion is. If this is meant to be Anaerobic Digestion then this system was rejected as it needs to be carefully balanced in respect of temperature and controlled conditions and does not deal with cardboard effectively.
Animal Wastes
The treatment of animal wastes has not changed. All animal waste should be placed in the grey bin for energy recovery with the waste from the dog bin collection being taken to deep landfill as hazardous waste.
Breakdown
TONNAGES APR 2006-MAR 2009 06/07 07/08 08/09
INCL COMMERCIAL RESIDUAL TOTAL 105336 96477 89655
KERBSIDE PAPER 5282.22 5794.97 4930.94
KERBSIDE GLASS 2839.92 3115.58 3235.73
KERBSIDE CANS 465.62 510.81 1032.18
KERBSIDE TEXTILES 131.66 144.44 181.60
KERBSIDE PLASTIC 0.00 0.00 39.41
KERBSIDE TOTAL
KERBSIDE RECYCLING 8719.42 9565.80 9419.86
KERBSIDE GREEN/ORGANIC 2512.64 8249.76 9857.04
HWRC TOT CA RECYCLED 5730.12 5622.56 6136.13
HWRC TOT CA GREEN RECYCLED 3634.64 1880.76 1843.64
RECYCLING BANKS
BRING SITE RECYCLING 1297 1442 235
BUKLY WEEE ETC
WCA RECYCLING 294.4 231.18 185.97
TOT TO INCIN 74809.10 70590.32 68731.57
TOT LANDFILL 30527.55 25887.28 20924.39
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