Land-filling

Freedom of Information Act 2000 – Request for Information

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Dear Mr Grewal
Freedom of Information Act 2000 *** Request for Information-Reference No
2575

I am writing in respect of your recent enquiry for information held by the
Authority under the provisions of the Freedom of Information Act 2000.
Please find herewith the following:

The City Council has a 25 year waste disposal conrtact with Veolia
Environmental Services Birmingham Ltd (VESB - part of the Veolia
Enviromnental Services multi-national waste management group). Our
contract requires them to arrange for the disposal of waste through
recycling, composting, incineration with energy recovery and landfill.

VESB are required to establish arrangements for waste going to landfill
and have set up a number of contracts to meet this need, each of which is
commercially confidential to them and their contracts not ours.

We do not hold any documents relating to landfilling or contracts taken
out by Veolia ourselves other than the tonnages involved in the process so
that we can measure performance. The document attached below shows last
years activity in summary.

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Birmingham B4 7AB
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The Information Commissioner
Wycliffe House
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Wilmslow
Cheshire
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Yours sincerely,

Ray Holmes
Acting Information Governance Manager
Environment and Culture
PO Box 2122
Telephone: 0121 303 6676
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however, it may be re-used for personal, educational or non-commercial
purposes without further reference to the City Council. If the re-use is
for other purposes, such as commercial re-use, you should notify the City
Council in writing to seek approval or agree terms for re-use. Where
Birmingham City Council does not hold the copyright, it has indicated the
copyright holder. Permission for re-use should be sought from them
directly.

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