Dear Emma Kilmurray,

Thank you for submitting a request for information. Your reference number
is 21570351.

Your request will be reviewed and we may send you questions to clarify
your request. We will respond within 20 working days for Freedom of
Information and Environmental Information Regulations requests, and within
1 calendar month for Data Protection and Subject Access requests

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Yours sincerely,
Information Governance Team
Adur & Worthing Councils

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Dear Emma Kilmurray,

Thank you for your request for information (ref 21570351) sent to Adur &
Worthing Councils on 6th September 2023.

Your request has been considered and our response is below. Alternatively,
view your request and response
at: [1]https://adur-worthing-hr.onmats.com/w/we...

Request:
Please see below, 11 questions relating to mattress disposal in your area:

1. Do you accept mattresses at the majority/all your HWRCs? Please answer
yes or no.

2. If yes, what is the charge in £ per mattress?

3. How are most of the mattress materials and components disposed of from
HWRCs?
Please select one option:
a) Sent for recycling (i.e., separated into component parts)
b) Sent for landfill
c) Sent for incineration for energy recovery

4. Do you offer a collection service for mattresses? Please answer yes or
no.

5. If yes, what is the charge in £ per mattress?

6. If yes, how are most of the mattress materials and components disposed
of from collections? Please select one option:
a) Sent for recycling (i.e., separated into component parts)
b) Sent for landfill
c) Sent for incineration for energy recovery

7.  Does your authority have plans to revise how mattresses are disposed
of in the next 12 months? Please answer yes or no.

8. If yes, how do you plan to dispose of mattresses in future?

9. Do you signpost households to private sector mattress recycling
providers in your region? Please answer yes or no.

10. If yes, please list providers.

11. Where possible, please provide a URL(s) for any pages on your council
website which provide information to residents about mattress disposal.

Response:
Q1-3: Adur District Council and Worthing Borough Council do not hold the
information requested.  

Adur & Worthing Councils provide a waste collection service only, all
domestic waste is taken to a waste disposal site which is managed by the
West Sussex County Council.
 
You may wish to contact WSCC by following clicking on the the link:
[2]https://www.westsussex.gov.uk/about-the-...

Q4 - Yes. Mattresses can be collected as part of our domestic bulky waste
collections
Q5 - £45 is for a cat 1 collection and a single mattress would fall into
this, lowest, category charge.
Q6 - All waste is taken to our transfer station. That is then dealt with
by the waste disposal authority which is West Sussex County Council
Q7 - No
Q8 - N/A
Q9 - No
Q10 - N/A
Q11 - https://www.adur-worthing.gov.uk/bulky-w...

We hope this assists you.

Review procedure
If you are not satisfied with the response to your request for information
you have the right to an internal review. Details can be found on
[3]www.adur-worthing.gov.uk/foi

Your request for internal review should be submitted to us within three
(3) months of receipt by you of this response. Any such request received
after this time will only be considered at the discretion of the Council.

If having exhausted the review process you are not content that your
request or review has been dealt with correctly, you have a further right
to appeal to the Information commissioner’s Office (ICO), details of which
can be found here: [4]www.ico.org.uk/concerns

Yours sincerely
Information Governance Team
Adur & Worthing Councils

For Freedom of Information (FOI) and Environmental Information Regulations
(EIR):
Email: [Adur District Council request email]

For Data Protection (DP) and General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR):
Email: [email address]

Website: [5]www.adur-worthing.gov.uk/about-the-councils/legal/foi/ 

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