Mattress disposal - provision and methods in Wales
Good afternoon,
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.
Yours faithfully,
Emma Kilmurray
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Gellir cynnwys y ddogfen gyfathrebu hon ac unrhyw ddogfennau amgaeêdig yn
amodol ar hawlfraint. Hyn anfonwyd atoch er gwybodaeth i chi a gallwch ei
ddefnyddio ar gyfer unrhyw ymchwil anfasnachol yr ydych yn ei wneud neu
ymgymryd â. Gellir hefyd defnyddio ei gynnwys at ddibenion adrodd
newyddion. Os oes angen i chi ailddefnyddio’r wybodaeth mewn unrhyw fordd
arall, er enghraifft, cyhoeddi neu gyhoeddi masnachol ar wefan, mae angen
caniatâd gyn y Cyngor. Os hoffech ailddefnyddio’r wybodaeth, cysylltwch â
ni, gan roi gwybod i ni sut rydych chi yn bwriadu ei ailddefnyddio a beth
fydd y gynulleidfa a fwriadwyd fel y gallwn ystyriwch eich cais. Dylid
anfon y wybodaeth hon at: Rheolwr Llywodraethu Gwybodaeth, Tîm
Llywodraethu Gwybodaeth, Neuadd Y Sir, Yr Wyddgrug, Sir Y Fflint, CH7 6NB,
neu drwy e-bostio [email address].
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wybodaeth, gallwch ofyn am adolygiad mewnol o fewn 2 fis o dyddiad yr
ymateb hwn. Lle mae’ch cwyn yn un cymhleth efallai na fydd yn bosib delio
ag ef o fewn yr amserlen uchod. Mewn sefyllfa o’r fath, bydd adroddiad
cynnydd yn cael ei anfon o fewn yr amserlen.
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y Cyngor:
Team Llywodraethu Gwybodaeth, Neuadd y Sir, Yr Wyddgrug, Sir Y Fflint, CH7
6NB
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gwyn nes ei fod wedi bod drwy ein proses adolygu fewnol.
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Dear Ms Kilmurray
I wite in relation to where you have asked the following.
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. Yes
2. If yes, what is the charge in £ per mattress? £0
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) - Yes
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. Yes – not mattress specific
5. If yes, what is the charge in £ per mattress? Charge for 5 bulky items
£40
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) - Yes
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. No
8. If yes, how do you plan to dispose of mattresses in future? N/A
9. Do you signpost households to private sector mattress recycling
providers in your region? Please answer yes or no. No
10. If yes, please list providers. N/A
11. Where possible, please provide a URL(s) for any pages on your council
website which provide information to residents about mattress disposal.
https://www.flintshire.gov.uk/en/Residen...
Yours sincerely
FOI Contact Officer
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Governance Manager, Information Governance Team, Flintshire County
Council, County Hall, Mold, Flintshire CH7 6NB, or
[email address].
If you are dissatisfied with the Council’s handling of your request for
information, you can ask for an internal review within 2 months of the
date of this response. Where your complaint is a complex one it may not be
possible to deal with it within the above timescales. In such a situation
a progress report will be sent within the above timescales.
Requests for an internal review should be addressed to the Council’s
Information Governance Manager at:
Information Governance Team, County Hall, Mold, CH7 6NA
Or by emailing [Flintshire County Council request email]
Please remember to quote your original request’s reference number.
You also have the right to complain to the Information Commissioner. The
Information Commissioner can be contacted at the following address:
Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow,
Cheshire, SK9 5AF
However, please note that the Commissioner will not normally investigate a
complaint until it has been through our own internal review process.
FOI Contact Officer
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FOI Contact Officer | Swyddog Cyswllt Rhyddid Gwybodaeth
Governance | Llywodraethu
Flintshire County Council | Cyngor Sir y Fflint
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information and you may use it for any non-commercial research you may be
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publication on a website, requires the permission of this Council. If you
wish to re-use this information please contact us, letting us know how you
wish to re-use it and what the intended audience will be so that we can
consider your request. This information should be sent to: The Information
Governance Manager, Information Governance Team, Flintshire County
Council, County Hall, Mold, Flintshire CH7 6NB, or
[email address].
If you are dissatisfied with the Council’s handling of your request for
information, you can ask for an internal review within 2 months of the
date of this response. Where your complaint is a complex one it may not be
possible to deal with it within the above timescales. In such a situation
a progress report will be sent within the above timescales.
Requests for an internal review should be addressed to the Council’s
Information Governance Manager at:
Information Governance Team, County Hall, Mold, CH7 6NA
Or by emailing [Flintshire County Council request email]
Please remember to quote your original request’s reference number.
You also have the right to complain to the Information Commissioner. The
Information Commissioner can be contacted at the following address:
Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow,
Cheshire, SK9 5AF
However, please note that the Commissioner will not normally investigate a
complaint until it has been through our own internal review process.
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Gellir cynnwys y ddogfen gyfathrebu hon ac unrhyw ddogfennau amgaeêdig yn
amodol ar hawlfraint. Hyn anfonwyd atoch er gwybodaeth i chi a gallwch ei
ddefnyddio ar gyfer unrhyw ymchwil anfasnachol yr ydych yn ei wneud neu
ymgymryd â. Gellir hefyd defnyddio ei gynnwys at ddibenion adrodd
newyddion. Os oes angen i chi ailddefnyddio’r wybodaeth mewn unrhyw fordd
arall, er enghraifft, cyhoeddi neu gyhoeddi masnachol ar wefan, mae angen
caniatâd gyn y Cyngor. Os hoffech ailddefnyddio’r wybodaeth, cysylltwch â
ni, gan roi gwybod i ni sut rydych chi yn bwriadu ei ailddefnyddio a beth
fydd y gynulleidfa a fwriadwyd fel y gallwn ystyriwch eich cais. Dylid
anfon y wybodaeth hon at: Rheolwr Llywodraethu Gwybodaeth, Tîm
Llywodraethu Gwybodaeth, Neuadd Y Sir, Yr Wyddgrug, Sir Y Fflint, CH7 6NB,
neu drwy e-bostio [email address].
Os ydych yn anfodlon â’r modd y mae’r Cyngor wedi ymdrin eich cais am
wybodaeth, gallwch ofyn am adolygiad mewnol o fewn 2 fis o dyddiad yr
ymateb hwn. Lle mae’ch cwyn yn un cymhleth efallai na fydd yn bosib delio
ag ef o fewn yr amserlen uchod. Mewn sefyllfa o’r fath, bydd adroddiad
cynnydd yn cael ei anfon o fewn yr amserlen.
Dylech anfon cais am adolygiad mewnol i’r Rheolwr Llywodraethu Gwybodaeth
y Cyngor:
Team Llywodraethu Gwybodaeth, Neuadd y Sir, Yr Wyddgrug, Sir Y Fflint, CH7
6NB
Neu drwy e-bostio [Flintshire County Council request email]
Cofiwch ddyfynnu rhif cyfeirnod eich cais gwreiddiol.
Mae gennych hawl hefyd i gwyno wrth y Comisiynydd Gwybodaeth. Gallwch
gysylltu â’r Comisiynydd Gwybodaeth yn y cyfeiriad canlynol:
Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow,
Cheshire, SK9 5AF
Fodd bynnag, dylech nodi nad yw’r Comisiynydd fel arfer yn ymchwilio i
gwyn nes ei fod wedi bod drwy ein proses adolygu fewnol.
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