Request
Under the Freedom of Information Act/Environmental Information Regulations, I respectfully request the following information:
The information requested is information that will be held under the Directorate responsible for waste. The information requested below is information the Environment Agency (regulatory body) could request and therefore should be maintained and be on hand:
True copies of extract/s from the contract/s between the Disposal Authority and its appointed waste disposal contractor/s detailing the list of authorised plastics that will be recycled as stated in the Council’s public communications for the periods 2021/22, 2022/23, 2023/24
True copies of the audit/s undertaken by the Disposal Authority to evidence the plastics published in its list/s (and/or associated authority bodies) of authorised recyclable plastics will all be processed to end of waste life status before executing the contract/s with the selected waste contractor/s relating to the periods 2021/22, 2022/23, 2023/24
True copies of all communications to include audits between the Disposal Authority and its appointed waste contractor/s for the periods 2021/22, 2022/23, 2023/24 relating to plastic waste/recycling.
True copies of evidence that under the Environment Protection Regulations duty of care has been taken by the Disposal Authority with for example internal/ external audits/ site visits/inspections to evidence all plastic grades used to manufacture the publicly published authorised list/s of plastic recyclables (NOT product type, as one plastic bottle can be manufactured in a different plastic to another bottle for example) assigned to the Disposal Authority as “Recyclable” are confirmed and evidenced to have met end of waste life status in the UK and/ or abroad (if exported) to ensure the protection of human health and the environment.
Please provide true copies of all Environment Agency audits and correspondence relating to plastic waste for the periods 2021/22, 2022/23, 2023/24
Response
Further to our email acknowledging your freedom of information request (reference 2025-242), our response is as follows.
We have provided information relating to each question to corresponding responses below. All personal information has been redacted to ensure compliance with GDPR.
Response 1 - We have provided excerpts from the mixed recycling contract as captured within the text:
Response 2 - The details provided below relate to the duty of care audit as seen below:
Response 3: We have provided below contract review meeting minutes with DMR contractor – November 2021
Response 4: For information on the end of life of the plastics delivered to the Authority, tables below provide the process involved and the end destination for the materials.
Response 5 – Find attached redacted copies of most recent Environment Agency audit reports relating to the contractor who manages NLWA’s DMR contract.
