THAT  (a)        The Joint Municipal Waste Management Strategy be approved; and

(b)       Cabinet authorises the Director of Environment subject to a satisfactory outcome of negotiations in consultation with the County Secretary and Solicitor and County Treasurer and in conjunction with Worcestershire County Council, to:

(i)enter into a Variation to the Contract with Mercia Waste Management Ltd, to provide waste processing and recycling plants in order to meet the Councils’ Statutory and Voluntary targets as set out in the Joint Municipal Waste Management Strategy;

(ii) enter into an associated Agreement with the Contractor’s nominated sub contractor), and/or their funding banks as necessary in order to protect the Councils’ interests, for the provision of waste processing and recycling plants.