• Cabinet agreed the recommendations in decision report ‘To set out the councils new Integrated Waste Management Strategy and Waste Handling Pilots’ which included authorising the new Integrated Waste Management strategy for Herefordshire, adopting the new targets within Appendix A to the report and authorised the development of a benefits realisation action plan to achieve the agreed targets.
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• The establishment of repair café forms part of the short term priority waste reduction projects, which in turn will support delivery of Target 2 – Reduce residual household waste arising’s to less than 330kg /hhld/year by 2035 of Appendix A.

Appendix A - Waste Strategy.pdf (herefordshire.gov.uk)

• In turn this support the County Plan (2020-2024) which has a priority to minimise waste and increase reuse, repair and recycling and to invest in low carbon projects.
• Budget for this pilot project will be drawn from the waste reserve as outlined in the resource implications of the Cabinet report ‘To set out the councils new Integrated Waste Management Strategy and Waste Handling Pilots’

• There is no conflict with any council policy, strategy or service plan.
• This decision does not amend existing policy nor raise new policy issues.•