The subject headings below link to the full request details along with the council's response.
4 Questions in relation to Street Services and Ground Maintenance...
1) How many households complained about the damage that taking 2 lorries down the road might cause?
2) Which road do they live on - Kirkham Shaw, Kirkham Lane or Kirkham Road?
3) What date did you start to collect the recycling in with the other rubbish?
4) How many people responded to...
Request for Street Cleansing data from 2008/9 to date and method of measurement via spreadsheet....
6 questions regarding fly tipping and litter and services that do this work....
1. How much money have you made in the past year (June 2010 - present day) by selling the recycling your residents have left out? (not just outside homes)
2. How much money did you make in the previous year (June 2009 - June 2010) by selling the recycling your residents...
several question relation to council collections.
1. How much did your council spend on carrying out recycling collections in the financial years 2008/2009, 2009/2010 and 2010/2011?
2. How much revenue did your council raise from recycling collections by selling the items saved by householders in the financial years 2008/2009, 2009/2010 and 2010/2011?...
1. How much did your council spend on carrying out recycling collections in the financial years 2008/2009, 2009/2010 and 2010/2011?
2. How much revenue did your council raise from recycling collections by selling the items saved by householders in the financial years 2008/2009, 2009/2010 and 2010/2011?...
1. In the last financial year 2011/12 how many incidents did your authority record where refuse collectors were assaulted by members of the public while carrying out council duties? Please give a brief description of the circumstances of the incident.
2. How many working days were lost by refuse collectors...
REQUEST FOR FREEDOM OF INFORMATION BILL - UNIT 15, MANORWAY INDUSTRIAL ESTATE, CURZON DRIVE, GRAYS RM17 6BG...
please can you provide me with the following information for Thurrock Council in the period 1 April 2011 - 31 March 2012?
1. Number of fly-tipping incidents?
2. Cost of clearance & disposal of fly-tipped waste?
3. Estimated or actual cost?
4. Number of enforcement actions taken?
5. Number of successful prosecutions?...
1. Household waste
a) who has the contract to collect the household waste from the kerbside and what are the contract dates?
b) is the waste taken to a transfer station to be bulked together? If so, who operates the transfer station and what are the contract dates?
c) What disposal...
I am writing in the hope that you can help me with a project I am doing to try and understand how Waste, Recycling and Environmental Cleansing works. I have been reading Thurrock Council's website and have found it most informative. There are some things that I still...
1. Do you currently provide a pest control service for residents?
2. If you used to provide a pest control service for private households which you have now stopped, when did you stop providing it? (Month and Year)
3. How frequent are the following collections you provide to private households (if applicable)?
a.)...
Collection, Transportation and Disposal of Health Care Waste - Pharmaceutical, Sharps, Cytotoxic and Cytostatic, Anatomical & General Clinical:
Contract Renewal Date
Contract Term
Contract Value for Full Contract Term (£)
Annual Tonnages of individual waste streams...
I would like to know how many dog waste bins there are within your area.
How much it costs to have them emptied and would it be possible for you to forward me the email address of the person in charge of the landscape division, or who ever deals with the...
I would like to know the cost of employing consultants to bring the waste and recycling contract back in house and the ongoing cost of employing a interim contract manager on the said contract....
CCTV
1) The total number of CCTV cameras controlled by your council on 21st March 2011.
MICRO-CHIPPED BINS
1) Does the council conduct weekly or fortnightly rubbish collections?
2) Has the council installed microchips in any of the rubbish containers of its residents?
3) Is the council currently monitoring data provided by microchips installed in...
In the 2010 calendar year did your authority allow or participate in any surveys of domestic household waste, where rubbish put out for collection was analysed for research purposes and the householders were NOT told about this course of conduct?
If this is the case, for each survey please state:
(i) Who...
In the Thurrock Gazette on the 2/7/10 Cllr. Gupta gives a potential cost of £200,000 for dealing with contaminated plastic bags in the recycling stream.
Please can you provide full details of how this figure was arrived at, including for example the cost per tonne / load etc. for dealing with...
Please tell me the data for 2009/10 for:
NI 191: residual household waste
NI 192 household waste recycled and composted
NI 193 municipal waste landfilled...
1. How many warning letters were issued to households in relation to presentation of household waste (eg overfilling wheelie bins, leaving out too many bags, putting residual waste or recycling out at the wrong time etc)...
a) since 1 May 2010
b) in the financial year 09/10
2. How many statutory notices were...
1. How many households in total receive the council's waste collection services?
2.a) As of January 2011, does the authority collect refuse from those households "fortnightly", "weekly" or "more than weekly" (categories used by WRAP/Defra)?
2.b) What was the answer as at April 2010?
3.a) If the authority collects refuse in more than...
I am writing to obtain information about the council's bin policy and the amount collected from fines for bin offences. Please note, for the term 'bin' I am referring to all containers that residents are required/encouraged to separate their refuse in to. This includes, but is not restricted to, compost...
Please specify all materials which can be recycled under the current waste recycling contract. In the case of plastics please include the European standard identification codes.
Please confirm when this contract came into force and what reduction in the rate has been achieved from the recent decision to cease collection of...
I would like to know what companies have contacts with your council to recycle electronic goods, including fridges, computers and televisions. I would be grateful if you could tell me which electronic goods each company deals with....
As an environmental campaigner, I request details of the producer compliance scheme which removes Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) from all civic amenity sites within your council or unitary authority.
I also request details of contract rates paid for the recycling of the following specific items:
I...
I would like to request statistics on the number of prosecutions, fines and warnings issued to householders for breaches of bin and recycling policies. Please break down the statistics for each type of breach (eg hazardous waste in domestic rubbish, electronics in domestic rubbish, items for recycling disposed of incorrectly,...
1. he number of fly tipping incidents per month in the Borough for the last 2 years.
2. The cost to Thurrock of clearing up fly tipped rubbish (say the annual cost for the last 3 years)
Or whatever data you have on these issues....
1. In the last financial year 09/10 how many incidents did your authority record where refuse collectors were assaulted by members of the public while carrying out council duties? Please give a brief description of the circumstances of the incident.
2. How many working days were lost by refuse collectors...
1. Do Refuse contractors employed by Thurrock Council have a contractual obligation to return bins to the property and not leave them scattered on the pavement. What action is being taken to ensure that this is done? Has the contractor been formally warned. Has the contractor been fined?
2. Pavement parking,...
1. In the 2009 calendar year did your authority allow or participate in any surveys of domestic household waste, where rubbish put out for collection was analysed for research purposes and the householders were NOT told about this course of conduct.
2. If this is the case, for each...
1. Do Thurrock Council have a valid up to date RIPA Authority for the collection of data regarding the information received from the data chips? If so can I have a copy of the RIPA.
2. If there is no RIPA why not? If no RIPA what will...
I am writing to obtain information about Thurrock Council's use of microchips in resident's rubbish bins. To outline my query as clearly as possible, I am requesting:
1. Does Thurrock council conduct weekly or fortnightly rubbish collections?
2. Has Thurrock council installed microchips in any of the rubbish containers of its residents?
3....
Request a full and comprehensive breakdown on the measures taken to dispose of electronic waste by your council or unitary authority, including a comprehensive list of all contractors engaged by the council or unitary authority to carry out this work, this list should include the Waste Operators who take the...
1. Has your council fitted wheelie bins with microchips that can measure how full they are?
If yes please answer the following:
2. Which company is your contract with?
3. How many bins have you fitted with microchips?
4. How much was the contract and over what length of time? What...
Recycling rate (2007/8) excluding inert waste for the household waste and recycling centres at Buckingham Hill Road...
In the past five years, what proportion of waste collected from bins provided for public use in the street and emptied by the Council, or its contractors, has been recycled?
In each of those years, what mass or volume of waste has been collected from the above-mentioned bins?...
1.In the last financial year (07/08) how many incidents did your authority record where refuse collectors were assaulted by members of the public while carrying out council duties?
2. How many working days were lost by refuse collectors during the last financial year (07/08) as a result of injuries...
In the 2007/8 financial year how many fixed penalty notices under the powers of S46 of the Environmental Protection Act were issued? What was the total income in 2007/8 for such fixed penalty notices? Comparable data for 2005/6 and 2006/7...
1. How much household waste do you currently successfully recycle?
2. What is this as a percentage of the household waste that is produced annually in your authority?
3. Do you operate a source separated or co-mingled collection system for your kerbside recycling (i.e. does all recyclable material go into one bin...
Provide the waste contract arrangements for the new service provider, the start and end date of the contract, the services provided and the approximate value....
1. Provide details as to the number of security cameras that have been installed at the local authority refuse tips, where the cameras have been installed to allow the council the opportunity to monitor/record the number plates of vehicles entering the site.
2. Provide the name and address of the public...
How many complaints has the council received in the last three months with regard to a mess being left on the roads and pavements after the recycling boxes and wheelie bins have been emptied?...
1. Do you use or provide domestic householders with "wheelie" or other bins for domestic waste?
2. If so what stock (i.e. how many) do you own and/or collect rubbish
from?
3. Do you provide (or require) use of separate bins for food and non
food waste?
4. Frequency of...
Information on Refuse Collectors:
1. In the last financial year (06-07) how many incidents did your authority record where refuse collectors or associated employees were assaulted by members of the public while carrying out council duties?
2. How many working days were lost by refuse collectors or associated employees during the...
What are the contract arrangements for refuse / recycling and street cleansing services, service provider, start date, and end date of contract?...
To provide contract arrangements for the refuse and recycling services in terms of service provider, the start and end date of the contract....
Please provide a breakdown of costs individuals pay for specific services: Street Cleansing and weeding of public domains, refuse service, grounds maintenance....
What is the breakdown of costs paid through council tax for specific services: Street Cleansing and weeding of public domains, refuse service, grounds maintenance?...
1. How many fines for dropping litter have been issued by the Council over the last five years?
2. Is the income from litter fines re-invested in improving street cleaning services or used elsewhere in the Council?...
1. What is the total amount of money received by the Council in respect of planning gains on Chafford Hundred? Please provide a breakdown according to the site developed, the purposes for which the amounts were given and the eventual use.
2. What was the format under which this...
1. What are the actions the Council is taking using anti-social behaviour legislation to tackle graffiti and which department has responsibility for the £99,000 budget
for its removal?
2. What areas are litter picked by the Council and how frequently?...
Information on Cleanaway complaints and refuge collection (3 questions):
A) How many complaints have been received since Cleanaway took over domestic refuse collection?
B) Type of complaint received ie. Non collection, bins being left in the wrong place, bins going missing.
C) What was done to appease these complaints?...
What is Thurrock Council doing to combat the problem of dog-fouling in the borough?...
Why has Thurrock not joined all other Essex authorities to tackle the task facing them regarding Waste, and why have they not committed to the Draft Waste Strategy of High Recycling and Mechanical Biological Treatment?...
What is the Council's policy on removing dead animals?...
Fly tipping costs and information on how the Council is tackling this problem....
Information on fly-tipping statistics for 2004/2005....
Contract information such as Contract holder, duration of the contract, start date and annual value for the following areas - Waste Management/Recycling/Street Cleaning and Waste Disposal....
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