Waste, recycling and the circular economy

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The Climate Emergency Response Plan Engagement is now closed.

Thank you to everyone who took part.

The engagement findings report will be available here later this year.

Your views are really important and what you have told us will be used to help shape the draft Climate Emergency Response Plan 2025-2030 for the borough, which will then be shared for public consultation later this year.


Ensuring we reduce, reuse and recycle our waste has been an important mantra for many years. This concept has now grown into a wider one, known as the circular economy – making as much use as possible of the resources we have through both smart choices and innovative methods of reducing waste, reusing products and recycling.

Issues such as tackling single-use plastics and reducing palm oil use have been of real importance in recent years, and we want to hear from residents to understand how the Council can best support us to transition to a more circular economy. Making the best use of our resources will help to reduce pollution, reduce costs, and protect nature.

Have your say

Tell us what you think the Climate Emergency Response Plan could do to help meet the challenges and embrace the opportunities of creating a waste system that is lower carbon and meets the needs of communities in the future.

You can share your views on either by completing the survey below or sharing your thoughts on our ideas board.

This engagement exercise is open until Sunday, 1 September 2024.

The Climate Emergency Response Plan Engagement is now closed.

Thank you to everyone who took part.

The engagement findings report will be available here later this year.

Your views are really important and what you have told us will be used to help shape the draft Climate Emergency Response Plan 2025-2030 for the borough, which will then be shared for public consultation later this year.


Ensuring we reduce, reuse and recycle our waste has been an important mantra for many years. This concept has now grown into a wider one, known as the circular economy – making as much use as possible of the resources we have through both smart choices and innovative methods of reducing waste, reusing products and recycling.

Issues such as tackling single-use plastics and reducing palm oil use have been of real importance in recent years, and we want to hear from residents to understand how the Council can best support us to transition to a more circular economy. Making the best use of our resources will help to reduce pollution, reduce costs, and protect nature.

Have your say

Tell us what you think the Climate Emergency Response Plan could do to help meet the challenges and embrace the opportunities of creating a waste system that is lower carbon and meets the needs of communities in the future.

You can share your views on either by completing the survey below or sharing your thoughts on our ideas board.

This engagement exercise is open until Sunday, 1 September 2024.