Support

Representation ID: 4702

Received: 09/08/2025

Respondent: Mr Keith Harrison

There still appears to be inadequate recycling by local residents. There may be a number of reasons such as a misunderstanding of how to dispense with residential household waste but I also suspect that too many residents just don't care sufficiently and either 'contaminate' white sacks with non-recyclable items, or don't care and just dump it all into black sacks. I don't think it inappropriate for the council to issue a warning then a fine in such circumstances.

Object

Representation ID: 4862

Received: 11/08/2025

Respondent: Mrs Gillian Mulloy

Legally compliant? No

Sound? No

Duty to co-operate? No

Medway’s Waste Management vision is aspirational but non-operational. It repeats the Waste Hierarchy without quantified arisings, capacity gaps, or a spatial strategy for new/expanded facilities. There are no measurable targets, site allocations, or safeguards for existing sites/wharves, and no clear decision criteria (enclosure, odour/noise/dust control, HGV routing, buffers). Construction and demolition waste is largely ignored (no pre-demolition audits, circular design, or reuse targets). Developer contributions lack thresholds/calculators, and monitoring/review triggers are absent. As drafted, it cannot guide decisions or secure investment—failing justification, effectiveness, and consistency tests.