ADEPT is resuming the fortnightly survey after reports of a resurgence of disruption to waste services due to Covid-19.
Steve Palfrey, chair of ADEPT’s waste group, said: “We have decided to resume the survey after hearing multiple reports of increased disruption to waste services.
“We want to understand the problems experienced in local areas and the extent to which they are impacting on services including household waste and recycling, bulky waste collections and household waste recycling centres, as well as commercial services.
“At the time of the last survey in September, most local waste services were operating with minimal impacts and reduced levels of staff absences from self-isolation or sickness.
“Obviously, the picture is very different now and we want to know how teams are managing. Once again the survey is short and designed to provide a snapshot view.”
Local authorities will receive emails “shortly” from industry sector networks, providing details of how to access the survey and the information to be captured.
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ADEPT will again be working alongside the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) and industry sector networks including the Local Authority Recycling Advisory Committee (LARAC), the Local Government Association (LGA) and the National Association of Waste Disposal Officers (NAWDO) to gather intelligence on the impact of the pandemic on waste services.
The surveys were first run between March and September 2020. In its final survey covering the week commencing 7 September, ADEPT found nearly a quarter of recycling services remained disrupted, while 10% of residual waste services provided by councils in England reported minor disruption (see letsrecycle.com story).
Previous waste surveys are available on the ADEPT website here.
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