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The West of England Partnership comprises of the four unitary Authorities of Bath and North East Somerset (B&NES), Bristol City (BCC), North Somerset (NS) and South Gloucestershire (SG)<ref name="foo">West of England Partnership, 2008. [https://www.westofengland.org/media/103810/woe_joint_waste_strategy_may2008_long.pdf. Joint Residual Municiple Waste Management Strategy.]</ref>. The West of England Partnership was formed to help these authorities to work together and co-ordinate high level planning to improve the quality of life of their residents and provide for a growing population<ref name="foo2">West of England Partnership, 2019. [https://www.westofengland.org/ Welcome to the West of England Partnership website | West of England Partnership. Westofengland.org.] [online] [Accessed 2 Dec. 2019].</ref>. The four Authorities within the Partnership have statutory responsibility for the collection, recycling, treatment, disposal and planning of municipal waste management<ref name="foo"/>. | |||
The Authorities believe working in Partnership offers them economic, environmental and social advantages, including: | |||
*Maximising economies of scale; | |||
*Minimising environmental impacts; | |||
*Minimising transport requirements; and | |||
*Providing best value for the tax payer<ref name="foo"/>. | |||
The Partnership intends to also greatly improve the self sufficiency of waste management in the area<ref name="foo"/>. | |||
The West of England Partnership focuses on developments that are better planned in the scale of the west of England as opposed to individual council level<ref name="foo2"/>. | |||
Summer next year will see the combination of the West of England Partnership and the [[West of England Local Enterprise Partnership]]<ref name="foo2"/>. | |||
==References== | |||
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Revision as of 15:40, 2 December 2019
The West of England Partnership comprises of the four unitary Authorities of Bath and North East Somerset (B&NES), Bristol City (BCC), North Somerset (NS) and South Gloucestershire (SG)[1]. The West of England Partnership was formed to help these authorities to work together and co-ordinate high level planning to improve the quality of life of their residents and provide for a growing population[2]. The four Authorities within the Partnership have statutory responsibility for the collection, recycling, treatment, disposal and planning of municipal waste management[1].
The Authorities believe working in Partnership offers them economic, environmental and social advantages, including:
- Maximising economies of scale;
- Minimising environmental impacts;
- Minimising transport requirements; and
- Providing best value for the tax payer[1].
The Partnership intends to also greatly improve the self sufficiency of waste management in the area[1].
The West of England Partnership focuses on developments that are better planned in the scale of the west of England as opposed to individual council level[2].
Summer next year will see the combination of the West of England Partnership and the West of England Local Enterprise Partnership[2].
References
- ↑ Jump up to: 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 West of England Partnership, 2008. Joint Residual Municiple Waste Management Strategy.
- ↑ Jump up to: 2.0 2.1 2.2 West of England Partnership, 2019. Welcome to the West of England Partnership website | West of England Partnership. Westofengland.org. [online] [Accessed 2 Dec. 2019].