City of Wolverhampton Council is poised to approve a £5 million contract to oversee the city’s waste disposal services. The current contract expires in October, and the new agreement is set for an initial three-year term, with the option to extend for an additional year.
The contract focuses on increasing recycling efforts and reducing the volume of rubbish sent to landfill sites. The council’s Labour cabinet is scheduled to review and discuss the proposal next week.
According to the cabinet report, the new procurement will unify waste services, grounds maintenance, and fly-tipping management into a single contract. This approach aims to ensure consistent service delivery and strict environmental compliance in handling all waste under environmental services for the next four years.
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The contract will enable waste teams to efficiently manage green waste, household waste recycling center (HWRC) materials, skips, and mixed fly-tipping loads by directing them to licensed and compliant providers. It also includes provisions for the collection and safe disposal of mattresses, soft furnishings containing persistent organic pollutants, and hazardous wastes such as chemicals and gas bottles.
Over the contract’s duration, the council plans to allocate up to £1.38 million toward recycling garden waste collected from kerbside pickups and recycling centers. Another £1.48 million is earmarked for recycling household rubble, plasterboard, and hard plastics from the tips. For the specialized recycling and disposal of mattresses and soft furnishings, a budget of £1.8 million has been set.
Further, the contract includes £432,000 for managing mixed loads of skip and fly-tipping waste, £100,000 dedicated to safely disposing of hazardous waste—including gas bottles, household chemicals, and commercial refrigeration units—and £64,600 for incinerating clinical waste.
The City of Wolverhampton Council is expected to finalize the contract during its cabinet meeting on May 27.