Refuse and waste related services

Tender description

Glasgow City Council invites bids for the provision of the service of Kerbside and Public Site Collection and Recycling of waste glass. The Council is responsible for the provision of waste and recycling services across a variety of waste streams to approximately 300 000 households and approximately 600 000 residents. One of the waste streams is the provision of a kerbside glass collection service. This incorporates the collection of waste glass bottles and jars from households (140 litre bins) and public sites (large galvanised bins — 1 100 litre, 1 280 litre and node bins). The council requires: — a kerbside collection service to an estimated 115 000 households and accommodate future additions as required, — a public site collection service to 528 locations (637 bins) and accommodate future additions as required, — delivery of the collected glass to a reprocessing facility upon where it is expected that a minimum of 95 % collected glass will be recycled. As a guide, in 2017, 5 800 tonnes of mixed glass was collected from household recycling bins and 2 100 tonnes was collected from public recycling sites.