Refuse and waste related services

Tender description

Swansea Council is seeking to procure services for the collection/haulage and reprocessing for re-use/recycling, paper/card, and cardboard collected via the Council's kerbside recycling, bring site, Household Waste Recycling Centres (HWRC’s) and commercial collections/activities. The Council currently collects mixed paper/card/cardboard at the kerbside from around 111 000 properties. In 2017/18 a combined total of approximately 10 600 tonnes of mixed paper/card was collected. Single use plastic sacks are used as a collection medium. Residents requiring the collection of large pieces of cardboard (boxes etc.) are requested to fold the material and place alongside the bags for collection. The bags are collected using split bodied refuse collection compaction vehicles with no other materials permitted in the sack. In addition the Council also offers residents the opportunity to deposit paper/card at a number of HWRC’s and bring sites The Council also collects cardboard via its commercial/HWRC collection operations. In 2017/18 a combined total of approximately 2 600 tonnes of cardboard was collected. This material is collected in a loose form and is offered baled (all baling costs to be met by the Council). Bales of cardboard/card are mill size (Approx. 155 cm x 106 cm x 78 cm) and the average weight of a bale is between 600-700 kg.