The council has said it now anticipates selecting a preferred bidder before the end of 2005, and that the contract will begin in the summer of 2006. Two waste companies are left on the shortlist for the “Integrated Waste Management” contract – Focsa Services UK and SITA UK.
” We need to help members increase their understanding of the complex issues associated with dealing with waste and meeting landfill diversion targets. “
– Adam Paynter, Cornwall county council
A motion had been put forward at a council meeting on June 14 to halt the procurement process since new councillors wanted more information about proposals. However, this motion failed to get enough support.
Instead, the county council will run a series of meeting and site visits to inform the public and new councillors during the procurement process. A one-day seminar has already been planned for September, looking at residual waste technologies.
Adam Paynter, executive member for environment and heritage, said: “We need to help members increase their understanding of the complex issues associated with dealing with waste and meeting landfill diversion targets.
Determined
“We are determined to get the best environmental solution for Cornwall as well as value for money for Council Tax payers,” Cllr Paynter added.
Cornwall's forthcoming waste contract – called the Integrated Waste Management scheme – is being backed by almost 30 million of Private Finance Initiative funding from Defra. It is to include measures to expand recycling and composting, new and upgraded household waste recycling centres and an energy recovery facility.
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The council has said there will be “no upper limit on recycling”, and the new contractor will be “required to recycle or compost all source segregated material. “We need at least 40% recycling – and hope for 50%,” Cllr Paynter said.
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