The not-for-profit company currently provides kerbside recycling collections for about one in five Londoners and also has contracts to provide recycling services for two Oxfordshire councils.
The Warwick contract sees the community-based organisation spreading further from the capital in its third major contract outside London. The deal is thought to be worth around 4.25 million over the five-year period.
Speaking to letsrecycle.com, managing director Andy Bond said that ECT Recycling has been looking to spread beyond London, but has found it difficult to find the right contracts to bid for in the counties.
“We're very pleased to win Warwick,” he said. “We haven't won much outside of London over the past year, this is partly because in the counties there are fewer opportunities for us because there are few contracts where refuse collection and recycling are not lumped together.”
Target
Warwick council hopes the new deal will enable the district to reach its statutory recycling target of 27% by 2005-06, and believes the service will eventually lead to household recycling rates of 40%.
Councillor Margaret Begg, Environmental Services Portfolio holder said: “This represents a major step forward for the council and we are pleased to have the experience of ECT on board to help us meet the challenge of increasing recycling across Warwick District.”
ECT will take over an existing paper-only collection service from Cleanaway-owned Serviceteam, and convert it into a multi-material service for all 52,000 homes in the district by April 2005. The multi-material system will use recycling boxes, and vehicles will be leased by ECT.
The green waste collection will serve around 24,000 homes through the use of wheeled bins – something that ECT has not done before, Mr Bond said. Expectations are that around 5,000 tonnes of material will be collected in the first year of operation.
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