letsrecycle.com has learnt that the Improvement and Efficiency South-East (IESE) organisation is driving the development of a potential national framework contract to provide home composting bins to councils. Subsidies towards the cost of bins are unlikely to be offered but, by purchasing on a large scale, councils could get the bins cheaper through IESE.
It is understood that IESE is working to provide a contract whereby local authorities will be able to purchase best price compost bins, digester, accessories and logistics services in the most efficient and cost effective process for councils.
Working with the Local Authority Recycling Advisory Committee (LARAC) and the National Association of Waste Disposal Officers, the body looks set to try to ensure that some sort of composting scheme similar to that offered by WRAP is up-and-running by October 1.
And, speaking to letsrecycle.com today (May 12), Joy Blizzard, chair of LARAC, confirmed that the IESE was looking at the options for taking a home composting bin scheme forward.
She commented: “I don't think they are looking at a subsidy so they are just looking their options for providing bins to local authorities.
“They are looking at what can be done in terms of efficiency for bin procurement for local authorities.”
Ms Blizzard added that she believed a scheme would be developed “quite soon” because the WRAP scheme is due to end in September.
IESE's assistant director, David Greenfield, confirmed that it was “working with WRAP to formulate a solution” but could not say anything further until he had a more “concrete answer” about the plans.
The organisation is the lead among the nine national Regional Improvement and Efficiency Partnerships which were set up by councils in a bid to drive innovation and efficiency.
WRAP
WRAP has gradually reduced the subsidy for bins it offers to councils – in 2004, the recycling development organisation was subsidising around 75% of the cost of a
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