East Riding of Yorkshire council and Hull city council have awarded four waste and recycling contracts worth a combined 200 million to jointly manage their waste and recycling from April 2015.
Announced yesterday (June 17), the four separate 10-year contracts cover 263,000 households and have been awarded to FCC Environment, Impetus Waste Management, Biffa Waste Services Ltd and a consortium of J & B Recycling Ltd and Biowise Ltd.
Spanish-owned FCC Environment has operated a single contract for Hull and East Ridings waste and recycling for the past 15 years, but this deal comes to an end next year.
According to the councils, the decision to split this contract four ways was made because during that time the emphasis has changed from simply collecting all waste to that of recycling and composting to keep waste out of landfill, reducing the millions of pounds the councils have to send to the Chancellor of the Exchequer in landfill tax.
The councils said there would not be any changes to the way the authorities collect material from households but that the new contracts provide value for money for council taxpayers and more flexible disposal services for recyclable materials.
Councillor Martin Mancey, portfolio holder for energy at Hull council, said: I am delighted that after years of hard work both councils have managed to secure contracts that will support us in continuing to deliver an excellent waste collection service including our recycling centres.
It will also allow us to develop a local solution for composting our organic waste and improve recycling and diversion from landfill through the use of latest technologies which is a major step forward for us. The contracts mean that we’ve secured arrangements for the next 10 years that deliver value for money for our residents.
‘I am delighted that after years of hard work both councils have managed to secure contracts that will support us in continuing to deliver an excellent waste collection service including our recycling centres.’
Hull city councillor Martin Mancey, portfolio holder for energy
HWRCs and RDF
When its current contract ends in April 2015, FCC Environment will continue to manage the councils 13 household waste and recycling centres (HWRCs) as well as three waste transfer stations at Wilmington, central Hull, Goole and Carnaby.
In addition, FCC Environment will be responsible for the treatment of residual waste collected in East Riding, which it will process into a refuse derived fuel (RDF) for use at the Multifuel Energy Ltds 300 million energy-from-waste (EfW) facility, which is currently under construction in Ferrybridge (see letsrecycle.com story).
Billingham-based Impetus Waste Management will take up a separate 10-year contract to convert Hulls residual waste currently sent to landfill into RDF, which will then be processed into energy at Air Products gasification facility, which is being developed near Billingham, Teesside (see letsrecycle.com story).
Recycling
With regards to recycling, one 10-year contract will see Biffa Waste Services use its existing materials recycling facility (MRF) in Walsall to sort commingled dry recycling from East Riding council.
A consortium consisting of Hartlepool-based firm J & B Recycling and Hull-based waste management and skip hire firm Biowise was awarded the final 10-year contract to process recyclable material from households in Hull and organic waste from both Hull and East Riding.
The consortium said the contract had a combined value of 4 million a year, which equates to a 40 million lifetime value.
The dry recycling part of the contract will see glass and plastic bottles, newspaper and cardboard from around 112,000 homes processed by the two firms from across the city of Kingston upon Hull.
This involves an estimated 25,000 tonnes of recyclables collected by Hull city council vehicles being sent for sorting and processing at J & B Recyclings materials recycling facility (MRF) in Hartlepool.
Composting
The two councils will also develop a new composting facility in the Willerby area to convert 60,000 tonnes of garden and food waste from both councils into compost for use in horticulture and agriculture.
‘We are delighted to be working with J&B Recycling to deliver these waste contracts. This way we can continue to support the local economy, keeping jobs secure and creating more opportunities alongside providing a quality waste management service.’
James Landau, managing director of Biowise Ltd
J & B Recycling anticipates that the contracts will see an increase in the 150 staff currently employed by the firm.
Vikki Jackson-Smith, managing director of J & B Recycling, said: This is a fantastic contract to win which has the potential to lead to significant growth for J & B Recycling as we establish our expertise to deliver waste management contracts on behalf of local authorities.”
She added: It was clear from day one that there were a lot of synergies between the two businesses and that helped us to deliver a competitive submission based around quality, expertise and price.
James Landau, managing director of Biowise, said: We are delighted to be working with J&B Recycling to deliver these waste contracts. This way we can continue to support the local economy, keeping jobs secure and creating more opportunities alongside providing a quality waste management service.
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