The council will now pay out an additional £4.23 million to process the additional tonnage while it procures a new contract.
The three-year contract was originally agreed in July 2019, with the council at the time saying it handles around 24,000 tonnes of bulky waste.
This was agreed at a total cost of £10.67 million over the course of the contract.
In a modification notice published on 13 April, the SNP-controlled authority explained that it is on course to exceed the value of the contract and cannot take up the options of extension.
It put the additional tonnage down to “various socio-economic, customer behaviour and operational factors”, and said time is required to work on a new tender.
The new tender will “assess what impact, if any, the easing of Covid-19 restrictions has on the volume of bulky waste”.
It will also look at the “impact of changes to how the council charges residents for the uplift of bulky waste items”.
Charges
The council introduce charges in July 2021, and collects 10 standard items for £35, while larger electrical goods are charged at £35 each.
The council said that charging “aims to change the way citizens think about resources. Assigning value to bulky items can encourage everyone to reduce the amount of waste they produce or find other ways for items to be reused where possible”.
Glasgow county council recorded a recycling rate of 27.5% in 2021 calendar year.
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