Veolia wins Chesterfield waste collection contract

The 14 million deal, which commences in November 2011, represents an expansion of Veolias previous eight year contract with the council to collect residual and green waste. However, now the company will be collecting recyclables as well.

At present residents in Chesterfield have blue recycling boxes for cans, glass bottles and jars, aerosols and batteries. They also have blue bags for paper and white bags for textiles. These materials are sorted at the kerbside by contractor H W Martin. Green wheeled bins are also provided for green and card waste.Allthese material streams arecollected every fortnight, on alternate weeks to the residual waste collection.

However, under the new contract, dry recyclables will now be collected in blue wheeled bins which Veolia will be providing. These will have an inner caddy to keep the paper fraction separate from the other material.

Importantly, mixed plastics including everything from bottles and margarine tubs to plastic film will now be accepted and so will card. This is because the company which processes the green waste – Park Farm in Rotherham does not want to take card any more because it is seeking to achieve the strict PAS 100 standard for quality compost.

Paper collected through the service will be sent to Veolias Castle Donington site near Derby while the other materials will be sent to the companys materials recycling facility at Four Ashes in Staffordshire. Plastics will be sent to Essex-based plastics reprocessor Closed Loop Recycling.

Carole Grew, senior waste management officer at Chesterfield borough council told letsrecycle.com: We have been providing plastics collections at bring sites for many years and everyone has been wanting them to be collected at the kerbside.

John Burrows, leader of Chesterfield borough council, said: We are pleased to be working in partnership with Veolia to deliver an improved recycling service for all residents in the borough. This new service offers more opportunities for residents to recycle and will double the amount of materials that we collect at kerbside for recycling.

Fleet

Veolia is set to invest 3 million in a new fleet of collection vehicles that will be fuelled by biodiesel which it said would assist the council to help reduce its carbon footprint.

Tom Spaul, chief operating officer at Veolia Environmental Services, said: We are pleased to be expanding our service to Chesterfield council. Through this new contract we will provide residents with a more convenient, cleaner service. We also anticipate that the new recycling scheme will help increase recycling rates supporting Chesterfield in achieving its carbon footprint targets.

In addition to the new waste and recycling contract for Chesterfield residents, Veolia will continue to provide collections from businesses within the borough on behalf of the council.