The Council requires the provision of Services to receive and sort co-mingled dry recycling delivered by the Council, the transportation and delivery of the sorted material to processors and merchants, and the further sorting or final disposal of any non-recyclable or other unacceptable waste arising from the sorting process.

The intention of the Service is to maximise the recovery of dry recycled materials to ensure the most financially advantageous position for the Council.

The Contractor will be required to process, recover, recycle and if necessary appropriately dispose of non-recyclable or other unacceptable waste materials arising from its collection of co-mingled recycling. In 2015/16, 8 877 tonnes of recycling was collected.