The Council requires a service for the kerbside and back door collection, kerbside sort and recycling of mixed-dry multi-materials from approximately 14 480 households within its Borough. Households serviced are of varying house types and occupancy and of an urban/rural mix.

Collected materials are required to be delivered and recycled at an authorised and fully licensed waste facility, so as to maximise quality and levels of materials recycled. Core collected materials under the contract are:

Paper, Cardboard; Plastic bottles, Glass bottles and jars, Aluminium foil, Food and Drinks cans, Aerosols, Beverages and Food Cartons, Tins and Cans, Textiles, Batteries, and Hand Tools.

In addition to these, approximately 850 households using a wheelie bin (triple stack) collection unit have Mixed Plastics collected. The Contractor will be required to share actual revenues received from the sale of all collected materials under the Contract with the Council on a 50/50 basis.

The current service utilises black and red 55 litre kerbside boxes, with approximately 850 households using a Wheelie Box (triple stack) collection unit.

The contract is required to provide continuity of service provision post 1.4.2015, so as to facilitate the Northern Ireland Local Government Reform process and the merger of Castlereagh Borough Council and Lisburn City Council to form the new Lisburn City and Castlereagh District Council, thereby enabling the new council to carry out an overall review of kerbside collection services in the context of the new Council area. No changes to the current service are being made at this time.