The contract shall be for the collection and treatment of scrap metal from the Council’s Household Recycling Centres, Civic Amenity Sites and Waste Transfer Station and the removal of abandoned Vehicles within the Belfast City boundary.

The Council currently collects approximately 1300 tonnes of scrap metals per annum from its Recycling Centres, Civic Amenity Sites and Waste Transfer Station.

The scrap metals brought into the household recycling centres are compacted into 35 cubic yard open top roll on roll off containers by means of roll packer machines operated by Council site staff.

During the period April 2023 to March 2024, 17 abandoned vehicles were collected and treated.