2015-11-10 Infrastructure & Services Committee Agenda

INFRASTRUCTURE & SERVICES COMMITTEE MEETING REPORT                            10 NOVEMBER 2015


2.    Current Contract expiring 30 August 2016

As there is an extensive lead time required for tendering, awarding and mobilising a new waste
management contract the Council must call a tender for the new contract no later than May 2016.
The current contract expires 30 August 2016. There remains a one year option for extension of
the contract to 30 August 2017. This extension requires endorsement by Council.

The development of the tender documentation is a considerable undertaking. To ensure that the
contract includes services that have been endorsed by Council, it is essential that appropriate
decisions are made prior to draft the tender documentation.

3.    Inclusion of Current services in new contract

It is proposed to include the current services within the next contract. These primarily include:

Separable Portion A – Collection Services
Phasing out the small number of 140 litre bins
Providing general waste services in 240 litre bins and bulk bins
Providing recycling services in 240 litre and 1100 litre bulk bins
Providing street litter bin (public place) waste and recycling services
Servicing Rural Transfer Station and Eumundi Rd Transfer Station Bins

Separable Portion B – Operation of Eumundi Road Landfill
Operation of Eumundi Rd landfill
Compacting and covering Waste
Site Maintenance

Separable Portion C – Operation of Eumundi Road Resource Recovery Facility
Recovery of Metals
Concrete Recycling
Green Waste Mulching
Waste Oil Recycling
Cardboard Recycling
Hazardous Chemicals Recycling
Tyre Recycling
Battery Recycling
Fluro tube recycling
E Waste Recycling
Timber recycling

It is also proposed allow for an expansion of the range of recyclable materials where markets are
available and the feasibility of recycling those products meets the triple bottom line evaluation.

4.    Waste Audit

Waste Management Staff are currently conducting a waste audit of waste, recycling and garden
waste bins which will be completed soon. The audit report is still under preparation at the time of
writing this report to Council. Some surprising observations have been made from the data
available to date:




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