AmeyCespa will be awarded a 25-year contract to manage waste on the Isle of Wight following a vote by the council’s Executive Committee this week.
The new £225 million contract will see the company – the waste management arm of the Amey firm – delivering both waste collection and treatment services on behalf of Isle of Wight Council, with a focus on increasing recycling and reducing the amount of waste sent to landfill, with a target of 90 per cent diversion from landfill by 2020.
Under the terms of the contract, food and green waste will also be treated. The company will also be tasked with operating and managing the island’s civic amenity sites and bottle banks.
A reuse and minimisation service is also written into the contract, which, when signed later this year, will come into effect from November.
The current contract for waste management on the island has been operated by Island Waste Services, a subsidiary of Biffa, since 1997, and expires in October this year.
Veolia, Biffa, Viridor and FCC Environment were all competing for the new contract.
Amey looking forward to long-term partnership with island
Councillor Luisa Hillard, Executive Member for Sustainability, Environment and Public Realm at Isle of Wight Council, said: “I am pleased councillors have now voted to award the contract to Amey.
“The firm is already doing a lot of work behind the scenes in preparation for delivering waste collection and treatment services for the island.”
Mel Ewell, Amey’s Chief Executive, said: “The Isle of Wight is a unique community and we look forward to building a long term partnership with the council and Islanders. We want to deliver innovative and good value environmental and waste services, which meet the needs of the residents and also save the council money.
“The council has a strong commitment to sustainability and we aim to support this by dealing with waste for the Island, on the Island and thereby delivering a local service with local jobs.”
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