To approve the procurement of a new treatment and disposal contract for the Garden Waste collected at kerbside as part of the subscription service and all Household Waste Recycling Centres.
Rotherham Council offers Garden Waste collections to residents who subscribe to the service. In 2023/24 the Council had over 43,500 subscribers who all had weekly kerbside collections throughout the year. In addition, all four Household Waste Recycling Centres accept garden waste and are available for use by any Rotherham residents. The Council requires treatment of this contract waste in line with the Waste Hierarchy.
Rotherham Council Grounds Maintenance teams also collect this type of waste from parks, and as such will dispose of their waste through this contract.
The current disposal contract expires on 30th April 2025.
The value of this procurement is greater than £400,000, the threshold for consideration of requiring cabinet approval and will affect all wards in the borough. However, as this is a current service and the budget is already in place, it meets the exemption condition below:
iii. expenditure for the day-to-day provision of services that was in the contemplation of the Council when the revenue budget was approved and is in the opinion of the Strategic Director of Finance and Customer Services inevitable.
Decision type: Non-key
Decision status: Recommendations Approved
Wards affected: (All Wards);
Notice of proposed decision first published: 22/11/2024
Open/Exempt: Open;
Decision due: February 2025 by Strategic Director of Regeneration and Environment
Lead director: Strategic Director of Regeneration and Environment
Department: Regeneration and Environment
Contact: Barry Connolly, Head of Environmental Services Email: barry.connolly@rotherham.gov.uk.
Consultees
Cabinet Member for Corporate Services and Finance
Date Report and Background Papers will be available: