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North Somerset Council expects to reduce the amount of waste sent to landfill by 40% and save millions of pounds as a result of a ‘recycling revolution’ by May Gurney.
May Gurney’s recycling, waste collection and Household Waste Recycling Centres (HWRCs) contract with North Somerset Council commenced on 1 March 2010. The contract is valued at up to £85m over a potential 14-year period.
North Somerset says the move could save £15m in landfill costs over the contract's operational life by reducing biodegradable waste to landfill, which in turn will reduce landfill disposal costs, haulage costs and the need to purchase Landfill Allowances.
The new contracts include recycling, waste collection and management of the council's HWRCs for more than 204,000 rural and urban residents in North Somerset.
The partnership between May Gurney and North Somerset Council will help promote the recycling rate to 55% by 2012/13 from the rate of 36.8% at the outset of the contract. The contract will also see the amount of biodegradable waste halved from 46,104 tonnes to 20,000 tonnes over the same time period.
Click here to read more about the 'recycling revolution' in North Somerset.
May Gurney’s recycling, waste collection and Household Waste Recycling Centres (HWRCs) contract with North Somerset Council commenced on 1 March 2010. The contract is valued at up to £85m over a potential 14-year period.
North Somerset says the move could save £15m in landfill costs over the contract's operational life by reducing biodegradable waste to landfill, which in turn will reduce landfill disposal costs, haulage costs and the need to purchase Landfill Allowances.
The new contracts include recycling, waste collection and management of the council's HWRCs for more than 204,000 rural and urban residents in North Somerset.
The partnership between May Gurney and North Somerset Council will help promote the recycling rate to 55% by 2012/13 from the rate of 36.8% at the outset of the contract. The contract will also see the amount of biodegradable waste halved from 46,104 tonnes to 20,000 tonnes over the same time period.
Click here to read more about the 'recycling revolution' in North Somerset.
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The 'recycling revolution' began in North Somerset in March 2010. As part of our contract we currently collect refuse on a weekly basis from approximately 87,000 households, and from 6,000 communal properties on a twice-weekly basis.
