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In November 2011 we will begin a new seven-year contract with Bristol City Council which covers waste collection, street cleansing and winter maintenance.

What can you recycle?
Paper, glass, cans, plastics, card, food waste, textiles, engine oil, car and household batteries, foil, tetra-packs and spectacles.

Our service
Our waste collection, street cleansing and winter maintenance contract involves the collection of residual waste, organic (food and garden) waste and recycling from Bristol’s 189,000 households, as well as street cleansing and associated functions such as graffiti and flytip removal, and winter gritting.

The contract saves around £2.5m of council tax payers’ money each year, making it a much more cost effective service with potential to make even further savings through waste reduction.

Councillor Gary Hopkins, cabinet member for strategic waste, said: “This new contract will help us to deliver a new approach to the way we deal with waste, by giving May Gurney the responsibility to find ways to reduce our waste and increase recycling rates and financially incentivising them to do so. It also gives us more options to develop a seamless system for waste collection and disposal.”

The contract will help the council reach its ambitious targets set out in its waste management strategy in September 2009, including significant reductions in the amount of waste per household, improving recycling and participation levels, treating and disposing of waste locally, and the ultimate goal of zero untreated waste to landfill.