Collection, Transportation and Processing of Mixed Green Garden Wastes and Food Wastes

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Cardiff Council seeks a contractor to process mixed garden and food waste collected by the authority. The contract is to be for a period of 12 months (with option to extend at 3 monthly intervals up to a further 36 months) commencing 5th August 2010. The contract will provide for the contractor to collect the mixed garden and food waste from the Council's waste transfer station at Lamby Way, Rumney, Cardiff, CF3 2HP and process/dispose of the same such that there is no resultant residual waste produced that the Council will have to dispose of (that is provide a complete process and disposal service). The contract may provide for Council employees to load the contractor's vehicles, at the Lamby Way site, with the garden and food waste. Many municipal waste activities are carried out at the Council's Lamby Way Site and the Contractor will be required to carry out that part of the service, recollection, in a way that does not impede the other activities carried out. The Council will need to be satisfied that the contractor has all requisite processes, plant, licences, permissions and the like in place to be able to transport the waste to its site, process the same and dispose of any resulting residual waste. This proposed contract is intended to provide the Council with an interim solution to the processing and disposal of garden and food waste, whilst the Council puts in place its long term arrangements. It is anticipated that the daily/weekly amount of food and garden waste that will need to be collected and processed/disposed of by the contractor will be 25,000 tonnes during the first 12 month period, rising towards 30,000 tonnes in later years but the Contract will not guarantee the minimum levels of food and garden waste to be dealt with.