MONTHLY COUNCIL MEETING
Council has voted to accept a tender for a contract to provide the collection and processing of domestic recyclables in Dubbo City.
Managed by NetWaste, the tendering process attracted one bid from JR Richards & Sons as a result of the fresh invitations of tenders which closed on 4 August 2009.
New tenders were called which included the option of processing recyclables at a facility remote to the local area. Council accepted the 10-year tender which will involve JR Richards & Sons collecting recyclables at the kerbside and processing them at the Visy Materials Recoverable Facility at Smithfield in Sydney.
“One option in the tender, to construct an Educational Resource Centre at JR Richards & Sons’ Fitzroy Street site, was not accepted, but otherwise kerbside recycling is on the way,” Cr Smith said.
“Twenty-five per cent of the City’s domestic waste is expected to be diverted from landfill with the introduction of the fortnightly service in the Dubbo Local Government Area by 1 July 2010.’’
Cr Smith said in the 2007 Community Attitude Survey, local residents rated recycling as the service most in need of attention among 49 other services provided by Council. He said this support had also been reflected in other biennial customer surveys conducted specifically on Council’s waste management functions.
The Mayor said that in addition to accepting a tender for the service, Council had also resolved, following the public consultation process in October 2009, a maximum amount of $247 per domestic service be included in Council’s draft 2010/2011 Revenue Policy.
“$106 of this maximum amount relates to kerbside recycling - $141 relates to the weekly kerbside collection of general waste.”
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For further information, please contact Mayor Allan Smith on 6801 4101 or 0418 639 053.