Island Waste have just 16 days left of their contract with the Isle of Wight council.
Starting on 1st November, a company called AmeyCespa – who work with 59 local authorities (40 of which relate to waste contracts) – will be responsible for waste collection on the Isle of Wight for the next 25 years.
The company were announced earlier during the summer as the preferred bidder from a shortlist for the whopping £225 million contract.
No change initially
There’s no need to panic about having to learn new rules for getting rid of your household waste, Amey assure us that everything will remain the same for the time being.
There’ll be some additional services from day one, including bulky waste collections for items such as furniture and white goods. Amey have teamed up with the Island charity, Storeroom 2010, who’ll collect up to four of unwanted items for £25 and putting them to good use.
There’ll also be roadside collections of Christmas trees (the real variety) between 7th January and 4th February if you book in advance.
No job losses
All staff will be transferred over to the new employer (so you can thank your waste teams at Christmas safe in the knowledge it’s they who’ve collected your rubbish all year).
You’ll start to see the waste sites and vehicles be rebranded with the agreed Isle of Wight Council and Amey logos.
Flexible contract
The Isle of Wight council gave an assurance that the contract is flexible enough to change and adapt over the next 25 years, as our waste needs change.
Some changes to waste collection – considered to be improvements – will be introduced next spring, details to follow nearer the time.
State-of-the-art treatment plant
As reported last month, Amey will be applying for planning permission and an Environmental Permit to renovate the Forest Road site.
This involves building a new, up-to-date mechanical treatment plant and refurbishing the existing advanced thermal treatment plant.
We’ll let you know once plans have been lodged.
Details of changes for collections over Christmas and New Year to follow nearer the time.
