The Isle of Wight council works with its service provider to provide waste management services for the Island. Together we reduce, recycle, re-use and reclaim waste to keep the Island as green as we can.
Our household waste service provider has recently changed its corporate ownership from Amey to a different company under Ferrovial.
A change in name only
This is a change in name but not a new contract or new people delivering our recycling and waste services.
As part of this change, we are calling on the Isle of Wight community to help us transition away from Amey.
Removing the Amey logo
Islanders will be familiar with the old Amey company logo displayed on council waste bins and around our household recycling centres — we will be working of the next six months to remove the Amey logo from our sites, vehicles and bins.
There will be no change to your collection service.
Isle of Wight Council Waste Services
Going forward, the partnership between the council and the service provider will be known simply as Isle of Wight Council Waste Services.
Our shared purpose is to deliver excellent recycling and waste services, seamless customer services for our community and work together with you to be the UK’s best recyclers.
Sticker over the Amey logo
Instead of replacing your waste receptacles, we are asking you to place a sticker on your bins and food caddies, covering only the Amey logo.
This will reduce waste by not disposing of current bins, prevent unnecessary carbon emissions from delivering new bins and stop us producing more unwanted plastic into the environment.
New bin stickers
We have noted in previous customer satisfaction surveys that many people would like bin stickers to help remind them what to place in each bin. We are seeing this as an opportunity to provide you with those stickers.
The stickers will have words and pictures to help everyone in our community see what goes in what bin.
Please note, if you are on the assisted collection service; use a communal bin store or are a trade waste customer, you do not need to do anything, we will be placing stickers on your waste receptacles for you.
Sacks to be replaced
If you have reusable sacks, they will be replaced with council branded ones by the end of the year or when your sacks need replacing. Until then, continue to use the ones you have.
If you use reusable sacks, you will also receive stickers for general and recycling waste.
As you can’t stick these to your gull sacks you can use these as a visual guide for all the family by using them inside your home to label internal recycling and waste bins.
You will have internal and external food waste stickers for your food waste bins also enclosed.
If you feel you are unable to place stickers on your waste receptacles, please contact us at [email protected] or by calling (01983) 823777.
Stickers on the way
You will soon receive your stickers, which will be included with your annual waste and recycling booklet, which explains what you need to do as well as other useful waste and recycling information.
Lucioni: A much more efficient way of spending public funds
Cllr Karen Lucioni, Cabinet member lead for waste, said,
“I am very proud of the recycling and waste services provided on the Island.
“I am happy to support this sticker option because it is a much more efficient way of spending public funds than wholesale replacement of bins.”
Dix: An environmentally friendly solution
Natasha Dix, strategic manager for environment and waste, added,
“It’s an environmentally friendly solution to this problem and allows Islanders to work with us to achieve the council’s Mission Zero sustainability goals.
“We hope residents will support our waste partners in this rebranding exercise. As Islanders, we have embraced recycling brilliantly. We currently divert more than 97 per cent of our waste from landfill.”
Further information regarding the new stickers can be found on the Website.
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