January/March 2017

Changes to our recycling and wastecollection service

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What is the South London Waste Partnership?

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Contract Structure

Lot 1 (All boroughs) Lot 2 (Sutton & Merton)

Recycling and waste collection Parks and Grounds maintenance

Street cleaning Cemeteries

Commercial waste Highway verge maintenance

Winter gritting Tree maintenance (excl inspections)

Vehicle procurement and

maintenance

Sports and play facilities management

Objectives

1. Reduce spend (savings target of 20%)

2. Increase income

3. Maintain high quality service / customer satisfaction

4. Provide environmentally sustainable, carbon efficient services

5. Deliver innovative solutions

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Procurement Outcome

● OJEU January 2015/ Competitive Dialogue process

● Final tenders received April 2016

● Evaluated and approved through borough committees

● Lot 1: Preferred bidder - Veolia - start 3 April 2017

● Lot 2: Preferred bidder - idverde (was The Landscape

Group) - start 1 February 2017

● Contracts for due to be signed in January 2017.

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Service Containers Frequency

FoodFood Bin/Caddy

Weekly

Paper & Card / Plastic, Glass,

Cans and Cartons

Wheelie Bin/55l

boxesAlternate weekly

Textiles and Batteries Bag Alternate weekly

Rubbish (non-recyclable) Wheelie Bin Fortnightly

Chargeable Garden Waste Wheelie Bin Fortnightly

Chargeable Bulky Items n/a On request

Proposed kerbside collection services

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Proposed Containers

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7 - Cheam North, Worcester Park and Sutton Central 5 - St Helier, Wrythe and

Wandle Valley and Beddington and Wallington

6 - Sutton, South Cheam and Belmont and Carshalton and Clockhouse

Proposed neighbourhood structure

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Benefits

• Significant savings

• Additional recycling services - food/textiles/batteries

• Contribution to One Planet Sutton recycling targets

• Third sector involvement and apprenticeships

• Service resilience

• No day change for households from April 2017

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Veolia and Sutton working together

• Use Veolia’s experience in the industry

• Use Sutton’s local knowledge

• Co-produce a joint communication plan

• Develop contract management arrangements

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Communications activity

● Every household to receive two sets of information

delivered directly to their house.

● Bespoke communication materials for houses and flats.

● Online and offline communications, including

engagement events.

● Sutton and Veolia communications teams to support

service change communications

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Any questions?

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