Provision of a Waste Transfer Station

a) South Oxfordshire District Council and Vale of White Horse District Council (the Councils) operate a shared household waste collection service. This is currently subject to a contractual arrangement with a company that lease a site that includes a waste transfer facility. This situation will change going forwards.

b) Through the shared collection contract, the Council’s currently provide separate kerbside collection of co-mingled dry recycling, food waste, garden waste and residual waste and are in the top 5 local authorities in the country for recycling performance.

c) The current waste transfer facilities are only used for ‘Dry Mixed Recyclate’ (DMR) which is the co-mingled recyclable waste stream. The non-recyclable (residual), garden waste and food waste all have existing in-district drop-off points and aren’t included in the contract being tendered.

d) The current transfer station is not secured for the long-term. Therefore, the Councils are seeking alternative transfer provision.