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To award the
contract to Country Style Recycling Limited (CRL), with the
contract to commence on 1st February 2025 for a fixed duration of
two years.

Reasons for the decision

The Decision is made in accordance with the
delegation to the Portfolio Holders.

Alternative options considered

The collection and recycling of glass bottles
is currently only carried out via the network of glass banks
located at bring sites. Residents can also recycle glass bottles at
the Household Waste Recycling Centres operated by Essex County
Council although this is not such a convenient option.
The recycling of glass bottles remains a key part of the
Council’s Waste and Recycling service and failure to provide
a recycling outlet for this valuable material, which can be
recycled an unlimited amount of times, would have a detrimental
impact upon the reputation of the authority and its recycling
objectives. It would also result in significantly greater tonnages
of residual waste being collected in the district with the
recyclable glass being disposed of to landfill. With a withdrawal
of the bring site bottle banks the only real alternative, based on
the forgoing information this option has been discounted.
A Procurement exercise is currently being undertaken for the future
kerbside waste and recycling contract which is due to commence in
April 2026. In compliance with the Environment Act 2021 the
collection of glass bottles at the kerbside will become a
legislative requirement and this consideration has been factored
into the glass bank contract to reflect the Authority’s
ambition to migrate the collection of glass bottles exclusively to
the kerbside