General Waste Disposal

The Council has a statutory obligation to manage and deliver waste disposal services for the residents and businesses of Wolverhampton by means of either kerbside collections or the use of the cities Household Waste and Recycling Centres (HWRCs). The City of Wolverhampton Council is seeking suitably qualified and experienced provider(s) to maintain environmental compliance and transparency in end destination disposal and recycling for general waste disposal.

To support the council waste teams to deliver green waste, HWRC waste, skips and mixed loads of fly-tipping, directly to compliant providers and that licensed and compliant services are in place for the disposal or the collection of mattresses, persistent organic pollutants (soft furnishings) and hazardous wastes such as chemicals and gas cylinders. The service requirement is split into lots, each of which has a target commencement date of 1 November 2026.

The council requires a provider for the recycling of garden waste, greenery, foliage and leaves collected by the kerbside collection teams, from the household waste and recycling centres (HWRCs) and collected by the council's public realm teams. This lot will contain a distance related pricing mechanism to reflect the cost of direct delivery of the waste to the disposal destination.

The lot will seek recycling by composting. The Council requires a provider for the recycling of household rubble, plasterboard and hard plastics that is deposited by our residents at the HWRCs.

This lot will contain a distance related pricing mechanism to reflect the cost of direct delivery of the waste to the disposal destination. The Council requires a provider for the recycling of mattresses and soft furnishings containing persistent organic pollutants collected at the House Waste and Recycling Centres (.

This lot will require a collection of these materials directly from the HWRCs for deconstruction and recycling. The Council seeks a provider to accept, recycle and dispose of mixed loads of skip and fly tipping waste.

The specification will include the provision of onsite skips to local business as part of the trade waste service and the receipt of mixed fly tipping loads that cannot be sorted at the HWRCs. This lot will contain a distance related pricing mechanism to reflect the cost of direct delivery of the waste to the disposal destination.

The Council seeks a provider for the incineration of clinical waste collected from registered customers on the weekly clinical waste collection round. This lot will contain a distance related pricing mechanism to reflect the cost of direct delivery of the waste to the disposal destination.

The Council seeks a provider for the collection, recycling and disposal of hazardous wastes received at the HWRCs. The hazardous waste includes gas bottles such as Nitrous Oxide, Butane and Propane, Household chemicals and commercial fridges.