Winning Streak

SUEZ has signed a contract with three Kent councils to deliver waste and recycling services from 2024, worth £152 million over the life of the eight-year contract.

The contract was awarded by Ashford, Maidstone and Swale councils after a detailed tender process and incorporates the provision of waste collection and recycling services across the three boroughs’ nearly 200,000 households, as well as street cleansing in Ashford and Swale, whilst Maidstone’s will remain in-house. It will begin in March 2024.

Blending consistency with innovation, fortnightly collections of waste and recycling will continue, with a single wheeled bin for dry recycling, alongside weekly food waste collections. At the same time, SUEZ will introduce a new fleet of lower emission vehicles using electric bin lifts funded by each council, alongside improved technology for vehicle tracking, routing and managing customer service requests. Together, these improvements will lower the carbon footprint of the service and provide the councils and residents with up-todate service information.

The new contract also includes proposed improvements to the level of cleansing in rural and residential areas, and quicker response times for the removal of fly-tipping. John Scanlon, Chief Executive Officer for SUEZ recycling and recovery UK, said: “We’re delighted that the Mid-Kent Waste Partnership has entrusted SUEZ to deliver essential services to their residents from 2024.”