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Integrated Waste Management Contract

In October 1997 the Isle of Wight Council awarded the contract for the collection, recycling and disposal of all the Island's household waste to Island Waste Services. This was the first integrated waste management contract to be awarded in the UK.

Island Waste Services Limited is a subsidiary of Biffa Waste Services Limited and is incorporated and registered in England and Wales, Registered Number: 01552791,Registered Office: Coronation Road, Cressex, High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire HP12 3TZ, Telephone: 01494 521 221 Fax: 01494 463 368

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Island Waste Services are responsible for the collection of all the Island's household waste. The company also operate a kerbside recycling service, an organic waste collection and recycling service and have responsibility for the operation of the Island's three Civic Amenity sites and 48 public recycling sites. Underpinning these services is the operation of an In-Vessel composting plant, a Resource Recovery Facility and the Island's only landfill site at Standen Heath.

The overall objective for integrated waste management on the Island embraced by both the Isle of Wight Council and Island Waste Services is to conserve the Island's scarce landfill resources by attaining high recycling and recovery rates and by seeking more sustainable methods of waste management.

The success of the Integrated Waste Management contract can be demonstrated through the high recovery rates that have been achieved in the first five years of operations:

year annual percentage target
Nov 97 - Oct 98 33.4 28
Nov 98 - Oct 99 41.38 28
Nov 99 - Oct 00 45.09 28
Nov 00 - Oct 01 30.77 28
Nov 01 - Oct 02 49.13 29
Nov 02 - Oct 03 45.63 30
Nov 03 - Oct 04 52.48 31
Nov 04- Oct 05 55.58 32

* the lower figure in year four can be attributed to the closure of the Waste Derived Fuel Plant for modifications into a Resource Recovery Facility.



In 2001 the Company were awarded the Isle of Wight Council's Street Cleansing contract.






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