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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 over 50 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 last five years of operations:

year annual percentage target
2002-2003 46% 30%
2003-2004 52% 31%
2004-2005 56% 32%
2005-2006 46% 33%
2006-2007 37% 34%


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






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