Waste Glass collection - Freedom of information requests
Title or Description
Waste Glass collection
FOI Number
15654
Date Received
30/09/2021
Type of Request
EIR
Request or Question
Does the council collect glass waste separately at kerbside?Has the councils (a) signed any commercial contracts for the collection/treatment of glass waste and (b) when do those contracts finish?How many tonnes of glass waste has the council collected and sent for treatment in each of the last three years?
Response
The Council does not collect glass at the kerbside.Currently the Council is out of contract for glass recycling from our recycling points. Going forward the council will look to carry out a call off from the Scotland Excel dynamic purchasing system for a glass collection contact.
Tonnage information
2018 - 2476 tonnes
2019 - 2210 tonnes
2020 - 2858 tonnes