Municipal waste collections information
Dear Blaby District Council,
Under the Freedom of Information Act 2000, I kindly request the following information in the context of domestic waste bin/sack collection services, as opposed to trade/commercial collections or waste disposal.
1. Are you currently in a partnership with other councils for waste IT system operations or procurement? If in a partnership please name the partner councils?
2. Do you currently operate waste services (collections) directly, or through a waste contractor such as Biffa, Suez or Veolia. If through a contractor, please name them.
3. Which of the IT systems below do you use for the management of day to day municipal bin collections:
a. Yotta
b. Bartec Collective
c. AMCS Clear
d. Whitespace/Powersuite
e. Contender/Swift Datapro/Agile
f. Selected Interventions / Echo
g. Core (Suez)
h. Webaspx
i. Microsoft Excel or similar
j. No IT system
k. Other: [please name]
Response:
4. When is your current contract for the IT system OR outsourced waste contract for waste collections management due to expire?
5. Please provide contact information for the service manager responsible for waste collections.
I would like to thank you in advance for your help with this.
Yours faithfully,
Mr David Patrick
Dear David Patrick,
Freedom of Information Request – FOI-20-362
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on the 13/03/2020.
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Dear David Patrick,
Freedom of Information Request – FOI-20-362
Please find below a response to your request for information, which was received on 13/03/2020, and has been dealt with under the Freedom of Information Act 200 (“the Act”).
1. Are you currently in a partnership with other councils for waste IT system operations or procurement? If in a partnership please name the partner councils? No
2. Do you currently operate waste services (collections) directly, or through a waste contractor such as Biffa, Suez or Veolia. If through a contractor, please name them. Directly
3. Which of the IT systems below do you use for the management of day to day municipal bin collections:
d. Whitespace
4. When is your current contract for the IT system OR outsourced waste contract for waste collections management due to expire? 2 years with the possibility to extend to 5.
5. Please provide contact information for the service manager responsible for waste collections. Luke Clements Waste Operations Manager. [email address]
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Yours sincerely
Information Governance Team, Blaby District Council
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