FOI Request - Municipal Waste Collections Information

Request 101002505503

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 and particularly at a time when I appreciate that responses may be delayed.

Response 01-09-2020

1. No.

2. In-house collections.

3. We don’t use any system for the daily running of the service we provide, however we currently use Pitney Bowes Confirm for logging all waste related enquiries from the public.

4. n/a

5. Mike Neary, Waste Officer
Moray Council Depot
Ashgrove Road
Elgin IV30 1UU

waste@moray.gov.uk