Title
Curbside Blue Box Recycling - 2024 and Beyond
Recommendation
[At the May 18, 2022 Environmental Services Committee meeting, part 1 of the recommendation was amended to add collection vehicle emissions to the RFP process.]
The Environmental Services Committee recommends to the Capital Regional District Board:
1. That staff be directed to issue a Request for Proposals for a six-year contract for Board approval to provide residential curbside blue box collection, from January 1, 2024 to December 31, 2029, and include in the Request for Proposals incentives or a scoring system to increase the likelihood of the provision of low or zero emission collection vehicles;
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2. That staff be directed to return to the Environmental Services Committee and the Capital Regional District Board for direction prior to awarding the Request for Proposals; and
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3. That staff accept the Recycle BC one-year extension to their current agreement with the CRD to provide service to the end of 2024, and then enter into a new five-year agreement with Recycle BC to provide residential curbside recycling services for the capital region on its behalf for January 1, 2025 to December 31, 2029.
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