File #: 22-311    Version: 1 Name:
Type: Action Report Status: Carried
File created: 5/3/2022 In control: Environmental Services Committee
On agenda: 5/18/2022 Final action: 6/8/2022
Title: Curbside Blue Box Recycling - 2024 and Beyond
Attachments: 1. Staff Report: Curbside Blue Box Recycling - 2024 and Beyond, 2. Appendix A: Correspondence from Recycle BC (March 8, 2022)

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;

(NWA)

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

(NWA)

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.

(WA)