Podcasts

Episode 10

Louise and Tim speak to Gareth Rollings of West Sussex County Council about working with UK Harvest in an alternative approach to food waste, diverting viable food away from waste and putting it to good use. Nominated for an Award for Excellence in 2024, the initiative is a community food hub rescuing thousands of tons of surplus food.

Episode 9

Tim talks to Dale Rowbotham of Stockton on Tees Borough Council to discuss the choices facing councils implementing new collection services. As Simpler Recycling rolls out across the country many councils are making choices about what containers to use, how to separate various waste streams and which vehicles are best for collections in different parts of their area.

Episode 8

Tim sits down with Matt Boulter of Dorset Council to discuss his experiences as seven small districts became the large unitary authority it is now, via a waste partnership along the way!

Episode 7

Tim and Louise met David Maidman of Canterbury Environment Company to discuss his long experiences as a senior manager in wast services, including most recently in setting up and running a new Local Authority Trading Company.

Episode 6

Tim and Louise sit with Sally Rose of Cheshire East Council and explore how they created a garden waste subscription service which is financially sustainable with a high quality customer experience.

Episode 5

Tim and Louise talk to Neil Taylor, Technical Support Officer at Aberdeen City Council about how they have created a service which works for residents with communal bins as well as those with kerbside collections.

Episode 4

In this episode Louise Lambourne and I talk to Ben Jones, Head of Digital at London Borough of Harrow Council about their hugely successful transition to digital and online resident services, using Jadu.

Episode 3

Tim and Louise talk to Hailey Cluff of Lampton Recycle 360 about food waste collections and how the waste industry can attract new recruits.

Episode 2

Tim and Louise talk about how to market a new garden waste service, get the right price for it and build a service that works beyond the first year.

Episode 1

Tim and Louise talk about paid for garden waste services and how permits reduce lost revenue and make services more accessible.

Case Studies

South Ayrshire Council

South Ayrshire Council Bartec Chargeable Garden Waste Service Implementation.

Havant Borough Council

Havant Borough Council Bartec Customer Portal Implementation.

Cheshire West Recycling

Cheshire West and Chester formed a new Local Authority Trading Company, Cheshire West
Recycling (CW Recycling) to bring waste and recycling services in-house in 2021

West Suffolk Councils

West Suffolk Councils selected Collective in 2015 to implement a subscription-based garden waste service

Thurrock Council

Thurrock Council use Collective for a wide range of environmental services, including waste, street cleansing and public safety

Tamworth and Lichfield Joint Service

Tamworth and Lichfield councils formed the first joint waste service in 2010 and have used Collective since 2005

Reigate and Banstead Borough Council

Reigate and Banstead have used Collective since 2012 and have integrated it with their Firmstep and Microsoft Dynamics customer systems

Oxford City Council

Oxford District Services uses Collective for commercial and domestic waste, integrated with bin weighing, RFID and telematics

Guildford Borough Council

Guildford Borough Council use Collective for domestic and commercial waste collection

Durham County Council

Durham County Council use Collective on 80 refuse collection vehicles

Dorset Council

Dorset Council have used Collective since 2018 and have extended the system to include commercial waste and bin weighing.

Chichester District Council

Chichester District Council have been a customer since 2009 and use Collective and FleetRoute for domestic and commercial waste and recycling

Cardiff Council

Cardiff Council have managed their domestic waste and recycling operations through Collective since 2017

Bath and North East Somerset

Bath and North East Somerset are implementing Collective across their fleet of over 70 refuse vehicles

Amber Valley

Amber Valley Norse is a long term partnership between Amber Valley Borough Council and Norse Group, using Collective to manage domestic and commercial collections

Aberdeen City Council

Aberdeen City has an extensive service of refuse and recycling routes managed with Collective

Adur and Worthing Councils

Adur and Worthing Councils have used Collective to manage their domestic waste and recycling operations since 2009.

Exeter City Council

Exeter City Council have been a customer since 2011 and use Collective for domestic and commercial waste, including integrated bin weighing and weighbridge functions

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