Merseyside Waste Disposal Authority

Merseyside Waste Management Procurement Programme

Tough government targets to reduce the amount of waste we send to landfill each year and the negative impact landfill has on the environment means we have to move away from our historical reliance on landfill as the principal means of disposing of Merseyside’s waste.

Simply put, Merseyside is creating too much waste and sending too much of it to landfill.

To combat this we are implementing a £3 billion Procurement Programme to deliver new waste treatment facilities and services through long-term Public Private Partnership (PPP) contracts with private sector waste management companies. The government is supporting this programme with £90 million from its Private Finance Initiative (PFI) scheme to help meet the costs of these new facilities.

In conjunction with the Procurement Programme, we will continue our partnership work with Merseyside’s District Councils on various waste reduction and reuse campaigns as well as trying to increase the amount of waste we recycle.

The following pages provide more information about the Waste Management Procurement Programme and how it will contribute to a long-term waste management solution for Merseyside.

Please contact us if you have any further questions.