Home Recycling Service
Tender Overview
About this tender
Overview Lane Cove Council is seeking a service provider to carry out collections of hard to recycle items from households as a separate home collection service in the Lane Cove Local Government Area (LGA). About Council has offered a collection service for problematic waste since August 2022. As of 1 July 2026, the service collects an average of 360 households per month and an average annual collection of 45,000kg. Council's Sustainability Action Plan 2026-2030 (SAP) demonstrates Council's commitment to reducing waste to landfill and supporting a circular economy. Council currently provides residents with a 5-bin system for the separate collection of paper and cardboard recycling, container recycling, garden organics, food organics and residual wastes. An audit of the kerbside bins undertaken in 2023 found that residents generate an average of 8.2kg of residual waste per household per week. Of this, 13.14% was problematic wastes such as soft plastics (6.44%), textiles (5.79%) and electronic wastes including smoke detectors, printer cartridges, and batteries (0.91%). Purpose As part of its SAP commitment, Council aims to increase access to recycling options for problematic materials so as to divert materials from landfill and keep them in use at their highest value. Scope The scope includes collection of the following items from households within the Lane Cove LGA: Soft plastics Batteries E-waste Small household electrical items Shoes Clothing Textiles Manchester Paint Blister packs DVDs CDs Other tricky to recycle or problem wastes Instructions to Tenderers Respondents are invited to include additional products that could be included in the collection for processing and reuse. Enquiries Contact Name: Ruby Gardiner Position: Waste Contract Coordinator Primary phone: (02) 9911 3657 Email: rgardiner@lanecove.nsw.gov.au
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