Common use of OPERATIONAL IMPACT Clause in Contracts

OPERATIONAL IMPACT. 6.5.1 As well as showing improved recycling performance, the Cazenove trial is demonstrating the practical deliverability of the service. One refuse collection vehicle and one other smaller vehicle for food waste cover all households in the ▇▇▇▇ compared with at least the equivalent of four/five Contractor vehicles. The Waste Operations crews are also handling on average 26% more recyclable waste as well. The speed of collection has more than doubled and street cleanliness has improved, both of which have been noticed by a significant proportion of Cazenove residents. It is also much easier to deliver same day refuse and recycling collections when the services operate at a similar pace and resource. 6.5.2 Extending this to a universal co-mingled collection service will further improve the operational efficiency and flexibility of the service. An example of a future challenge to the current service is being able to sustain kerbside sort through the projected traffic congestion during the period of the Olympics and also being able to work around the Traffic Management Act and London Permit Scheme which requires collections to be undertaken outside morning and evening peak periods in traffic sensitive roads. Speed of collection and flexibility will be paramount. Co- mingled collections offer this without compromising recycling performance. 6.5.3 Of particular note within the current Cazenove ▇▇▇▇ trial area is that the move to single stream co-mingled on estates from the split stream co- mingled approach has produced efficiency to enable an additional 30 recycling sites to be served at no additional collection cost.