Hutt City Council Seeks Partner for Silverstream Landfill Operations and Resource Recovery

Hutt City Council (HCC) is seeking an experienced and motivated partner to operate the Silverstream Landfill, and, as a Separable Portion, the associated Transfer Station and limited Resource Recovery activities with services commencing in February 2023. The transfer station operations / interim resource recovery facility will initially be provided from Silverstream Landfill for several years under this contract.

We are also developing proposals to establish a comprehensive Resource Recovery Park catering to both domestic and commercial customers, either at Silverstream or at an alternative site. Council may progress this development with the partner selected through this procurement process or through a new procurement process once Council has determined the preferred approach.

Our community has indicated that environmental sustainability, particularly waste minimisation and carbon reduction, is a top priority, and our Carbon Reduction and Resilience Plan 2021-31, Waste Management and Minimisation Plan 2017 � 2023, and Long Term Plan (LTP) 2021-31 set out what we are doing and intend to do.

The LTP priorities of �investing in infrastructure� and �caring for and protecting our environment� are of particular relevance to this opportunity. The improvement of infrastructure to support resource recovery, and the decarbonisation of the services associated with operating the landfill, aligns with Council�s waste reduction and climate change commitments.