Waste Disposal and Recycling Services CUAWAS2016

A summary of the waste streams offered under Category A is shown below. Refer to the Price Schedule to see a detailed list of all the waste streams that are offered under this category.

Please see the Bin Size and Description Guide for detailed information and images regarding the bins that are available.

If you have a waste stream not listed in the Price Schedule then contact the Category A contractors to enquire further.

General waste

Non-recyclable waste sent to landfill.

Recycling

Including plastics, paper, cardboard, glass, aluminium, green waste, food organics, scrap metal, timber, fluorescent lights, batteries and grease trap.

Medical/clinical waste

Includes disposal of clinical, pharmaceutical, anatomical and cytotoxic waste through incineration, chemical treatment, autoclaving and shredding.

Operating room plastics recycling is included under this category because these materials must be passed through a wash process, similar to autoclaving, prior to recycling.

Users of these services should refer to the Department of Health Code of practice and related waste management. 

Waste compactors

Compactors are available through leasing arrangements with contractors. Specific requirements must be discussed directly with your preferred contractor.

On-site and other services

Contractors offer a complete person-on-site waste management service (including bin cleaning and bin rental services).

On-site personnel will perform services and keep records of waste collected and disposed on behalf of the customer.

Other waste services include septic waste treatment and building and construction waste.

Medical/Clinical waste services and operating room plastics recycling, are offered under both Category A and B.

Please see the Bin Size and Description Guide for detailed information and images regarding the bins that are available.

Customers seeking to use a single waste contractor for all services on site can purchase through Category A.

If you wish to have a separate contractor for medical/clinical waste services then these services can be purchased through Category B.

Includes disposal of clinical, pharmaceutical, anatomical and cytotoxic waste through incineration, chemical treatment, autoclaving and shredding.

Operating room plastics recycling is included under this category because these materials must be passed through a wash process, similar to autoclaving, prior to recycling.

Users of these services should refer to the Department of Health Code of practice and related waste management. 

Disposal of sanitary and nappy waste. Servicing options include:

• In-cubicle bin exchange service (provided by Cannon Hygiene)
• In-cubicle servicing which includes exchanging the bin liner and sanitising the bin (provided by Initial Hygiene).

Please see the Bin Size and Description Guide for detailed information and images regarding the bins that are available.

This category includes collection of 240L blue bins (non-confidential) from both centralised and de-centralised collection points within any customer’s site, including individual floors of office buildings.

Confidential bins (paper shredding) are serviced through CUAREC2015.

Please see the Bin Size and Description Guide for detailed information and images regarding the bins that are available.

This category provides a recycling service for the disposal of end-of-life ICT equipment (e-waste).

It includes solutions for the sanitisation and destruction of storage media in your ICT devices.

Contractors can organise pick-up from your premises or you can organise your own transport to the contractors’ premises.
The Disposal Guideline encourages you to consider various methods of disposal of your unwanted ICT equipment.

The Records Retention, Disposal and Destruction provide instruction to State organisations in the proper retention and disposal of their records and to ensure that information stored on digital media and devices has been sanitised appropriately for disposal upon decommissioning.

This guideline is to be consulted whenever any records disposal is being considered or conducted.

Please see the Bin Size and Description Guide for detailed information and images regarding the bins that are available.

Confidential records and office paper (removal and disposal)

Confidential records including paper (for shredding) and multi-media is managed through CUAREC2015 – Storage, Retrieval, Destruction and Digitisation of Paper and Electronic Records.

Other types of waste

Please consider the Disposal Guide before disposing of unwanted items like furniture and household appliances through this CUA. The policy recommends disposal by donating to charitable organisations, community re-use and public auctions.

Printer and toner cartridges

Check with your printer consumables provider to see if they offer printer and toner cartridge recycling services.

Otherwise, printer and toner cartridges may be recycled at no cost through other programs. Servicing of regional locations will depend on whether there is a collection partner in the area.

Buying direct

Prices for this CUA are fixed so you can pick and buy the specified services from the contractors without calling quotes or tenders.

View the Price Schedule to obtain prices for the services you require. Where more than one contractor is appointed to a category, you can evaluate which contractor represents best value for money for your needs then contact the contractor to make your purchase.

You are encouraged to complete the Order Form to specify the services, collection frequency and contact person. You should send your completed Order Form directly to the contractor. If you are using a contractor for the first time, the Order Form will establish a new account.

Services outside of the Perth metropolitan region

Contractors may offer services through the CUA to adjoining areas of the Perth metropolitan region. Such services may only be offered provided that the prices charged by the contractor are not higher than the CUA prices offered for services in the Perth metropolitan region.

Where contractors are not prepared to offer services to sites outside of the Perth metropolitan region in accordance with the terms and conditions of the CUA, customers will normally undertake a competitive process to seek services.

You may seek quotes through the CUA from a contractor for a service if the service:

• does not have a fixed price tendered CUA rate
• is a variation from the standard CUA specifications to meet customer needs
• is incidental to a standard CUA service being procured.

Buyers should be aware of the following requirements under the Western Australian Procurement Rules and Treasurer’s Instruction 820, and whether or not they are applicable to purchases from this CUA:

Exemption from using this CUA

Procurement Frameworks are responsible for processing and approving all requests from State agencies seeking exemption from using a mandatory CUA. Requests for an exemption are considered on a case-by-case basis, and a requesting agency must be able to demonstrate that a business need cannot be adequately met by the relevant CUA.

Exemption requests should be directed to the Assistant Director Procurement  Frameworks through an email to the contract manager in the first instance. Requests for exemption must be in writing via email and must provide sufficient explanation and background to enable the request to be considered. The requesting officer should be the Accountable Authority or delegate of the agency.

For guidelines on what to include in an exemption request, please refer to the Purchase from a CUA or my Agency’s Panel Arrangements Guideline.

The Waste Avoidance and Resource Recovery Strategy 2030 sets out targets below, that apply to Government and Industry. To achieve these targets, agencies can:

• Reduce waste - use the ‘Avoid’ concept when purchasing;
• Recover waste - segregate waste into a resource; 
• Protect form landfill - use the Disposable Guideline to identify other disposal methods; and
• Action recycling by using the CUA.

For more tips on waste avoidance and recycling:

• See Recycle Right - an initiative providing educational support that promotes waste reduction. Recycle Right provides waste reduction tips and educational resources.
• See WasteSorted - a Waste Authority program dedicated to promoting and supporting the avoidance of landfill.  WasteSorted provides solutions for waste reduction, information on waste reduction event and provides resources to promote waste reduction.
• Look at waste as an asset that can create revenue:  

1. • Use the Containers for Change initiative to earn 10c for every container you return,
   • Sell materials via Category A of this CUA – metals and cardboard can attract rebates so speak to the CUA contractors on potential rebate options.

• Look at waste as an asset that can be repurposed:
  • Use food scraps, coffee grinds and flowers to create workplace-generated compost.
  • Separate goods into a comingled bin and use this CUA to source recycling services
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• Think of waste at the point of purchase:

• • Where appropriate, rather than purchase goods adopt sustainable outcomes-based procurement solutions.
  • Purchase items that are reusable, generate no waste, or are sustainable.

The matrix below lists all contractors on the CUA and the goods/services they have been contracted to provide. For further information and contact details about each contractor, please see the Contractors section at the bottom of this page.

The CUA prices are fixed so you can pick and buy from the contractors without calling quotes or tenders.

Always quote CUAWAS2016 when buying any waste services from this CUA.

View the Price Schedule for up-to-date pricing.

Payment by Purchasing Card

The government Purchasing Card offers a quick and convenient method of payment allowing many goods and services to be efficiently purchased.

Always remember to inform the contractor that you will be paying by government Purchasing Card, at the time of ordering the product or service, and ensure they clearly understand that they must send the tax invoice directly to you, the cardholder.

COVID-19, update

Do not place tissues, kitchen towel or toilet paper in your recycling bin. Place used tissues, kitchen towel or toilet paper in the general waste bin. These materials were always considered to contaminate your recycling bin, and it's particularly important that people are aware of this in light of COVID-19.

• Check out the sustainability section above on how you can avoid, recycle, recover waste, diver from landfill and provide an economic and environmental benefit for your agency.
• When a category has more than one contractor, consider who best meets your needs at the best prices.
• The optimal term for a customer contract is one year at a time (with the exception of compactor bins).
• Check your invoices against the CUA price schedules to make sure you are charged the correct prices.
• Visit the Waste Authority website – it features a number of toolkits to support behaviour change in relation to waste, including bin signage.
• Always quote the CUA number when buying from this CUA.
• Contractors must not impose a surcharge for payment by credit card.

Step by step buying process

1. Check out the disposal guide prior to disposal of waste, if unable to use the initiatives in the disposal guide review the CUA to:
2. Find out which product best meets your needs
3. Research qualified contractors
4. Compare prices using the Price Schedule before deciding which contractor to use
5. Buy directly from contractors by completing the Order Form

Active contract management pays off

• Continually assess your waste volume and select the appropriate bin sizes and pick-up frequency. Don't forget to take into account prices for different bin sizes.
• Check your invoices to ensure the correct price has been charged, before authorising payment as per the CUA Price Schedule.
• Manage your contract term – keep an eye on your contract expiry date.
• Test the market on a regular basis to see what the other contractors on the CUA are offering.
• Monitor service level compliance.
• Document any issues as they arise even if they are resolved. This will assist in ongoing contractor performance management.
• If you are unable to resolve issues please contact the contract manager