The City of Edwardsville desires to enter into an exclusive contract with a qualified firm to provide solid waste collection and disposal, single stream curbside recycling, landscape waste collection, and bulky item pick-up to all housing units (approximately 1,159 units) and certain other City owned facilities. Weekly solid waste and recycling collection shall serve as the base level of service provided to all housing units with other services provided in RFP responses as add alternate items. The term of the contract will be five (5) years. The City has an existing residential solid waste agreement which is due to terminate December 31, 2025. The City desires to provide continuation, without interruption, of those collection and disposal services (with possible service modifications). The current service includes weekly trash recovery in contractor-provided 95-gallon containers as well as weekly, single-stream recycling recovery in contractor-provided 65-gallon containers. Curbside bulky items and yard waste is addressed by request from individual housing units made to the contractor. Edwardsville residents are also afforded free yard waste drop-off in the Johnson County Landfill (17955 Holliday Dr., Shawnee, KS, 66217) with proof of residency. Solid waste and recycling materials must be placed in the provided carts, though additional items may be placed in overflow bags, properly tagged with contractor-provided stickers purchased directly from the contractor. The contractor also provides the City with two (2) 40-yard containers at no cost and additional 40-yard containers at the City’s request at a fixed cost to support the annual City-Wide Clean Up event. An additional 40-yard container is provided for use by the City’s Public Works Department. Single-stream curbside recycling service current accepts the following items: • Plastic bottles and containers • Food and beverages and cans • Paper (including magazines, catalogs, telephone directories, junk mail, office paper, and newspapers) • Flattened cardboard and paperboard (including cardboard pizza delivery boxes) • Appropriate food and beverage containers • Glass bottles and containers
