Page 1889 - Week 06 - Thursday, 30 July 2020

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Mr Milligan asked the Minister for City Services, upon notice, on 3 July 2020 (redirected to the Minister for Recycling and Waste Reduction):

(1) In relation to the availability of the bulky waste collection service in Gungahlin that opened for bookings on 1 July 2020, is there a requirement of how many collections the contractor, Suez, must undertake each day to fulfill its contract with the ACT Government for the bulky waste collection service; if so, what is the requirement.

(2) What is the maximum number of bulky waste collections that the Suez vehicles can physically hold, based on the limit of two cubic metres of household items per bulky waste collection.

(3) How many bulky waste collections per day does the contractor have the capacity to carry out, taking into consideration time and the maximum capacity of the vehicles.

(4) Does the booking system for the bulky waste collection service operate on a suburb-by-suburb basis, to reduce time between collections.

(5) How many bookings for the bulky waste collection service were made in the first day of operation (1 July 2020).

(6) How many bookings for the bulky waste collection service were made in the first day of operation (1 July 2020) in Gungahlin

(7) Can the Minister provide the number of bookings made for the bulky waste collection service, that were made on the first day of operation (1 July 2020) in Gungahlin, suburb-by-suburb.

Mr Steel: The answer to the member’s question is as follows:

(1) No.

(2) Each SUEZ vehicle can hold approximately 40-50 cubic metres, depending on the type of vehicle.

(3) SUEZ confirmed it can complete 150 collections per day (across both regions) based on currently allocated resources.

(4) The booking system operates on the optimised routes provided by SUEZ.

(5) 420 bookings were made on 1 July 2020.

(6) 214 bookings were made on 1 July 2020 from the Gungahlin district.

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