STWWMP Waste Services
South Tyne and Wear Waste Management Partnership has established a solution for waste services for Gateshead, South Tyneside and Sunderland via a Joint Municipal Waste Strategy. Gateshead Council is the lead authority.
This includes the residual waste treatment contract for household waste where residual waste is disposed of a the energy-from-waste facility.
There are also four Household Waste Recycling Centres across STWMMP and commercial / trade waste collection services. They can also provide advice to businesses about how to reduce the amount of waste they produce and, therefore what they will need to dispose.
A full table detailing the existing contracts is below:
| Contract | Contractor | Start date | End date |
| Residual waste treatment | SUEZ (through South Tyne and Wear Energy Recovery Limited) | 22 April 2014 | 31 March 2039 |
Dry mixed recyclables Gateshead South Tyneside Sunderland |
Palm Recycling Ltd Palm Recycling Ltd J&B Recycling Ltd |
1 April 2014 1 April 2014 1 April 2015 |
31 March 2021* 31 March 2021* 31 March 2021* |
Household waste and recycling centres Gateshead South Tyneside Sunderland |
SUEZ SUEZ SUEZ |
1 April 2020 1 April 2020 1 April 2020 |
31 March 2023 31 March 2023 1 September 2021 |
Garden waste Gateshead South Tyneside Sunderland |
SUEZ SUEZ SUEZ |
1 April 2016 1 April 2016 1 April 2016 |
1 March 2022* 31 March 2022* 31 March 2022* |
| Waste electrical and electronic equipment | Valpak | 1 January 2020 | 1 January 2023 |
| Untreatable residues | SUEZ | 1 April 2014 | 31 March 2023* |
Contract start date: 1 May 2023
Contract end date: 30 April 2025
Procurement Officer: Andrew Thompson