WEST Devon Borough and South Hams District Councils will be working in partnership with FCC Environment to provide waste collection, recycling and street and toilet cleaning services from April 1, 2019.

Following a competitive tendering process, both councils have awarded the contract for your Waste Recycling and Cleaning services to FCC Environment which will save more than £5 million in the next eight years.

As well as continuing to deliver the key services for each council, the new contract will offer extra services which will help to improve the local environment.

Cllr Philip Sanders, Leader of WDBC said: “I am absolutely delighted that we have been able to make such substantial savings at a time when we are facing a huge budget gap. The bonus is that will be able to improve vital services and increase our recycling rate even more over the coming years.”

Steve Longdon, Regional Director for FCC Environment said: “We are one of the UK’s most trusted resource and waste management businesses. We hold more than 100 contracts with some 60 local authorities up and down the country recycling more than 1.6 million tonnes of waste each year and so we consider ourselves to be a safe pair of hands.

“Ever since Blue Planet 2, residents have been more interested than ever before in re-using, reducing and recycling so it’s a great time to be rolling out new and enhanced services that will allow residents in South Hams and West Devon to do just that.”

Residents should not see any immediate changes to services and the Councils will be working closely with FCC Environment over the coming months to plan the changes to the recycling collection services. Will be provided more details on the improvements over the coming months.