An agreement between two of Western Australia's recycling processors collapses, putting thousands of tonnes of material at risk of being diverted to landfill.
"We put forward our terms and conditions and we had a number of discussions with Cleanaway on them and their position was they weren't prepared to agree to those terms and conditions.
"We then advised them that after a period of three weeks we wouldn't be able to receive their material without a signed long-term agreement.Councils can deliver direct to SMRC The councils which had been sending recycling to the SMRC facility in Canning Vale — via Cleanaway — up until January 24 were the City of Swan, City of Bayswater, City of Mandurah, City of Subiaco, City of South Perth, Town of Vincent and Town of Victoria Park.
It is unclear what arrangements these councils have made for their recycling material, but Mr Doherty said some of the individual councils were now delivering their recycling directly to the SMRC facility."Both Cleanaway customers, and other local authorities that may have been affected, we have continued to provide a service for some of those councils and we're in discussions with other councils to meet their requirements.
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