This report provides members of the Environment, Climate Emergency and Transport Committee with recommendations for the future service delivery of waste collection and street cleansing services for Wirral.

Wirral Council has a legal duty to collect household waste and to carry out street cleansing activity. A contract is in place for delivery of waste collection and street cleansing services, which expires in August 2027 with no further option to extend. As such, the Council commissioned Eunomia Research and Consulting Ltd (Eunomia) to support a review of its waste collection and street cleansing contract, to thoroughly assess the options for waste collection and street cleansing service provision from August 2027.

This report and appendices pertained present the Full Business Case (FBC), following a detailed assessment of the different service delivery options, below:
• Full in-house provision.
• A fully outsourced contract.
• Delivery via a local authority trading company (LATCo).
• or a combination of one or other of the above.