PARIS (dpa-AFX) - Veolia (VE), through its subsidiary Veolia ES UK Ltd - UK's leading resource management company, has signed a major new recycling and waste services contract spanning four South London boroughs. The new eight year contract worth over 209 million pounds, with two possible eight year extensions, has seen 330 staff join Veolia from 1 April, when the new contract began.
Starting today Veolia will be responsible for delivering a new-look collection service to households in Sutton, as well as an 'as-is' (no change) collection service in Merton. The new service will be introduced in Merton and Croydon in October 2018 and Kingston in April 2019.
Veolia noted that it will manage recycling and waste collections, street cleansing, commercial waste, recyclate material sales, winter maintenance and vehicle management for one million residents over the four London boroughs.
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