Waste management tenders in the UK

CPV category: Refuse and waste related services (905*)

We track 2,255 awarded refuse and waste related services contracts (CPV 905*) in the UK. 205 of them have a published end date between 8 Jan 2027 and 8 Apr 2028. The median published award value is £250k, and half of awards fall between £35k and £1.4m (2,090 awards with a value). 1,344 award notices in this category did not publish an end date.

Ending in 3-18 months205
Open tenders22
Median award£250k
Contracts tracked2,255

Contracts ending soonest (10 of 205)

ContractBuyerIncumbent supplier(s)ValueEndsRegion
P0403 - Processing of Dry Mixed Recycling (DMR) - AWARD
Contracts Finder · CPV 90500000
Birmingham City Council Veolia Environmental Services (UK) Plc £6.2m 17 Jan 2027
re-tender may already be under way
West Midlands
Clinical Healthcare Waste Collection & Disposal
Contracts Finder · CPV 90520000
NHS South West - Acutes SRCL Limited t/a Stericycle £2.0m 17 Jan 2027
re-tender may already be under way
South West
Skips, Waste Bags and Waste Disposal - AWARD
Contracts Finder · CPV 90500000
East Suffolk Council B & B Skip Hire Limited £492k 29 Jan 2027
re-tender may already be under way
East of England
Haulage and Treatment of Food and Garden Waste
Contracts Finder · CPV 90510000
Wigan Council Biowise Limited £3.6m 31 Jan 2027
re-tender may already be under way
North West
PLACE150 Supply & Installation of Low Calorie Landfill Gas Flares
Contracts Finder · CPV 90500000
Derbyshire County Council Landfill Systems Maintenance ltd £187k 10 Feb 2027
re-tender may already be under way
East Midlands
Provision of Asset Disposal Services call-off
Contracts Finder · CPV 90513000
Office for National Statistics Gigacycle Limited £144k 18 Feb 2027
re-tender may already be under way
Wales
CA12828 - BURY COLLEGE - OPEN TENDER - WASTE MANAGEMENT SERVICES - ITT
Contracts Finder · CPV 90500000
Bury College SUEZ RECYCLING AND RECOVERY UK LTD £36k 18 Feb 2027
re-tender may already be under way
North West
Waste Management Services Framework framework
Contracts Finder · CPV 90500000
University of Southampton SUEZ RECYCLING AND RECOVERY UK LTD £17.0m 21 Feb 2027
re-tender may already be under way
South East
Supply of Inert Waste Removal Services in Cemeteries and Crematoria in the Borough of Sandwell MBC - AWARD
Contracts Finder · CPV 90500000
Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council Environmental Contracts Limited £125k 28 Feb 2027
re-tender may already be under way
West Midlands
Confidential Waste
Contracts Finder · CPV 90500000
Wakefield and District Housing Limited Shredall UK Ltd £26k 2 Mar 2027
re-tender may already be under way
Yorkshire and the Humber

See all 205 in the renewal radar

Open tenders (10 of 22)

OpportunityBuyerValueDeadlineRegion
CA18424 - Hartpury University & Hartpury College of Further Education - Total Waste Management Services SME-suitable
Contracts Finder · CPV 90500000
Hartpury College £600k 8 Oct 2026, 17:00 UK time South West
SUPERSEDED-Ceredigion Provision and Operation of a Household Waste Site in South-East Ceredigion/Darparu a Gweithredu Safle Gwastraff Cartref yn Ne-ddwyrain
Find a Tender · CPV 90530000
Cyngor Sir Ceredigion County Council £1 (nominal value, as published) 12 Oct 2026, 12:00 UK time Wales
Ceredigion Provision and Operation of a Household Waste Site in South-East Ceredigion/Darparu a Gweithredu Safle Gwastraff Cartref yn Ne-ddwyrain
Find a Tender · CPV 90530000
Cyngor Sir Ceredigion County Council £1 (nominal value, as published) 12 Oct 2026, 12:00 UK time Wales
Provision of Food Waste Haulage Services
Find a Tender · CPV 90500000
Highland Council £975k 19 Oct 2026, 12:00 UK time Scotland
Provision of Waste Collection and Street Cleansing Services
Find a Tender · CPV 90500000
Buckinghamshire Council £1.1bn 20 Oct 2026, 12:00 UK time
expression of interest
South East
Household Clinical Waste - Collection and Disposal
Find a Tender · CPV 90524100
Coventry City Council £840k 20 Oct 2026, 23:59 UK time West Midlands
Hartpury University & Hartpury College of Further Education - Total Waste Management Services
Find a Tender · CPV 90500000
Hartpury College £600k 22 Oct 2026, 12:00 UK time UK-wide
Provision of Waste and Recycling Haulage Services for Conwy County Borough Council
Find a Tender · CPV 90512000
Conwy County Borough Council £1.4m 22 Oct 2026, 12:00 UK time Wales
Cyngor Gwynedd Framework Agreement for Recycling and / or Dispoasl of Inert Waste Rubble
Find a Tender · CPV 90510000
Cyngor Gwynedd £400k 26 Oct 2026, 13:00 UK time Wales
Cyngor Gwynedd Framework Agreement for Recycling and / or Dispoasl of Plasterboard
Find a Tender · CPV 90510000
Cyngor Gwynedd £360k 26 Oct 2026, 13:00 UK time Wales

All open tenders in this category

Expiring by quarter

Q1 2027 (39)Q2 2027 (26)Q3 2027 (40)Q4 2027 (47)Q1 2028 (49)Q2 2028 (22)

By region

RegionContractsEnding in window
Scotland5021
North West20127
South West18324
West Midlands18037
East of England15516
South East14715
Yorkshire and the Humber14227
East Midlands13615
Northern Ireland1320
Wales1026
London816
North East705

Top buyers

BuyerContractsValue
The Common Services Agency (more commonly known as NHS National Services Scotland) ("NSS")330£99.5m
Staffordshire County Council81£274.6m
Lancashire County Council42£192.3m
CTM Portal for the NDA Shared Services Alliance31£70.4m
NHS Shared Business Services Limited27£496.0m
Antrim and Newtownabbey Borough Council25£79.4m
Defra Network eTendering Portal25£22.9m
Warwickshire County Council23£114.2m
Dumfries and Galloway Council23£10.3m
Essex County Council22£887.2m

Most frequent incumbents

SupplierContractsValue
Biffa Waste Services Ltd340£1.5bn
Enva Scotland Limited218£71.9m
SWRnewstar182£9.0m
Veolia Environmental Services UK140£11.6m
Veolia ES (UK) Limited80£1.7bn
SUEZ RECYCLING AND RECOVERY UK LTD60£2.9bn
BIFFA WASTE SERVICES LIMITED57£1.4bn
Restore Datashred Limited52£641.5m
Oakbank Waste Management Ltd.48£7.5m
Binn Group Ltd40£1.2m

Sub-categories

Refuse disposal and treatment (835)Radioactive-, toxic-, medical- and hazardous waste services (456)Operation of a refuse site (74)

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data from Find a Tender and Contracts Finder; updated every 2 hours. Where a notice doesn't publish a contract end date we show "end date not published" - we never guess.