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\n \u2014 Swindon Advertiser<\/a> (@swindonadver) September 20, 2025<\/a>\n <\/p>\n \n \u201cThis will be approximately 5,120 tonnes per annum.\u201d\n<\/p>\n \n The contract is expected to be worth \u00a3228,000 for the initial three-year period, and if it is extended for another two years would be \u00a3380,000 in total.\n<\/p>\n \n \u00a0More money would be available for any company which won the contract for disposing of \u201cC-grade wood\u201d.\n<\/p>\n \n This is the sort of wood that householders take to the council\u2019s recycling centre at Waterside Park: old furniture, skirting boards, wooden window frames and the like.\n<\/p>\n \n \n The council\u2019s tender says it expects there to be around 5,525 tonnes of the wood to be taken away every year.\n<\/p>\n \n Again, an initial contract would be for three years, and be worth \u00a3675,000 and if it was extended for another five years, the whole contract would be worth \u00a0\u00a31,125,000.\n<\/p>\n \n For both contracts the council is initially just gauging insight into market interest, route to market, timescales and specialist knowledge.\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n