The York Council has agreed to spend over £1/3 million on an “integrated Waste Management System & In-Cab Solution” computer system for its waste collection operation.

The contract was let in July to Webaspx

The system gets only a passing reference in a report being considered today on waste collection options.

There has been no report or business case presented to an executive decision session to indicate the expected benefits of the new computer system.

The waste collection service has been subject to considerable criticism recently with bins not being emptied on virtually every day of the week.

The main cause of the fall in service standards have been an aging and unreliable fleet. On some occasions the amount of recycling put out has exceeded the capacity of the existing vehicles.

The Council has remained tight lipped about when (or even if) new refuse lorries will arrive in the City.