en.Wedoany.com Reported - Waste Management (WM), headquartered in Houston, Texas, has replaced Republic Services' subsidiary Rabanco by signing a new recycling processing contract with Seattle Public Utilities (SPU). This agreement ends a 20-year partnership between the two parties.

The new contract takes effect on June 1, with actual processing services commencing on April 1, 2027. The contract term is five years, with two additional three-year renewal options. Rabanco has held SPU's recycling processing contract since 2007, with multiple renewals along the way, and the existing contract will expire on March 31, 2027.

The City of Seattle selected the contractor through a Request for Proposal (RFP) process in April 2025, entrusting WM with the receipt, processing, and sorting of the city's recyclables. WM's specific responsibilities include classifying materials into marketable commodities and packaging them as needed for the recycling market.

In a fiscal note, SPU indicated that the new contract is expected to cost $6.4 million, higher than the expiring old contract. This reflects a general increase in recycling processing rates since the old contract was signed in 2007. Meanwhile, the new contract aims to optimize operations, increase commodity sales revenue, reduce residue disposal costs, and enhance public trust and participation in the recycling system.

The fiscal note emphasizes: "The new contract sorts recyclable materials into higher-grade commodities and reduces the loss of recyclables into the waste stream. It also sets higher regional market targets and lower environmental impact market targets, while improving overall transparency in end markets."

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