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Waste consultancy contracts

UK public sector · 78 contracts awarded in the 12 months to 6 October 2026

Covering 600+ buyer portals · 5 years of records · Updated 6 October 2026 · How we count

Contracts awarded
78
Last 12 months
Median contract
£49k
Recorded value
Recorded value
£6.7m
77 of 78 main-service contracts have a published value
Buyers
35
Suppliers
47

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What stands out

  • The five suppliers that won the most waste consultancy contracts took 41% of them (32 of 78).
  • The median contract, £49k, is 48% below the median across waste & environment contracts (£95k).
  • South East had the most contracts: 30, or 39% of the total.

Who buys waste consultancy

By contracts awarded, the 12 months to 6 October 2026.

  1. 1Waste and Resources Action Programme (WRAP)23 contracts
  2. 2Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs7 contracts
  3. 3Zero Waste Scotland Ltd7 contracts
  4. 4Surrey County Council3 contracts
  5. 5Oxford Direct Services3 contracts
  6. 6University of Exeter2 contracts
  7. 7Cambridgeshire County Council2 contracts
  8. 8Westminster City Council2 contracts
  9. 9North Yorkshire Council2 contracts
  10. 10West Northamptonshire Council2 contracts

Top waste consultancy contractors by contracts won

The 12 months to 6 October 2026.

  1. 1SLR Consulting10 contracts
  2. 2Walker Resource Management Limited7 contracts
  3. 3Circular Resource Specialists Ltd7 contracts
  4. 4WSP6 contracts
  5. 5Ricardo Energy & Environment6 contracts
  6. 6Eunomia Research & Consulting Ltd5 contracts
  7. 7Resource Futures4 contracts
  8. 8G C Insight3 contracts
  9. 9Green Gain3 contracts
  10. 10Circulogic3 contracts

Latest and largest awards

Each links to the official notice.

Latest

Largest

Contracts awarded by quarter

29Q4 2025*22Q1 202614Q2 202613Q3 20260Q4 2026*
* part quarter

Where the contracts were awarded

England 69 · Scotland 8 · Wales 1

South East30London6Yorkshire and The Humber4East Midlands4North East3West Midlands3South West3East of England1UK-wide or not stated24

What is included

Advice on waste and resources: strategies and their evaluation, service and operational reviews, options appraisals and business cases, procurement and contract management support, waste data modelling, and policy research and programme support for government and WRAP.

  • Waste strategy development and evaluation
  • Waste and street cleansing service reviews and business cases
  • TEEP and collection options assessments
  • Waste procurement and contract management support
  • Waste cost and tonnage data modelling and arisings surveys
  • Waste policy research, EPR and cost-benefit analysis
  • Infrastructure and business recycling programme support
  • Waste audits and general waste consultancy
  • Waste needs assessments and minerals and waste plan evidence

What is not included

  • Waste composition analysis (see Waste composition analysis and participation monitoring)
  • One supplier managing all waste streams (see Total waste management)
  • Nuclear decommissioning and radioactive waste strategy (see Nuclear engineering)
  • Behaviour change campaigns and doorstep engagement (see Recycling and waste communications and doorstep engagement)
  • General procurement consultancy (see Procurement consultancy)
  • Net zero and carbon strategy (see Sustainability consultancy)
  • Waste collection and route optimisation software (see Waste collection and street services management)

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