Collection and recycling of small metal waste, City of Zurich 2026 Tender
Original: Collecte et valorisation des petits déchets métalliques de la ville de Zurich
TED - Entsorgung + Recycling Zürich (ERZ) Hagenholzstrasse 110, Zürich
In context
This is a contract notice published by a government body covering services. Delivery covers Switzerland (Europe). It is classified under Circular Economy and Waste Reduction against the sustainability taxonomy rather than matched on keywords.
Zurich's municipal waste utility ERZ is seeking a third party to take over, sort and materially recycle small metal waste it collects in the city, with compensation equal to the material's value. It suits waste-logistics and metal-recycling operators with sorting and processing capacity, and it is a service rather than a construction or supply contract.
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About this tender
Entsorgung + Recycling Zürich (ERZ), the city of Zurich's waste utility, is procuring the takeover, sorting and material recycling of small scrap metal (Kleinmetall) collected by ERZ within the City of Zurich. ERZ is legally responsible for collecting recyclable materials such as small metals, but cannot recycle them itself. It therefore has to hand over the takeover and recycling to a third party, which pays for the value of the metal. The scope covers the takeover, sorting and material recycling (stoffliche Verwertung) of the small metal collected by ERZ in the city. The place of performance is Switzerland, City of Zurich. The CPV code is 90918000 (emptying of waste containers). The contract runs from 31.12.2026 to 30.12.2028 and may not be extended. This is an open procedure, with one round of questions due by 28.10.2026 and answers published by 4 November 2026 on the SIMAP forum. Bids must be submitted in German.
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Key requirements
- ✓Take over small metal waste collected by ERZ within the city of Zurich
- ✓Sort and provide material recycling (valorisation matière) of the collected metal
- ✓Compensation to ERZ corresponds to the value of the small metal waste
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- Compared with 33 similar tenders (circular in Switzerland) listed in the last 12 months.
- It allows 42 days to respond, longer than the typical 40 days across 22 similar tenders.
- The same organisation listed 2 other similar tenders here in the last 12 months.
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About this sector
Circular economy funding supports reuse, repair, remanufacturing, product redesign and secondary materials markets. Grants tend to back pilots with businesses and local authorities, while tenders buy collection, sorting and recovery services. Applicants are usually asked to show the material flows involved and who will buy the recovered output.
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