Cancelling the contract with Cleanaway would not fix the problem.
It would have the undesired impact of immediately reducing the number of trucks and drivers available to empty bins.
In the short term, the focus is to hold Cleanaway to their contract requirements and call in additional resources (through other contractors) to provide additional support.
The process to award a new kerbside contract would typically take 2 years to complete. This is due to the time taken to undergo a public tender process, select a new service provider and for them to order new trucks ready for the start date of a new contract.
The majority of that time relates to the lead-time needed to order and commission a new fleet of waste collection trucks (which takes up to 18 months).