Residents have aired concerns after changes to bin collections will see paper and cardboard bins emptied every four weeks rather than fortnightly. The local authority has announced households will soon have a new bin collection day as well as changes to waste collections. The new changes will come in from Monday, July 15 and residents will be kept informed.
Routes have been revised by the council to increase reliability, enable more efficient waste collection and improve customers service. Within the revised routes there will be a change of bin collection day, and paper and cardboard bin collections will change from every two weeks to every four weeks. The council has said that, over the years, a significant reduction in the purchase of newspapers, magazines and paper in general has meant waste collection crews have found many beige bins are not full on collection day.
Collecting less than full bins does not deliver maximum efficiencies for the service, particularly when considering the cost of operating a bin wagon. However, since the announcement was made, residents have shared their concerns and said they have way more paper waste now than a few years ago and are concerned about overflow due to the bins already being irregularly emptied. People have also said this is likely to increase fly-tipping.
One resident took to social media and said: “Four weeks for cardboard and paper? Guess we'll be seeing a lot of bonfires then? "Ours is almost always full by the end of two we.
