The Green Waste Collection Service is very popular with residents and has some 26,000 subscribers annually. However, the process of renewing the annual subscription last year was beset with difficulties for some.
This year the Council have completely reviewed the system to make renewal as seamless and as simple as possible. The following information may be useful –
- Renewals period will run from 6th March to 21st April
- Notifications will begin to be sent out from 6th March
- Renewal can be done on-line with upgraded website capacity
- Renewals can also be done by telephone with an increased number of operators available
However, due to ever increasing operating and treatment costs, the net cost to the Council to service each bin is approximately £70 per year. As such, and in order to maintain the service while keeping within available budgets, the current annual charge of £35 (£1.34 per collection) is to be increased to £45 (£1.73 per collection) so that the subsidy is effectively reduced from £35 to £25.
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