The Council offers residents a chargeable garden waste collection service. The service had approximately 6,500 customer who pay £60 per bin each year for the provision of a 240 litre brown wheeled bin which is emptied fortnightly, other than for the two weeks over the Christmas and New Year holidays.

Collections are currently made from all brown bins that are presented on the scheduled day as there are no visual indicators on the bins to show that accounts have been paid, and therefore that the containers should be emptied. This can result in collections being made from residents who no longer subscribe to the service but have retained the bin from a previous year’s subscription which has elapsed, or who have purchased or acquired their own containers.

The report sought approval for the introduction of stickers to be placed on the wheeled bins giving the collection teams a very clear indication which bins should be emptied.

Following a full discussion, Cllr Aspinell MOVED and Cllr Fulcher SECONDED the recommendation in the report. A vote was taken and it was RESOLVED that:

R1 To approve the introduction of a stickering system for the garden waste wheeled bin service.

REASON FOR RECOMMENDATION

To ensure that only wheeled bins that are presented by customers who have an active subscription to the service are collected. This will make the service more efficient and prompt residents who are not paying for the service to subscribe, thereby increasing income.