The Council has announced that they will be phasing out charges for garden waste pink sacks and introducing cardboard recycling later this year. Over the next few months they will be working with their contractors to finalise details of the new service and to plan their introduction. Before the schemes go live residents will be given detailed information about the new services and when they will start.
Until then, residents are asked not to include cardboard in green boxes as it will not be collected. Residents should also continue to purchase pink sacks from libraries or the Customer Service Centre at the discounted rate of 30p, or from ECT Recycling at the standard rate of 50p - tel 8813 3193 / 3194.
July 2006