Help with 'green waste'

AudlemOnline has heard a number of complaints about the earlier ending of brown bin collections of garden waste. Some help, however, is now on offer. Cheshire East say:

Households can use black bins for their green waste for next two collections. Households will have another two weeks to get rid of their green waste, Cheshire East Council has confirmed.

Collection of green waste bins has now ceased until the spring, but the warmer than expected weather in November means that people can now deposit any additional green waste in their main black bins for the next two collections.

Councillor David Topping, Cabinet Member for the Environment explained: "The timetabling of our green waste collections is driven by the weather and this is never an exact science. We had to make a call about when we suspended the service for the winter weeks in advance so that collection timetables could be agreed.

"However, given it's been a relatively mild November so far, we have seen many people still working in their gardens. In response, I can announce that households can deposit green waste in their black bins, but only for the next two collections. I must also stress that there will be no collection of green bins during this temporary extension of the service. In addition the bin lid must be fully closed and no extra bags can be collected."

"We know that when winter bites as little as 10 per cent of the capacity in our bin wagons is used collecting green waste. This is extremely costly and adds to the carbon footprint, which is why we introduced a temporary suspension of green waste collections through the winter months, saving money to invest in other frontline priorities," he added.

"While this temporary measure will, I hope, be of assistance to our keen gardeners and residents with trees, there is still the option of home-composting or taking waste direct to one of our many waste recycling centres around the borough at any time" he said.

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