I’ve received advance information regarding the revised schedule for this year’s garden waste collections, and also details of a proposed reduction in charges for existing customers if and when they sign up to the scheme next year.
All current subscribers to the scheme will be contacted in due course to let them know of these changes, but in the meantime please see full details in the correspondence received this afternoon from the council’s Head of Environment:
I am pleased to be writing to you to confirm that the garden waste collections on their existing collection days (Saturday or Monday) will be continuing up to the end of November, beyond the initial calendar first issued to customers.
You will be aware that there was a delayed start to collections this year, as we prioritised refuse and recycling rounds in response to Covid. Overall by the last collection (23rd November) we will have achieved 15 collections out of usual 17, but we have listened to customers and will not be collecting in December. In recognition of this year’s shortfall, we are pleased to inform you that the proposed charge for existing customers for next year will be at a reduced rate of £30.90 per subscription. The charge for new customers signing up to the scheme in 2021 will be at the usual £35 per subscription.
For information this year we have over 65,000 users of the scheme, and increase of 3,500 on the same time last year. We do hope the continuance of the scheme for the remainder of the season will be welcomed by subscribers to the service, and that many will opt to return next year.
