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LGA responds to bin funding announcement

30 September 2011

Responding to the announcement by the Government of £250 million to encourage councils to keep or return to weekly bin collections, Cllr Merrick Cockell, LGA Chairman, said:

"Local authorities will find the new money useful if financial considerations were holding them back from operating a weekly collection. As the Government has recognised by giving councils an option, the decision ultimately comes down to local choice. People want reliable, efficient bin collection which makes it easy to recycle. That can be achieved in different ways and councils have to find a system that works well for residents in their area. We know this local approach is working because it is the most popular service provided by councils, with 84 per cent of residents saying they are satisfied with their bin collection.

"In the past decade, household recycling has more than doubled to 40 per cent, diverting millions of tonnes of waste from being put into the ground and saving taxpayers millions of pounds in landfill tax. Our aim is to build on this success by providing even better waste collection services which meet the needs of residents and increase recycling."



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