Posted: Tue 23rd Oct 2018

Once a month collections for green bins over winter approved by Executive Board

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This article is old - Published: Tuesday, Oct 23rd, 2018

Green bin collections are set to drop to once a month over winter as Wrexham Council looks to make savings.

Executive board members unanimously backed proposals this morning to reduce the two weekly garden waste collections to just once a month between December to February.

Currently the local authority collects garden waste / green bins on a fortnightly basis throughout the year.

But speaking at today’s meeting Cllr David Bithell, lead member for environment and transport, said there is evidence to show that there is a drop in the quantity of garden waste collected between the three months listed above.

The meeting was told that on average 250 tonnes per month is collected between December and February, compared to one million
tonnes in October.

Cllr Bithell said: “The proposal is not to stop garden waste collections, but to go monthly. That is to improve the efficiency of the service and add resilience to our winter service team.

“Due to timescales we want to introduce this in the winter. Our communications and strategy team are working with our media team to communicate that to all residents.”

Seconding the report, Cllr Hugh Jones, deputy leader of Wrexham Council, described the proposals as a “sensible adjustment to services” and a “service rationalisation that will save us money”.

The reduction in collections is the second garden waste related change to have been introduced in recent months, with households with more than one green bin paying an annual £30 charge.

A letter will go out to all residents who pay the yearly fee advising them of the changes to waste collection, with Cllr Bithell stating that the additional green bins will also be emptied on a monthly basis.

The once a month collections for green bins will be implemented from December 2018 and will be in place until February 2019. Normal collections will resume in March 2019.

Our live tweets from the meeting earlier that included this agenda item are below in reverse order…



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