Renewals for garden waste collection service to open this summer

Residents who pay to have their garden waste collected are being reminded that renewals do not open until the end of the year.

The cost for the 2023/24 year will remain at £25 per bin.

People will be able to renew the service for the next 12 months from July.

Cllr Hugh Jones, Lead Member for Environment, said: “Renewals for the upcoming service year will open from Monday, July 3, 2023. Please don’t attempt to renew your garden waste collections before this date.

“The 2023/24 service doesn’t start until Monday, September 4, 2023, and residents will have several weeks to renew ahead of their first collection.

“We’re pleased to once again freeze the cost of the service at £25 per green bin per year, which is less than what many other authorities in England and Wales charge.”

Wrexham Council will also be turning off online payments for 2022/23 on Friday, May 26, 2023.

A decision has been taken to do so after some residents had mistakenly paid for our current service year (2022/23), without realising it only has a few months left to run.

A spokesperson for Wrexham Council said: “Residents can still join our 2022/23 service which costs £25 per-bin, but need to be aware that it runs until September 1, 2023, so they will only get around 3.5 months of collections if they join now.

“Please don’t be mistaken into thinking you will receive a full 12 months service by joining now. New sign-ups wanting to get a full year will need to wait and join the upcoming 2023/24 service from July to receive their first collection in September.

“To avoid any confusion, we’ll be turning off online payments for 2022/23 on Friday, May 26, 2023.

“Anyone who wants to join after this date will need to call Streetscene on 01978 298989 to make a card payment.”