£40 a year for garden waste collections

[ThePrisoner]

And so it begins...

Council will now charge £40 a year to collect garden waste. No doubt next year it will be outsourced to Corney and Musgrave and the price will double.

 

[TheLodger]

And so it begins...

Council will now charge £40 a year to collect garden waste. No doubt next year it will be outsourced to Corney and Musgrave and the price will double.

I think we're the last council in the North East to charge, Rishy's North Yorkshire have been charging for years and are currently twice that amount.

 

[TheLodger]

The big problem is, we can't go to government demanding more money because they just say you can't be that skint if your doing bins weekly and doing green bins- which aren't a statutory duty.

 

[tonybiriyani]

It's fair enough in the current climate, not everyone has a garden, so is it fair for it to come out of their council tax when other more important things are under threat.

 

[Zoophonic]

And so it begins...

Council will now charge £40 a year to collect garden waste. No doubt next year it will be outsourced to Corney and Musgrave and the price will double.

I have had to pay for garden waste collection for the last 2 years down here. I don’t mind paying it understanding the council needs to raise urgent funds to keep this and other services going.

 

[The Ruthsayer]

I think we're the last council in the North East to charge, Rishy's North Yorkshire have been charging for years and are currently twice that amount.

Not correct. I’m in Rishi-ville and it’s £43 per large Green bin.

 

[AcklamAngel]

Not started by Middlesbrough Council yet but no doubt they will

 

[sherlock]

£52 a year up here in Northumberland and been charging for years too.

You don't have to pay it, you could always bag up your garden waste and take it to tip to save two quid each time.

 

[Norman_Conquest]

And so it begins...

Council will now charge £40 a year to collect garden waste. No doubt next year it will be outsourced to Corney and Musgrave and the price will double.

It is a hidden rise on your council tax on top of what they are going to add to the council tax.

They have you by the bollox and nothing you can do.

 

[starplayer]

£30 last year in Hartlepool. It is optional. Mulch and compost

 

[Glover_elbow]

And so it begins...

Council will now charge £40 a year to collect garden waste. No doubt next year it will be outsourced to Corney and Musgrave and the price will double.

Which council

 

[ThePrisoner]

Which council

Redcar & Cleveland

 

[Alwaysaborolad]

£46.00 South Lake District, been paying garden waste for last 7yrs... rip off...

 

[Nobby_Barnes]

Loads will just fly tip unfortunately

 

[homesickblues]

I remember that in Stockton quite a few years ago you could go and collect some of the compost free that was made with the green waste - that might give some value for money back?

 

[Norman_Conquest]

I remember that in Stockton quite a few years ago you could go and collect some of the compost free that was made with the green waste - that might give some value for money back?

Not so sure it will happen on R&C, they send it to a third party to make it into compost.

 

[afcb_acklam]

we've been paying £70 a year for ages down here

 

[TheLodger]

Which council

Middlesbrough will also charge £40 this year, subject to the vote in the council chamber next Friday. And yes, it will be totally optional.

 

[Kosovo]

It's fair enough in the current climate, not everyone has a garden, so is it fair for it to come out of their council tax when other more important things are under threat.

Never used a library or public park for years so do I have to pay for them.

 

[TheLodger]

Never used a library or public park for years so do I have to pay for them.

Having a library and looking after parks are statutory duties, clearing garden waste is not.