Cirencester, Gloucestershire, England: A series of information roadshows are being held across the Cotswolds from next week to explain how and why Cotswold District Council’s waste and recycling service is changing.
The new service is expected to reduce the waste sent to landfill by 25% which will clearly be a big bonus in terms of the Landfill Allowance Trading Scheme (LATS) for the District Council. The LATS system expects local authorities to progressively reduce the amount of biodegradable municipal waste deposited in landfill.
From Cotswold communication leaflet (Photo: Cotswold DC)
Cotswold are to introduce a new weekly collection of cooked and uncooked food in new food waste containers for composting, together with an optional weekly garden waste collection service. The green waste service will cost £30 per garden waste wheeled bin licence per year or £30 for a supply of 50 brown paper garden waste sacks.
There will also be a new fortnightly collection of card and cardboard in new reusable blue sacks for recycling.
The current fortnightly collection of paper, glass, cans and tins for recycling will continue, while the collection of non-recyclable waste fortnightly, will take place either in new grey wheeled bins or in Council-issued beige bin bags for those households that cannot accommodate a wheeled bin.
The first roadshows will be held in the villages of Birdlip, Cowley and Coberley, next Monday (10th March). The first collections under the new service will then be made in those three villages next Tuesday (11th March) with the first collections across the rest of the District due to be made in late April.
Cllr Mark Tufnell, the Council’s Portfolio Holder for the Environment, said: “We believe that the changes we are making will reduce the amount of waste we send to landfill sites by up to a quarter.
“Council staff will be available at these roadshows across the District to explain the changes, which should mean a better service for us all.”
Roadshows will take place throughout March, April and part of May.
Further information
For more information on the new service, including up-to-date details of roadshow dates, visit www.cotswold.gov.uk or contact the Council’s Waste Hotline on 01285 623123.