The big roll out of wheelie-bins for garden waste started this week. From April nearly all Basildon homes will get a kerbside collection which is being extended to run 12 months a year.
Councillor Stephen Hillier, cabinet member for the Environment, said “Thousands of tonnes of garden waste is needlessly dumped in landfill sites each year. This is not only harmful to the environment but threatens to leave local taxpayers out of pocket as landfill charges soar ever higher.
“We aim to achieve a 30 per cent increase in garden waste recycling by adding to the services already in place for glass, paper and plastic. This will see almost every household in the district covered by a year-round kerbside collection.
45,000 green bins are now being distributed to bring the total for the district to 57,000.
Basildon Council has spent £700,000 on the scheme which it hopes will save over £1.5m over the planned fifteen year life of the bins thanks to the ending of the current biodegradable sack method on which the council spends £225,000 a year.
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