Fed-up residents say a new waste processor cannot provide service because the bins are “keep being broken”. Residents of the Ashford borough have been experiencing disruption for months since contractor Suez replaced Biffa at the end of March. Residents say many bins have been broken in Ashford since Suez took over the waste contract Now … Read more
Council workers have outraged residents by sticking ‘shame cards’ on their rubbish bins. Bosses say this is a new initiative to ‘re-educate’ families about recycling. The row over the collections by South Kesteven Council in Lincolnshire has already been branded the ‘bingate’ scandal by leading Tory Michael Gove, who demanded an official apology to locals … Read more
Council workers have outraged residents by sticking ‘shame cards’ on their rubbish bins. Bosses say this is a new initiative to ‘re-educate’ families about recycling. The row over the collections by South Kesteven Council in Lincolnshire has already been branded the ‘bingate’ scandal by leading Tory Michael Gove, who demanded an official apology to locals … Read more
The council’s bin trucks are also struggling to reach Fron Bache, Llangollen, say residents unhappy with the council’s new recycling programme. Richard Evans, local democracy reporter The chief executive of a council that introduced a new recycling system this month has admitted he “underestimated” the time bins and recycling rounds would take as “thousands” of … Read more
Denbighshire’s chief executive has admitted the council ‘underestimated’ the time bins and recycling rounds would take after ‘thousands’ of collections were missed in the past two weeks. Chief executive Graham Boase has now apologized to residents on behalf of the council and said the authority is doing everything it can to ensure bins are emptied. … Read more