North Kesteven Council in Lincolnshire has approved a £25 charge for emptying garden waste bins.
Residents in a Lincolnshire district will face a £25 annual charge for their garden waste bin collection after plans were approved by North Kesteven District Council. Charges would come into effect in April 2013. The Council has been providing the service free since July 2004.
Residents in a Lincolnshire district could face a £25 annual charge for their garden waste bin collection if council plans are passed later today. Charges would come into effect in April 2013 although North Kesteven District Council has been providing the service for free since July 2004.
The move is a cost-saving exercise with the current budget for garden waste collection at £770,000 a year. Legislation states the council is obliged to collect garden waste on request, but unlike with normal recycling it can impose charges for doing so.
Additional bins can be ordered at the same property at an extra charge of £10 per bin per year, with four being the maximum number allowed. First time provision of a bin, for example, to new residents, would result in a £35 charge for the initial year of the service.
Collections are recommended to be fortnightly between February and November and monthly between January and December. The council predict that a likely take-up rate of the service will be around 50 per cent. Those not wishing to use the service will get to keep their current brown wheelie bins.
Thousands of residents across parts of Lincolnshire could soon be asked to pay £25 a year to have their green garden waste bins emptied.
North Kesteven District council has announced that it's planning the move, which would also see new home owners charged £35 a year.
They say they're following in the footsteps of other councils who've already done it to generate money. It's likely that a sticker with a barcode will be put on to the bins to identify who's paid and who hasn't. A decision's expected on Tuesday.
A Lincolnshire Council are planning to charge people twenty five pounds a year to empty their garden waste bins. North Kesteven Council say it's because of financial pressures from government budgets.