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Cost of garden waste collection service rises by 7.5%
02/11/2022
“it is only very reluctantly that we are introducing this modest £3 price increase”
The cost of the garden waste collection service in the Cherwell District is set to increase by 7.5% next year. At a meeting of the Council’s Executive next week Councillors look set to agree a £3 increase in the annual fee.
The controversial move to introduce a garden waste collection charge went live in April this year. Those subscribing were given a licence to attach to their brown bin, which was then collected once each fortnight.
The cost of the service for 2022 was £40, with a discounted rate of £36 charged for those signing up to the service early.
For the 12-month period from next April the cost for a licence will rise to £43, or £39 for those signing up before 28 February 2023. Two thirds of customers took advantage of the early-bird discount last year.
Councillor Dan Sames, Portfolio Holder for Cleaner and Greener Communities, said: “We are very grateful to everyone who uses our fortnightly garden waste service. We are acutely aware of the pressures on many people’s household budgets at the moment, and it is only very reluctantly that we are introducing this modest £3 price increase.
“Cherwell was the last council in Oxfordshire to introduce a charge for the popular service. We want to keep it as affordable as we can for local people, not only to minimise the impact on individual households, but to continue to encourage people to recycle, which is a key environmental goal of ours.”
Between March and the end of September, the council collected 6,987 tonnes of garden waste, averaging over 1,000 tonnes a month.
Of around 70,000 households, 40,325 in Cherwell’s area subscribe to the paid garden waste service.
Over 5,219 homes in the district have two or more brown bins. Additional licences for households who want to use more than one bin will be priced at £33 for the year from 1 March 2023, again an increase of just £3.
Published: by Banbury FM Newsteam
Wendy Clare On 05/11/2022 at 9:39 pm
when can I pay for next year?