NewsBiscuit - Bins to be collected just once a year

Three local councils have today announced that they are changing their bin collections from a fortnightly to an annual system to help cut council costs and to encourage more efficient recycling. Norwich, Leicester and Camden councils claimed this morning that by only collecting residents’ bins once a year the overall refuse expenses could be cut by up to 9%, and that the increase in recycling should make them the most waste efficient councils in the UK. A pamphlet will be distributed to affected homes to help explain the new rubbish system, but one Councillor said; ‘It’s simple. You’ll just have one big bin for all your actual household waste, and provided you put it out by the end of September it will be collected, but only if you’ve put the lid down properly, of course.’ Monthly recycling collections will continue although... [read full story]