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BBC News
29-06-2025
- General
- BBC News
South Holland DC agrees to dump waste bags for wheelie bins
The last district in Lincolnshire where households still use bags for their rubbish is to switch to wheelie Holland District Council's cabinet made the decision at a special meeting on those taking part in a consultation in the district last year, 49% wanted wheelie bins while 51% said they did Astill, the council's portfolio holder for corporate, governance, communications and environmental services, said the main reason for the change was the government's requirement for local authorities to collect paper and card separately from other recyclables. Households currently use separate bags for recycling and non-recycling, both of which are collected new wheelie bin system will operate on a rotation system, with each bin emptied once a fortnight as well as weekly food waste collections being said it could take up to 18 months for the changes to come into council's current recycling performance is considered inadequate at 31.5%, compared with the national recycling rate of 44%.The national target is for 65% of household waste to be recycled by that those taking part in the consultation marginally favoured keeping the bags, Astill said: "You do have to make unpopular decisions, but it was a survey – it wasn't a vote." Listen to highlights from Lincolnshire on BBC Sounds, watch the latest episode of Look North or tell us about a story you think we should be covering here.
BBC News
26-06-2025
- Politics
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Plan to tackle bins 'blighting' Tewkesbury to be explored
Plans to tackle the issue of wheelie bins "blighting" a historic town centre are set to be Borough Council's scrutiny committee will investigate how the council can curb the presence of unsightly bins on the streets after more than 230 people signed a petition calling for Purkiss, chairman of Tewkesbury Civic Society, presented the "bin blight" document at a council meeting where he said they degrade Tewkesbury town centre, devalue properties, block wheelchairs and prams, and put off agreed to set up a working group to address the issue in the town and across the wider borough, with concerns raised about a similar situation in Winchcombe. The civic society petition urged the council to only provide wheelie bins to those with access to appropriate storage within the town's conservation area. It suggested using blue bags or community storage for those who do not have space for a bin and asked the authority to consider fining those who leave their bins out on the streets, according to the Local Democracy Reporting Service."Tewkesbury's unique conservation area is being severely degraded by domestic and increasingly by commercial bins," Mr Purkiss said at the meeting on Tuesday."People do and will flee such an environment. Rights of way of prams and wheelchairs are often compromised." Independent councillor Mike Sztymiak said: "Bins are a nuisance."We spent a million pounds plus on the centre of town and then we go and spoil it by putting bins in front of all these shop windows. It does detract from the area."Councillors agreed for the issue to be looked at by the overview and scrutiny committee over the next four months, with any proposals to be brought back for approval by full council.
BBC News
28-05-2025
- General
- BBC News
Households which leave bins on streets in Derby to be fined
About 100 fines are set to be issued to people in Derby for leaving their wheelie bins on the streets. Derby City Council has been running a pilot programme to clampdown on bins being left out on nine streets, with a view to taking the initiative city-wide. It is now set to issue its first fixed penalty notices under section 46a of the Environmental Protection Act 1990, which allows the authority to issue fines for bins which cause an obstruction on the street, or may attract vermin. In a post on Facebook, councillor Ndukwe Onuoha, Derby City Council's cabinet member for Streetpride, wrote: "When I said I'd take action to get bins off our streets, I meant it." The Local Democracy Reporting Service has said wheelie bins being left on the streets has been an issue in a number of areas of Derby in recent years, including the Mackworth and New Zealand has hailed the pilot scheme a success. He said: "The number of bins being left out on these streets has reduced significantly since the start of the pilot, with enforcement action being taken against those who have continued to leave their bins out."The streets involved in the pilot have seen a reduction of up to 80% in the number of bins being left out." 'Needed on more streets' But Mackworth and New Zealand councillor Gaurav Pandey has questioned whether the threat of fines was proving an effective deterrent after he visited streets involved in the pilot scheme and said he saw a number of bins left out. He added: "There are bins everywhere."The law has been in existence for some time so why has there been a pilot of streets involved so far? This needs rolling out across more streets in the city so more people get the message."I don't think people's behaviour will change unless enforcement is issued – that's why it is needed on more streets."
