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Warrington Council remind residents it is not too late for green bin licence

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Warrington Borough Council would like to remind residents that they can still have their green waste collected until November if they buy a green waste licence now.

The green waste collection started in March with more than 38,000 households buying a licence for £33 (£30 if ordered online).

Cllr Judith Guthrie, executive board member for the environment, said: “We are very pleased with how well the green waste service has been received and by how many people have taken up the offer.

“If you need the service for this year you can still sign up and your green bins will be emptied every fortnight.”

The council would also advise residents to check carefully what they can and cannot put in their green and blue bins.

Currently it costs a significant amount of money to dispose of lorry loads of blue bin waste that have been contaminated with the wrong items – or simply because tins or jars haven’t been rinsed before being put in the blue bin.

To order your green waste licence or to find out what you can put in your recycling bins visit: www.warrington.gov.uk/gardenwaste

Warrington’s recycling rate has increased from 18.9% to 52.7% since 2006
Our target is 55% by 2020
Garden waste should not be placed in black bins. The cost of disposing waste from black bins is considerably more expensive than composting. If garden waste is placed in black bins it will significantly increase the Council’s waste disposal costs.
Garden waste should not be placed in blue bins. If garden waste is placed in blue bins it would ‘contaminate’ the contents of the bin. When the collection vehicle arrives at the processing plant the entire vehicle contents would be rejected and sent for disposal instead of being recycled. The cost of disposing waste is considerably more expensive than recycling. Therefore, if garden waste is placed in blue bins this too will significantly increase the Council’s cost of dealing with waste.
Placing garden waste in black or blue bins will increase the pressure on the Council’s already reduced budgets and further jeopardise the delivery of important front-line services for members of our community.
Legislation allows the Council to specify what materials can and cannot be placed in designated receptacles. The Council reserves the right to check black and blue bins at any time to ensure proper use and any that are found to contain garden waste will not be emptied. The Council will have no option but to take further action against those householders who persist in placing garden waste in their black or blue bins.

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