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Have your say on recycling proposals
Monday 9 December is the deadline for residents to have their say about
Swindon Council’s proposed changes to household recycling and green
waste collection services across the town.
If adopted, kerbside recycling bags for properties that are unsuitable
collections for all households would for a wheelie bin), in addition to an
take place fortnightly rather than annual collection fee of £35.
every week, and an optional paid- This service would run throughout
for wheelie bin collection service for the year (except at Christmas), but
green waste would be introduced. would be optional; if you don’t reg-
The council is facing an esti- ister you will not be charged.
mated budget gap of £15 million for Alternatively, householders can
2014/2015. compost green waste at home or take
These two proposals would achieve it, free of charge, to the Household
savings in excess of £1million a year Waste Recycling Centre at Cheney
and help reduce the need to make cuts Manor, where it will be composted.
in other frontline services. Residents can give their views
Three quarters of local authorities before any decisions are made:
across the country already run a fort- • online at: sgiz.mobi/s3/Swindon-
nightly kerbside recycling collection Waste-Changes;
service. If approved by Swindon’s • download and complete the
cabinet, the changes would take ef- household recycling and garden waste
fect from February. It would mean a consultation questionnaire as a .pdf
combined collection day for house- to send back to the council;
hold waste, orange box recycling and • pick up a paper copy from the
plastics in clear bags. One Stop Shop, Civic Offices, Euclid
The new chargeable fortnightly Street or the Central Library;
green waste service would replace • write to Cllr Richard Hurley at the
the current green waste collection Civic Offices, Euclid Street, SN1 2J,
service and would take effect from or mail: [email protected]
April. There would be a one-off cost The deadline for all responses is
for a wheelie bin (or a supply of green 5pm on Monday 9 December.

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