Most of the residents in the trial areas have welcomed the brown bins as a means of managing garden waste. They are also happy that the waste is going for composting and not to landfill.
The capacity of the brown bin would not be sufficient for most households if the bins were collected four-weekly. In addition, in hot weather the bin would smell if left for longer than two weeks and the composting waste would be difficult to empty.
These trials have been based on our own assessment and informed by experience elsewhere and we are very satisfied with the arrangements in place and feedback received from residents.
During the winter months from November to April, the bins will be emptied on a four-weekly basis when garden waste significantly reduces.
The 10,000 properties involved in the Driffield trial are serviced by one collection vehicle. If the system is rolled out across the East Riding, the size of the current rounds would be maximised to deliver the most efficient service to our residents.
These trials will also result in less vehicles using the household waste recycling sites to dispose of garden waste.
Last year we undertook a waste composition that showed 26 per cent of waste in the green household bin was garden waste while glass was just six per cent.
John Skidmore, head of Streetscene Services, East Riding of Yorkshire CouncilThe full article contains 241 words and appears in n/a newspaper.
