Wrexham Council waste bin change praised

Published date: 30 December 2009 | Published by: Staff reporter


Wrexham Council waste bin change praised 

A MOVE by Wrexham Council to change its refuse collection system has been praised by a community council.

The authority is to replace small grey food waste bins with larger ones, which will be collected once a week.

The waste will be collected by a specialised lorry, which converts it to compost.

A one-off Assembly grant was used to buy the vehicle.

Cllr Charles Rigby told Gwersyllt Community Council there had been many complaints about the small grey bins, which were collected once a fortnight.

Cllr June White said the small grey bins were not popular, adding that a lot of people did not like them because they attracted vermin, particularly in the summer months.

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  1. Posted by: taffie5 at 16:55 on 30 December 2009 Report

    at last - the council are actually listening to the public. iv not recycled food waste as of yet as i think its so unhygienic leaving it in the green bins for 2 weeks. but now we are having larger grey buckets and weekly collections i will do it.

  2. Posted by: MewsHound at 10:47 on 31 December 2009 Report

    How much is these mistakes costing the taxpayer? WMBC should canvass the customers who actually want a grey bucket. I'm guessing that the percentage of people using these is not even 50%.

  3. Posted by: Democracy at 13:17 on 31 December 2009 Report

    Wrexham Council have not thought this through. Wouldn`t it be better if the green bin were done weekly and the others done fortnightly. That would make the whole system a bit more hygienic.

  4. Posted by: MewsHound at 18:41 on 31 December 2009 Report

    Is the specialised lorry a seperate lorry, or is it a new lorry that can collect bins and grey-food-bin-waste? Either way, it's going to cost money. How can this be financially and evironmentally economic? I think this bin marlarkly is keeping someone in a job!

 

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