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Knowsley Moves to Fortnightly Bin Collection

By on Wednesday, April 10, 2013

Household waste and recycling collections for all Knowsley residents will take place only once every two weeks, as of 7 October 2013. In changes that include Prescot and Whiston, Knowsley Council are also scrapping the separate food waste collection service. Food waste can now go in the maroon bins.

The council says the move has been forced by central government cuts and environmental targets.

Press release:

Changes to Knowsley’s waste and recycling service

The council is making important changes to Knowsley’s waste and recycling service.

From 7 October, 2013 we are introducing a new, easy to use waste collection service to help residents recycle even more of their household waste.

The changes will mean that one week we will collect your recycling waste (grey bin) and the next week we will collect your waste which cannot be recycled (maroon bin). Garden waste (blue bin) will be emptied on the same day as either your maroon bin or grey bin, depending upon where you live.

These changes will encourage more people to use their grey and blue recycling bins to greater effect. In Knowsley, we currently only recycle 33% of our waste, and we need to increase this to 50% to protect the environment and help to avoid expensive future waste disposal costs.

The Council is also facing significant Government funding cuts of up to £36m over the next three years, and introducing these changes will help to deliver almost £500,000 towards the savings we need to find.

The weekly food waste recycling collection service will end on Friday 4 October 2013. After this, food waste can be put in your maroon bin.

Over the coming months, residents will see much more publicity about these service changes and in September all households will receive an information pack to explain fully how the new service will work, waste collection calendars, and information about what kind of waste should go in the maroon, grey and blue bins.

If you would like to know more, please call our Environmental Helpline on 0151 443 2400.

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