Temporary changes to kerbside recycling service for food and garden waste
Perth & Kinross Council has today announced temporary
alterations to the mixed food and garden waste kerbside recycling
service provided to households throughout Perth and Kinross, from
Monday 19th July 2010.
55,000 households or 80% of properties across the area now receive
this service with fortnightly collections of brown lidded bins, the
contents of which are used to produce compost. Through the roll-out
of the kerbside recycling service and the support of residents, the
recycling and composting rate for Perth and Kinross rose to 42% in
2009-10. Also rising is the amount of mixed food and garden waste
collected, increasing from 1000 tonnes in May 2009 to 1900 tonnes
in May 2010.
Interim measures for Summer 2010
This significant increase has led to all current collection
routes for mixed garden and food waste being at maximum capacity,
just ahead of the time of year when the greatest amount of these
types of waste is produced. It has therefore been necessary to put
a number of interim measures in place for the summer of 2010:
- With effect from Monday 19th July, the Council will only collect
one brown lidded bin from households already receiving the kerbside
recycling service for mixed food and garden waste. Most
householders in Perth and Kinross only have one brown lidded bin,
but additional bins have been provided where households have been
assessed as requiring them. Householders with two or more brown
bins can continue to use them to store waste, but only one bin will
be uplifted.
- No further brown lidded bins will be distributed this summer.
Anyone requesting a new brown bin or an additional bin will be put
onto a holding list, pending the development of a long-term
solution.
- The Council will not be expanding its mixed food and garden waste
kerbside recycling service to properties or areas not currently on
existing collection routes.
Plans for long-term solutions
Environment Convener Councillor Alan Grant said: "These changes
are interim measures for the next few months while we develop
long-term solutions to ensure we can keep delivering an effective
service to households throughout Perth and Kinross. I hope
residents will understand the reasons for these temporary
alterations and will assist us over the summer.
"We will be bringing a report to the Environment Committee later in
2010 looking at appropriate options for addressing the situation.
To help inform that report, we will be seeking the public's views
about the collection of garden and food waste through our Customer
Service Centre and website."
Anyone with queries about the changes or wishing further
information about the kerbside recycling service, should call 01738
476476 or visit www.pkc.gov.uk/recycle
