Should the Labour party win the upcoming election, proposals would require four wheelie bins per household for waste and recycle collections. According to changes laid out for building regulations, an average family-sized household will need four wheelie bins, each of which will be collected on a fortnightly basis. Should Labour remain in power after the General Elections next week, the scheme will come into effect sometime during the summer.
The Conservatives have lashed out against the proposal, saying that the plans would call for more gardens to be demolished and concreted over to make way for the bins. Caroline Spellman, shadow communities and local government minister, said that more bins would only compound problems, and that the real answer to the issue was with more frequent collections.
The news of the looming proposal comes in the wake of reports that households may face the introduction of up to nine separate bins, boxes, and bags for collections. The assorted coloured collections scheme would see papers in a blue bag, food waste in a silver slop bucket, plastic bottles in a pink bag, and a white bag for clothing and textiles. In total nine different containers would be required for accurate sorting under the plan.
Last month, the nine-bin scheme was introduced in Newcastle-under-Lyme in North Staffordshire, and officials said they anticipated issues with the system. So far step-by-step instructions had to be issued on how to properly use the new system. A film has been placed on the council’s website as well to help homeowners learn to use a tenth container, a biodegradable liner for the slopbucket.
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