9:04am Thursday 9th September 2010
RUBBISH bins will only be collected fortnightly from next month as new style kitchen waste collections are rolled out across the borough.
Food waste and paper will be collected weekly but other household waste will be picked up every other week along with glass, cans and plastic containers.
The Composting for All scheme follows a trial which has been running in the borough for around a year, involving 27,500 households.
According to Bromley Council statistics, the amount of recycling has increased from 24 per cent to 52 per cent in the trial areas with tonnages of non-recyclable rubbish falling by 45 per cent.
Residents will be sent letters informing them of the full details of the change before it is introduced next month.
Portfolio holder for the environment Councillor Colin Smith said: “The new system will quite literally save council tax payers millions of pounds over future years by significantly reducing the amount of landfill tax we have to pay.
“The money saved also helps to protect vital public services and sustain them at the higher levels of quality that residents quite rightly expect.”
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