Extra brown bins free so we go green
...BUT YOU’LL HAVE TO PAY IF YOU LOSE YOUR BLACK ONE
ADDITIONAL brown bins for garden waste will now be free after the current £40 charge was scrapped for Derby residents.
Agreeing the change, Councillor Jerry Pearce, Derby City Council cabinet member for Streepride, said it was “a great idea” and added: “We have to encourage recycling.”
At the same time, he also approved the introduction of a £25 charge to anyone requesting a black bin.
These are only provided in specific circumstances, such as where there are five or more people in the household or there are two children in nappies fulltime, and there is regularly additional black bin waste.
If a black bin is damaged as part of the emptying process or goes into the back of the bin lorry, they will continue to be provided free of charge.
But homeowners found to be negligent and who have had a bin lost, stolen or damaged, will be charged £25 for a replacement.
This situation was questioned by Councillor Hardyal Dhindsa, who asked how it was judged whose fault a damaged or lost bin would be?
He was told by council head of service Simon Aitken that rubbish bin crews report if they have damaged a bin and that a stock of second hand bins was available.
Mr Pearce added that common sense would prevail and officers would use their judgment in individual cases.
He accepted the recommendations to cease charging for additional brown bins and to introduce a charge for additional black bins.
Currently, black bins for non-recyclable waste, blue bins for dry recyclable waste and brown bins for compostable waste are supplied free of charge to all households.
Derby City Council is anticipating that the changes will reduce black bin requests by around 1,600 bins - roughly half the current 3,263 deliveries in 2020-21.
It estimates that the 50 per cent reduction in black bin demands will enable the council to reduce the number of containers purchased or held in stock, saving £24,400.
Applying the £25 charge to the projected number of requested black bins would generate an income of £40,800, leading to an overall benefit of £54,500 to the council.
The revised policy will not apply to places where there are communal bins, such as flats, where there is a separate policy in place.
Previously, Mr Pearce said: “We really want residents to view their black bin as a last resort for their waste.
“Instead, we’d like them to focus on reducing their waste altogether and recycling using kerbside collections.”