New refuse and recycling service update

Stratford-on-Avon District Council's refuse & recycling service is changing - from Monday 4 August the new service is a wheeled bin collection which will now include cardboard, plastic bottles and a weekly collection of kitchen waste.      

As part of the preparation for this new service over 100,000 new wheeled bins are being delivered to households.  This has been a huge logistical operation, however, due to a delay in manufacturing some of the new wheeled bins will not be delivered in time for the start of the new contract in August.    

"I am sorry to say that unfortunately some 7,000 households in the east of the District will not receive their new wheeled bins for the start of the contract in August.  It is a supply chain problem and we have been let down by a sub-contractor," says Councillor Simon Jackson, Environment Portfolio.    

"This is not just a local or national problem; there is a worldwide shortage of wheeled bins.  However I would like to reassure residents that operationally there should be no diminution in services and those residents affected should continue to use their black sacks on their new collection day and can still put out cardboard, plastic bottles and cartons for recycling using their current black box or another additional container.    

"We are continuing to communicate with residents and are writing directly to each of those households that is affected and all District residents will receive a copy of the Council's magazine Your Review that has a complete guide to the new service as well as the new collection calendar.    

"Our main supplier has assured us that they will meet any additional costs that may be encountered and are currently seeking legal action against the sub-contractors.  By August almost 90% of the new wheeled bins will have been delivered, with the remaining 14,000 bins arriving at the end of August."    

Residents have enough black sacks to use until October and those that won't receive the new wheeled bins in time for the start of the new service are asked to still put out their waste in sacks and boxes as now but on the new collection day. And will still be able to receive the extended recycling service that includes the new recyclable materials of cardboard and plastic bottles in the existing recycling box, until the new wheeled bins are delivered.    

With the support of residents this new and improved service, being carried out by Verdant, aims to decrease the District's waste, increase recycling and provide better value for money.    

From August 2008 to April 2009 the new service will be:

• the Grey Bin of general waste will be collected every week;
• recyclable materials in the Blue Lid Bin will be collected every other week and now includes cardboard, cartons (such as Tetra Pak) and plastic bottles and
• the Green Bin for green garden waste will be collected every other week until November when the collection will be suspended during the winter months.  

Listed below are the towns and villages affected:  

These areas will have a new collection day of Wednesday 6 August with all materials being collected:

• black sack for general waste,
• boxes for recycling and
• green bin for garden waste

Arlescote
Avon Dasset
Bishops Itchington
Burton Dasset
Butlers Marston
CAD Kineton
Chadshunt
Combroke
Compton Verney
Deppers Bridge
Edgehill
Ettington
Farnborough
Gaydon
Kineton
Knightcote
Lighthorne
Lighthorne Heath
Little Kineton
North End
Pillerton Hersey
Pillerton Priors
Radway
Ratley
Shotteswell
Temple Herdewyke
Walton
Warmington  

These areas will have a new collection day of Friday 8 August with all materials being collected:

• black sack for general waste,
• boxes for recycling and
• green bin for garden waste

Chapel Ascote
Fenny Compton
Hodnell
Ladbroke
Lower Shuckburgh
Marston Doles
Napton on the Hill
Priors Hardwick
Priors Marston
Southam
Stockton
Upper Radbourne
Upper Shuckburgh
Wormleighton