So then a few years ago all the councils went to great expense to get us to recycle as much waste as possible from our houses including garden waste.
Last year reports started to crop up about Suffolk county and district councils wanting to charge residents to recycle there garden waste. Why? It has been suggested it wasn't profitable to recycle it for the costs involved. The county council in Suffolk could not afford to keep it going but if districts wanted to carry then they should work out how to do it. And so we have Suffolk district councils deciding yes or no to charging residents to recycle there garden waste. The yearly charge to empty the bin will be £40, and the councils concerned will be taking away the garden waste bin from residents not paying up. Is there an alternative, well you can compost it yourself or take it to a local recycling centre but it will pay to check if you will get charged to do that as most if not all in Suffolk have been palmed of sorry transferred to charities etc.
In Suffolk at least you have to wonder whats next paying to have your household waste taken away?
Meanwhile here in East Cambridgeshire we received a leaflet a few months ago the front of which proudly states "It pays to recycle in East Cambridgeshire".
You have to value consistency and coordinated messages dont you.
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