25 February 2024

Following on the theme of the piece I wrote last month, at Swale Borough Council it's all systems go in preparation for the new waste collection contract which is coming in late March.

I was hoping to have included information about which days resident's bins would now be emptied on a parish by parish basis, but a few additional, last minute changes to the routes meant that sadly this was not possible. I can, however, say that letters are being sent out to every household from mid-February, so you should have received one by the time you read this.

The new collection dates will take effect from Monday 25th March, so please stick to your current collection dates until that point.

As I also mentioned last month, we will be doing our best to improve rates of collection not only of dry recycling, but also of food waste. This is something that has numerous benefits, including helping to keep your bins less smelly and your green bin cleaner and reducing the cost of disposing of waste for our councils. The food waste collected separately from household rubbish is turned into compost, which is great for the environment.

If you don't already have them, you can order both orange and black 'kerbside' food waste bins, and small silver food waste bins for your kitchen on the Swale Borough Council website by going to the following link - http://tinyurl.com/swalefoodwaste

Rich Lehmann
rich.lehmann@kent.gov.uk
http://kentgreencouncillors.news/

 

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