Liberal Democrats are campaigning to stop South Ribble Borough Council from imposing charges to empty our brown garden waste bins.The ‘green waste charge’ has been introduced in other local councils including nearby Pendle, who now have an annual charge of £25 per bin to collect garden waste.When we proposed that the council resolve to maintain our current waste collection service and give a commitment to residents that we will not impose additional charges for the garden waste collection, the Conservatives used their majority to vote it down, leaving the door open to raising extra revenue from emptying our bins. Please support our campaign by signing our petition.
This charge makes no sense, isn't the waste composted then sold as soil improver? Are there concerns that this waste will be put in the grey bins and so add to landfill problems the service was introduced to tackle?
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Pat Barrek
11 years ago
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As it stands, this is a disproportionate and inequitable proposal. It might be more cceptabe if related to the number of times green waste was collected from a household but in the absence of clearer financial information to justify the charge should continue to be opposed.
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Karen Prest
4 years ago
Any petition to prevent unjustified charges by SRBC. They still owe my other half £3537.51 for overpayments of Council tax.
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Roper
8 years ago
Tory cuts are unwelcome
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Brian Leitch
9 years ago
Digusting -- only the ''buffoons'' at highland council could invent such an absurd way to handle this. No prizes for guessing what will happen, and it will, more fly tippers and who will have to clear up the mess, yes, The Council, which will cost a lot more in the long term. No forward thinking, have those clowns got an IQ of 2.5 or what. Pathetic.
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Yingkui Zhao
11 years ago
My brown bin is empty at sometimes but not enough at other times.
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Mrs Duke
11 years ago
We can fill our brown bin every week but it only gets collected every fortnight and thats before picking up and leaves from the trees in the street.
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Worsley
11 years ago
the VAST majority of leaves falling into our garden therefore into our brown bins do not fall from trees in our own garden,but neighbours!
Liberal Democrats are campaigning to stop South Ribble Borough Council from imposing charges to empty our brown garden waste bins.The ‘green waste charge’ has been introduced in other local councils including nearby Pendle, who now have an annual charge of £25 per bin to collect garden waste.When we proposed that the council resolve to maintain our current waste collection service and give a commitment to residents that we will not impose additional charges for the garden waste collection, the Conservatives used their majority to vote it down, leaving the door open to raising extra revenue from emptying our bins. Please support our campaign by signing our petition.
This charge makes no sense, isn't the waste composted then sold as soil improver? Are there concerns that this waste will be put in the grey bins and so add to landfill problems the service was introduced to tackle?
P
Pat Barrek
11 years ago
Featured
As it stands, this is a disproportionate and inequitable proposal. It might be more cceptabe if related to the number of times green waste was collected from a household but in the absence of clearer financial information to justify the charge should continue to be opposed.
K
Karen Prest
4 years ago
Any petition to prevent unjustified charges by SRBC. They still owe my other half £3537.51 for overpayments of Council tax.
R
Roper
8 years ago
Tory cuts are unwelcome
B
Brian Leitch
9 years ago
Digusting -- only the ''buffoons'' at highland council could invent such an absurd way to handle this. No prizes for guessing what will happen, and it will, more fly tippers and who will have to clear up the mess, yes, The Council, which will cost a lot more in the long term. No forward thinking, have those clowns got an IQ of 2.5 or what. Pathetic.
Y
Yingkui Zhao
11 years ago
My brown bin is empty at sometimes but not enough at other times.
M
Mrs Duke
11 years ago
We can fill our brown bin every week but it only gets collected every fortnight and thats before picking up and leaves from the trees in the street.
W
Worsley
11 years ago
the VAST majority of leaves falling into our garden therefore into our brown bins do not fall from trees in our own garden,but neighbours!
This charge makes no sense, isn't the waste composted then sold as soil improver? Are there concerns that this waste will be put in the grey bins and so add to landfill problems the service was introduced to tackle?