Wheelie bins to replace green bags and blue boxes in Thurrock

WHEELIE bins are to replace the blue recycling boxes and green waste bags in Thurrock and should start to be delivered to household across the borough within a year.

Announcing the schedule for the roll out of the three-bin kerbside collection at Thurrock Council’s full council meeting on Wednesday (29 October), councillor Steve Veryard, Cabinet Member responsible for waste and recycling said: “We carried out a comprehensive consultation with residents earlier this year and nearly 6,500 people responded.

“We have listened to our residents and the responses have directly helped shape the future delivery of their household waste collection.”

He added: “While many local authorities across the country have introduced fortnightly rubbish collections, here in Thurrock we promised we would keep the weekly bin collection and we have delivered on this promise.

“We also promised to do more to help residents to increase the recycling rates for a greener and cleaner Thurrock.

“Following the approval of the Council’s Municipal Waste Strategy in September, plans for a new three-stream kerbside collection system are in place and will be operational by the time the new waste collection contract starts in April 2010.”

He said: “To allow time for the new system to settle in, we are planning to introduce the new bins between September and December 2009.”