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NEWS RELEASE
PR 1697
For Immediate
Release
5 April 2004
Green waste
collections continue over Easter break
BATH & North East
Somerset Council is reminding its residents that its fortnightly
garden waste and cardboard collections will continue as normal over
the Easter holiday.
The Council recently confirmed that
the collections would continue following a successful trial period
and more than 16 percent of households in the area have been using
the new service.
The scheme uses wheeled bins and
green sacks to collect the waste and since the launch around 6,000
bins have been ordered and almost 100,000 sacks have been purchased.
The scheme allows residents to have
their garden waste and cardboard collected from their properties
once a fortnight and is particularly useful for people who are
unable to get to the Household Waste and Recycling Centres
themselves or have too much of this type of waste to compost at
home.
Residents can put their waste out in
wheeled bins for a charge of £36 for three years or paper sacks at
35p each. Residents can also put out cardboard only free of charge.
Bins and sacks can be ordered
through the Council’s Action Line, but to make the collections as
accessible as possible, there are a growing number of local outlets
that are also selling the paper sacks including shops, post offices,
garages and parish councils in addition to the seven council cash
offices and household waste recycling centres.
Cllr Rosemary Todd, Executive Member
for Sustainability and the Environment, said: “Bath & North East
Somerset Council wants to make it easy for people to get hold of the
sacks, at these local outlets. Some will be open at different times
over the Easter weekend, in case people need more to cope with their
garden ‘spring cleaning’. So look out for the posters in your
area!”
Anyone who wants to find out more
about the collections or local outlets or who wishes to take part
can contact the Council’s Action Line on 01225 394041 or e-mail
actionline@bathnes.gov.uk
or log on to
www.bathnes.gov.uk/wasteservices
Notes to Editors:
Bath & North East
Somerset Council’s Green Box collections and Green Waste and
Cardboard collections will continue as normal over the Easter break
HOWEVER refuse collections will be affected as follows:
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Friday, April 9 will be collected
on Tuesday, April 13
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Monday, April 12 will be collected
on Wednesday, April 14
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Tuesday, April 13 will be
collected on Thursday, April 15
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Wednesday, April 14 will be
collected on Friday, April 16
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Thursday, April 15 will be
collected on Saturday, April 17
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Friday, April 16 will be collected
on Monday, April 19
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Monday, April 19 will be collected
on Tuesday, April 20
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Tuesday, April 20 will be
collected on Wednesday, April 21
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Wednesday, April 21 will be
collected on Thursday, April 22
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Thursday, April 22 will be
collected on Friday, April 23
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Friday, April 23 will be collected
on Saturday, April 24
For more information, contact:
Sarah Raban, Waste
Campaigns Officer, on Tel: 01225 394394 or e-mail sarah_raban@bathnes.gov.uk
For comment,
contact:
Cllr Rosemary
Todd, Executive Member for Sustainability and the Environment, on
Tel: 01225 837314 or e-mail
rosemary_todd@bathnes.gov.uk
Issued by: Bath &
North East Somerset Press Office, tel 01225 477827 or 477283, email:
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