A council will not be reducing the cost of paying for garden waste bins to be emptied - or halting plans for residents to have to book to use recycling centres.
It's bin decided: Shropshire Council ploughs ahead with garden waste charge and recycling centre bookings
She added that 59 per cent of people who had responded to the idea of booking to use recycling centres had objected.Councillor Rob Wilson claimed that the decisions had been"rushed" and that some residents would be disposing of waste by using"incinerators in their gardens.""You need to give a period of grace because people are really worried about what is going on."
Councillor Kate Halliday claimed that phone help lines had been 'overwhelmed' and residents had been asked to"call back in four days".
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