Residents will have to pay £40 per year for permits allowing them to use this uplift service.
North Lanarkshire Council is to introduce charges for the collection of brown bins containing garden waste.
Forecasts estimate that the amount raised for the council through these charges will be around £1.5 million annually. The free download features the latest breaking news and exclusive stories, and allows you to customise your page to the sections that matter most to you.Councillor Alan Masterton proposed the amendment, saying that although garden waste collection charges had been part of his group’s budget proposals for the current year, the administration had not taken this option and instead introduced it partway through the year.
“I think to bring in for next year potential charges at this point actually stifles the budget process and restricts the political groupings from making their own decisions,” he added.
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