Shropshire Council's deputy leader answers questions as 45,000 sign up for a new paid-for service.
More than 45,000 people have signed up for Shropshire Council’s green waste collections as the authority starts charging for a service that used to be free.The 45,000 registrations so far was more than he had expected, he said, adding: "That’s within the first two weeks - so a good uptake.”and a petition, signed by nearly 2,000 people, calling for the £56 annual charge per household to be scrapped.
Shropshire Council has been discussing this for “quite a period of time”, Mr Nellins said. He said the authority would have liked to have done this sooner, but consultation and legal processes took time. “We would have done it earlier, but we can’t afford to wait any longer,” he said.Shropshire Council will not make any money from garden waste being sold for fertiliser, Mr Nellins said, because the authority is paying for the Veolia collections.
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