The Green Party urged to stick to fortnightly bin collections

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The Green led Bristol City Council have been urged to stick to fortnightly bin collections amid claim ‘no link with fly-tipping’. Waste bosses at Bristol City Council are considering a switch to a three-weekly collection for general waste, to cut costs and drive up recycling rates. They believe much of what people throw away into black bins could be recycled, like food and plastic.

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00:00The Green-led Bristol City Council have been urged to stick to fortnightly bin collections

00:06amid a claim for no link with fly-tipping. Waste bosses at Bristol City Council are considering

00:13a switch to a three-weekly collection for general waste to cut costs and drive up recycling

00:20rates. They believe that much of what people throw away into black bins could be recycled

00:27like food and plastic. But the idea is controversial with fears over smelly

00:32nappies piling up and families and shared houses suffering with overflowing bins.

00:38Bristol Waste, a council-owned company, is already struggling to pick up all the

00:43bins on collection day and satisfaction with the service is dropping.

00:48This week, the Greens said that they wouldn't support a move to a four-weekly collection.

00:53Labour and the Conservatives urged the Greens to also rule out a move to a three-weekly

00:59collection, raising fears of rats patrolling the streets. In a full council meeting on Tuesday,

01:05March 11, over 12,000 people petitioned the council against the move to a monthly collection,

01:12while more than 16,500 people responded to a recent public consultation about changes to

01:19bin collections. A group of councillors will analyse the results of the consultation

01:25before a final decision is taken by the Environment Policy Committee.

01:32Changes could be rolled out before the end of 2025, twice before the council has reduced the

01:38amount of general waste collected, both leading to a large and sustained increase in recycling rates.

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