Labour plans to double the number of waste bins in homes
If Labour stay in power after the upcoming General Election, they are planning to double the number of wheelie waste collection bins each household should have, which also means that the space required to store them will also need to expand.
The government is aiming to boost recycling rates and save money by switching the number of waste collections from weekly to fortnightly, which they believe requires households to have more waste containers on their property.
This is how the plans will affect different sized homes:
• Typical two bedroom homes will need two bins instead of one
• Three bedroom homes will need to have room set aside to store four wheelie bins instead of the two required at the moment
• Four bedroom homes will need space for five bins instead of three
This new scheme will also affect the building of new homes, as the space required for the bins will have to be included in plans.
The Conservative Party have criticised Labour’s plans, saying:
Tags: Skip Hire“Labour’s response to the growing problem of ‘bin blight’ from their bin cuts is to pave over gardens and pile up the bins. But if families had a more frequent bin service, the proliferation of bins would not be needed.”
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