Freedom of information response

Budgets/Costs for Bin Collections

1. What is the budget/actual cost for household bin collections, split between General Waste (Green/Grey Bins), Recycling (Blue Bins) and Garden/Food Waste (Brown Bin) in year 2022/2023?

Please note Waste Collection isn’t separated into the different streams so we are unable to provide a specific breakdown for general, recycling and garden waste.

2. What is the number of bins of each category "General Waste (Green/Grey Bins), Recycling (Blue Bins) and Garden/Food Waste (Brown Bin)" in the area in the same period?

With regards to the above table, Refuse (Grey) and Recycling (Blue) are actual numbers of bins collected and the brown bin figure is the number of bins scheduled to be collected, unfortunately we are unable to provide actual numbers collected for this service as it has not been provided consistently. 

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