CHANGES TO WASTE SERVICES IN BRENT

A recent decision by Brent Council executive will introduce a new charge of £40, forty pounds, per annum to collect garden waste.  This will be an optional charge, which means you the resident will decide if you want to pay or not. Senior Citizens will be eligible for a 20% discount. You can also agree to share a green bin with your neighbour and share the cost. The cost works out at less than 80 pence per week.

Why are we doing this?

Government cuts mean we have to find 53million pounds of savings this year. This means cutting out some services and charging for others. It means difficult choices on where we spend limited resources. We also need to increase recycling to reduce overall waste collection that goes to expensive landfill. (See previous blogs on the need to recycle)

We do not have to collect garden waste as a statutory service for nothing; many other Councils have levied an annual charge for years or do not collect at all.  Not every house in Brent even has a green bin, including many in Fryent.

Weekly Food waste collection.

A new initiative will be the introduction of a new weekly collection of food waste. Every household in Brent, approx. 11000, and 8500 in Fryent will receive a new 23 litre sealable food waste container. A new recycling vehicle will collect food waste and dry recycling, your blue bin waste, ever week which will increase re cycling and save money. How? Any recycled waste is £70 pounds cheaper than anything in a grey bin going to landfill. Your collection day should not change and the new service should start in Spring next year 2015.Your Grey bin will collected every other week as now.

But it’s your choice, you can compost garden waste for free, you can take it to the Civic Amenity site in Abbey Road NW10 for free or pay to keep the green bin.

We hope these changes will make Brent a greener, cleaner borough that cares about future generations and thinks about recycling first.

Fryent Councillors  

Waste Dumping Enforcement

WASTE DUMPING ENFORCEMENT Watch out if you are dumping rubbish illegally in Fryent, or any other parts of Brent. Brent Council has started a new waste enforcement strategy. The contractor is leaving dumped rubbish and alerting the Council enforcement team. Before it is collected the Council will investigate and collect evidence of where it comes from. Apart from being anti social and unsightly, it costs all Council tax payers more as it is additional to the normal collection. If you are caught for a minor offence it will incur a Fixed Penalty Notice (FPN) which will cost you £80 pounds. For more serious dumping you will receive a caution and prosecution in the courts which may incur a heavy fine. There is also no excuse for dumping waste or fly tipping, if you ring Brent Council streetcare they will arrange to collect bulky waste free. Don't dump rubbish - put it in the correct bin, preferably recycling or phone and get it collected. Fryent Councillors.

YOUR WASTE COLLECTION SERVICE IS CHANGING FROM 3RD OCTOBER 2011

Do you know what the changes are and how they will affect you?

Check out this link http://www.brent.gov.uk/recyclemore.

It’s expensive to keep sending rubbish to landfill. Much of what we throw away can be recycled, reused or composted. Brent Council pays a landfill tax at £48/tonne in 2011. This will increase by £8 per tonne until 2014, when it will be £80 per tonne in 2014.

A little more thought about what we throw away could save a lot of money, be better for the economy and the environment. Lets put a stop to this!


Fryent Councillors, helping the Environment.