On 27 July, Cheshire East Council’s environment and communities committee approved the implementation details of a green waste subscription service, which is one of the initiatives included in the council’s adopted medium-term financial strategy 2023-27.
Residents will be able to sign up to the council’s green waste collection scheme in early October 2023, and the paid for collections will then commence from 15 January 2024 (dependent on their scheduled collection date).
Until January, residents should continue to dispose of their waste in the normal way. Collections will continue as normal.
By opting-in to the green waste recycling scheme, residents can continue using their garden bin to recycle their green waste and will pay an annual subscription fee of £56 for it to be collected.
If residents choose to subscribe, they will continue to receive green waste collections on their usual scheduled collection day, which takes place fortnightly.
Cheshire East Council recognises that residents may be contacting Marbury and District Parish Council with specific questions about the subscription service, and the answers to many of these are likely to be found on Cheshire East Council website – Garden bin subscription (cheshireeast.gov.uk)
To assist residents, below are the answers to some of the most frequently asked questions.
A full communications campaign will launch imminently. The first stage of this campaign will be to create awareness among residents that their garden bin collection service is changing. This will run alongside ongoing waste prevention work.
This includes encouraging people to try home composting and to minimise food waste though the ‘love food hate waste’ programme.
More information about home composting Home composting (cheshireeast.gov.uk) and food waste reduction Reducing household waste (cheshireeast.gov.uk) is available on Cheshire East Councils website.
