Residents Urged To Have Their Say On Future Of Garden Waste Collections

Residents in the Hfm region served by North Northamptonshire Council are being urged to have their say on plans which could see a charge introduced for garden waste collections.

A five-week public consultation on the future of the service has been launched, as the authority considers how to provide it in the future.

Garden waste is currently collected for free for people living in areas previously served by Kettering Borough Council, like Desborough and surrounding villages, although the new unitary authority is considering introduce a charge later this year.

A charge could be introduced to remove garden waste from homes

Cllr Graham Lawman, the Council’s Executive member for Highways, Travel and Assets, said: “Now that we are one council across the North Northants area, we need to ensure there is a consistent service that is fair to all, which is not the case at present.

“It’s important that we ask people for their views on this as it affects the majority of households in our area and certainly everyone who has a garden. This also gives us an opportunity to promote home composting, which we would like to encourage.

“However we run the service, there is a cost, whether this is direct or indirect, therefore, one of the main questions is whether it is right that funding comes from general funds, i.e everyone’s council tax, or only from users of the service.”

You can have your say by completing the online questionnaire https://northnorthants.citizenspace.com/cet/garden-waste-service