Get daily news updates directly to your inbox Subscribe Thank you for subscribing We have more newsletters Show me See our privacy notice Could not subscribe, try again later Invalid EmailResidents in this British town have vented their frustration after a council introduced MONTHLY bin collections. Dismayed residents are already contending with a 5% rise in council tax but now face reduced services for the 'foreseeable future'. The council's cabinet was split over the decision, with five members (including one Conservative) voting in favour of the monthly collections, and the rest of Conservative cabinet members voting against. Recycling increased by 14% and black bin waste reduced by 31%, saving 1,040 tonnes from landfill - the equivalent of 87 double decker buses. “Families and households struggling with three weekly collections will be rightly concerned as to how they will manage next year.

Source: Daily Mirror September 25, 2018 12:45 UTC