A controversial charge for garden waste collections brought in across Liverpool has started up again for a second year.
As part of its budget proposals last year, Liverpool Council began charging residents £40 a year for green waste to be collected from their homes. The scheme was introduced as the council seeks to address its financial realities and hoped to generate around £1.7m from the fees raised.
Having initially said a 33% take up was required for the scheme to break even, 42,000 households signed up for the collections, with the programme going live across the city for a second year today. The impact of the scheme was wide-reaching and even led to a split in the ruling Labour group at the Cunard Building.
