The first of Liverpool City Council’s paid-for green bin collections start today.
Residents living in Liverpool who signed up before the cut off date of April 8 will see their green bins collected fortnightly under the new scheme. The new annual £40 charge for collections has been introduced as the council looks to make up the shortfall of its latest round of budget cuts.
It is hoped that the scheme will generate £1.7m as it seeks to plug a gap of £24.5m in fresh cuts. In a statement to the ECHO provided last week, Liverpool Council was upbeat about progress ahead of today's first round of paid collections.
