Thousands of households will be impacted by changes to their bin collection from this April.
Stockport Council will soon start to charge £59 for a garden waste permit, if you want to use your green bin to recycle garden waste. The permit lasts for one year, from March 31, 2025 to March 31, 2026. The price is set at £59 no matter what time of the year you purchase your permit, so there is no reduction if you buy one part-way through the year.
There is a discount price of £39 for people getting council tax support. The permit must be stuck on the green bin below the handles and will have an address on it. The council will still collect food waste from your green bin for free each week, without needing a permit. Your collection day will remain the same.
If your green bin is found to contain anything other than food waste, and you don’t have a valid permit, the council has confirmed it won’t be collected. You can recycle garden waste for free at your local recycling centre. The changes will impact more than 90,000 Stockpot residents with green bins.
Those without a green bin where a wheelie bin collection service is provided by the council can order one for £25, but the authority is encouraging residents who only plan to use a green bin for food waste to order an external food caddy for £10 instead. You can buy a relevant permit on the Stockpot Council website.
Blue bin collections for paper and cardboard are also changing for Stockport residents. Instead of being collected every two weeks, these will soon be collected once a month. It comes as part of wider plans for the council to find £26million in savings this year. The town hall explained on its website: “Councils are not required to provide a kerbside collection of garden waste.
“We know that this service is valued by residents with gardens and we’re keen to continue to provide it. However, with pressure on council budgets, we’re unable to continue to provide this service free of charge.”
In response to comments from frustrated residents, the council posted on social media: “We get the frustration — we’re Stockport residents too. No one wants to introduce extra costs, but like councils across the country, we’re having to make tough choices to keep vital services running.”
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