Household Waste Collection Policy for Southern Buckinghamshire

Some low rise properties across Southern Bucks areas are not suitable for a wheeled bin collection. This may be due to:

• properties not having room to store the necessary containers
• the adopted highway is not suitable to be accessed by the standard collection vehicle
• there is not an accessible and safe place to present the containers for collection
• there is an unacceptable distance for moving wheeling bins or to carry containers

Within these circumstances the following containers are available:

104 Purple disposable sacks a year .Only waste produced by a householder on a normal day to day basis that cannot be recycled should be placed in these sacks and only four sacks per fortnight will be collected.

2 x 45 litre blue reusable bags for recycling including mixed plastics, metal cans and tins, glass bottles and jars and liquid food/drink cartons.

1 x 55 litre green/black box (for paper and cardboard)

2 x 70 litre green reusable bags - for green garden waste. (This is a paid for annual subscription service, see Policy 3)

1 x 23 litre brown food waste bin

1 x 5 litre silver kitchen food waste caddy

Where residents only have room for one wheeled bin, priority will be given to the provision of a black residual waste bin.

The council will advertise on their websites when the next supply of purple sacks is due to be delivered to Narrow Access households. If householders do not receive their supply during this delivery timescale, they must report it to the council within 6 weeks after this period in order to receive their replacement supply.

In 2014, all suitable houses were provided with the above mentioned containers. Replacement of existing containers or new containers which are not noted as “single use” will be subject to agreed charges.

For full details of container volumes and numbers see table 2, Policy 6.