Household Waste Collection Policy for Southern Buckinghamshire

To qualify for an exemption from using wheeled bins you must meet one or more of the following criteria:

• all the adults (over the age of 16) living in a property have a physical disability or infirmity which prevents them from being able to place waste in a wheeled bin
• there is no rear or side access to the property and the useable front area is too small to accommodate or store the necessary containers
• the property is accessed via steep inclines or steps, so making it impractical to use wheeled bins
• the bins would have to be wheeled through the house to the collection point
• 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

Where properties have space for one wheeled bin, then a residual waste bin will be delivered and collected fortnightly. Recycling and garden waste bins are not permitted if a resident does not have a residual waste bin.

Street scene aesthetic concerns will not be classed as a reasonable exemption from the provision of wheeled bins. Where space is available at the front of the property wheeled bins must be used, or at the rear of the property if the road access for the collection vehicle is situated at the rear of the property, as agreed by the council.