Waste collection days to change for ‘most Wiltshire residents’ at the end of February

Wiltshire Council announced today that rubbish collection days ‘for most Wiltshire residents’ will change week commencing 28 February.

How this will affect Marlborough, not certain yet but in central Marlborough where rubbish (and mixed recycling) have been collected on alternate Mondays, whilst the recycling collection will remain on that Monday the rubbish will be taken away on the following Tuesday – so not in the same week as the recycling collection, thus staggering the weeks of collections.

According to Wiltshire council the changes are to “make the rounds more efficient”. The Council explains that the changes will affect only ‘general household waste collections – there is no change to recycling or garden waste collections, which will still take place on their usual day for all residents’

Their announcement further added ‘To help residents with the change, every household will receive a personalised information letter that explains how their collection day will change and what they need to do. They’ll also have a hanger label placed on their general household waste bin on their last collection under the old schedule that will give them more information. Letters will start landing on doormats from 31 January and during the following two weeks, while people will start to see the hangers on their household waste bins from 14 February.’

Cllr Dr Mark McClelland, Cabinet Member for Waste, said: “Changing the waste collection day for nearly every household in Wiltshire will enable us to make our rounds more efficient, help reduce our carbon emissions and save more than £1.5m over the next five years.

“While we’re making these savings, our waste contractors, Hills, will maintain the current number of collections staff, as there are a number of vacant positions that will now not be filled.

“This change only affects what we call residual waste, which is essentially the general household rubbish bins, and not the recycling or garden waste collections – these collection days will stay the same across the county.

“From 31 January and for the following two weeks, all households will receive a letter that explains the changes and details their new collection day, so people don’t need to do anything until they receive their letter.

“We look forward to these new rounds helping to reduce our carbon emissions and deliver value for our residents.”

For further information about waste collections, click here visit the relevant section of the Wiltshire Council website.