00:00The Green-led Bristol City Council have been urged to stick to fortnightly bin collections
00:06amid a claim for no link with fly-tipping. Waste bosses at Bristol City Council are considering
00:13a switch to a three-weekly collection for general waste to cut costs and drive up recycling
00:20rates. They believe that much of what people throw away into black bins could be recycled
00:27like food and plastic. But the idea is controversial with fears over smelly
00:32nappies piling up and families and shared houses suffering with overflowing bins.
00:38Bristol Waste, a council-owned company, is already struggling to pick up all the
00:43bins on collection day and satisfaction with the service is dropping.
00:48This week, the Greens said that they wouldn't support a move to a four-weekly collection.
00:53Labour and the Conservatives urged the Greens to also rule out a move to a three-weekly
00:59collection, raising fears of rats patrolling the streets. In a full council meeting on Tuesday,
01:05March 11, over 12,000 people petitioned the council against the move to a monthly collection,
01:12while more than 16,500 people responded to a recent public consultation about changes to
01:19bin collections. A group of councillors will analyse the results of the consultation
01:25before a final decision is taken by the Environment Policy Committee.
01:32Changes could be rolled out before the end of 2025, twice before the council has reduced the
01:38amount of general waste collected, both leading to a large and sustained increase in recycling rates.
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