Sandwell survey reveals almost 96 per cent of residents want to keep weekly bin collections
More than 95 per cent of Sandwell residents questioned want to keep weekly refuse collections.
The prospect of Sandwell Council following the the majority of local authorities and collecting household rubbish fortnightly is already proving unpopular with residents.
Old Warley Councillor Jay Anandou surveyed almost 2,000 residents about their preferred refuse collection frequency, 95.5 per cent of respondents are "strongly against" fortnightly collections.
On Monday, Councillor Anandou wrote to Labour Sandwell Council leader Councillor Kerrie Carmichael demanding a public consultation before weekly collections are scrapped.
He said: "You made a comment on December 12 that you are not ruling out the weekly bin collections permanently being moved to fortnightly.
"I criticise the strategic choice on its merits without bias. Therefore, I accept that 77 per cent of local authorities are on fortnightly collections, indeed a fair portion of the aforementioned 77 per cent are Conservative run councils.
