Stafford council urged to cancel £36 brown bin collection charge
A Stafford resident has called for a controversial new garden waste charge to be cancelled before it comes into force in January.
Margaret George has also urged fellow residents unhappy with the proposed fee to lobby Stafford Borough Council councillors who represent their area in a bid to get it stopped.
The council approved the brown bin collection charge at its latest full meeting. From January 1 residents who want garden waste to be collected from their brown bin will have to pay £36 a year upfront.
The charge was first proposed in 2019 as part of measures to help the council balance its books in the years to come.
But Margaret said many people may have been unaware it was due to come into force as information on bin collection calendars was “not very prominent”.
She added: “Householders are receiving postcards asking them to sign up to the new charge. Not very much notice – is the council trying to do away with the collection altogether?
