New Environmental Contract: Why Won’t Recycling Wheelie Bins Be Introduced Until 2010/11?
By waiting until 2010/11, it gives plenty of time to ensure the correct systems are in place before the collections change. It ensures that there is adequate planning opportunity, so that the transition to the new service runs smoothly.
In addition to this, the refuse and recycling collection vehicles are leased from another company, and these leases run out in 2010/11. The current recycling vehicles don’t have a lifting mechanism on them to lift a recycling wheelie bin, but in 2010/11, when new vehicles are leased, they will be required to have a lifting mechanism. It would be too costly to terminate the existing vehicle leases before they end in 2010/11.
