Gloucestershire councils working together to save money and improve waste services
COUNCILS across Gloucestershire have joined forces to tackle the county's waste.
Cheltenham Borough Council, Cotswold District Council, Forest of Dean District Council and Gloucestershire County Council will work in partnership to manage waste services.
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The members of the Joint Waste Partnership
The Joint Waste Partnership will come into operation on April 1 this year.
At the moment the County Council is in charge of disposing of rubbish and each district is responsible for collection.
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But under the new arrangement there will be shared management.
The new partnership will be in charge of managing and monitoring waste collection and disposal, recycling collections, collection of food and garden waste and street cleaning.
The hope is that working together will enable the authorities to provide a more consistent county-wide service.
It is believed there will also be financial savings.
The partnership will see 'planning across borders' to make best use of the nearest and most appropriate depots.
There should not be any immediate visible changes to collections for residents, the councils have said.
2 Comments
by Shireresident
Wednesday, March 13 2013, 11:15AM
“I expect people living near Javelin Park will notice the difference once all the rubbish lorries in Gloucestershire and surrounding counties make a bee line for their brand spanking new incinerator.”
by RoadWombat
Tuesday, March 12 2013, 11:58PM
“Oh, joy! They'll no doubt come up with yet more sizes, shapes and colours of bins for us.
If they really want to make money out of my rubbish that's fine by me, but don't expect me to do all the sorting out for them.”