The free allowance, which applies to residential waste only, also includes a single article of waste no larger than 2,000mm x 750mm x 750mm.<\/p>\n
Bowkett, the cabinet member for nature, climate and waste reduction, added: “We recognise this would be a significant change for some residents, but similar approaches are already in place across many other parts of the country.”<\/p>\n
Homeowner Carol Wilton, from Gloucester said if introduced, she feared the charges would lead to an increase in fly-tipping.<\/p>\n
“Having recently bought a house that was not only still full of the previous owners’ belongings but also in need of a complete renovation, I’ve experienced first-hand how difficult it can be to dispose of waste responsibly,” she said.<\/p>\n
“Most people want to dispose of their waste legally, but if it becomes increasingly difficult there is a real risk that more people will resort to fly-tipping instead,” she added.<\/p>\n
Bowkett said the proposals have been developed in line with national guidance and are similar to arrangements already in place at many household recycling centres across the country. <\/p>\n
“We understand why some residents have raised concerns about fly-tipping, but there is no evidence that introducing charges for excess DIY waste leads to an increase. <\/p>\n
“We are working hard to combat any fly-tipping in Gloucestershire and will continue to do so,” he added.<\/p>\n
The council said the funds raised from the charges would be reinvested into local services, helping to meet the council’s budget commitments without reducing provision. <\/p>\n
It would also support improvements at recycling centres, including a new, easy-to-use booking and payment system.<\/p>\n
The council said no final decision has been made on the proposal and it would be subject to full scrutiny before going to cabinet for a decision.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The free allowance, which applies to residential waste only, also includes a single article of waste no larger…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":681103,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[84,59,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-681102","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-business","tag-business","tag-gb","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/681102","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=681102"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/681102\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/681103"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=681102"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=681102"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=681102"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}