\n On Tuesday the council\u2019s cabinet will meet to discuss plans to revamp and enhance the current bulky waste service in a bid to reduce fly-tipping and increase recycling in the city.\u00a0\n<\/p>\n
\n Under the current system, residents can book a bulky waste collection for up to five items but are charged per item.\u00a0\n<\/p>\n
\n If the new system is approved, residents will benefit from one free collection of up to five items per household per financial year.\u00a0\n<\/p>\n
\n The decision is largely to encourage improved recycling and to reduce the impact and frequency of fly tipping in Southend.\n<\/p>\n
\n If approved, the new bulky waste collections are set to be rolled out in October alongside the new wheelie bin collections.\u00a0\n<\/p>\n
\n Lydia Hyde, councillor for climate, environment and waste, said: “This was a key promise on our manifesto and is the final one, so we’re pleased to deliver on our promise.\n<\/p>\n
\n “This is something we believe will help residents get rid of bulky waste in an affordable and responsible way.\n<\/p>\n
\n “There are some limitations of the service, to not get completely abused, but we are offering more than the Medway model we’ve based it on.\n<\/p>\n
\n “I hope this will lower fly-tipping instances, and be better for those with a barrier of financial ability to dispose responsibly.\n<\/p>\n
\n “This is part of our civic pride agenda and we’re absolutely delighted to start on October 28th.”\n<\/p>\n
\n Bulky items classify as anything too large for standard waste disposal services to manage, such as fridges, mattresses and other household furniture.\n<\/p>\n
\n The new free bulky waste collections form part of Southend Council\u2019s new waste contract with Suez UK.\n<\/p>\n
\n Under the eight year contract, worth \u00a318million a year, residents will transition to wheeled bin collections and improved services including a new resident mobile phone app.\u00a0\n<\/p>\n
\n The proposed free element for the bulky waste collection service is based on the success of the service as implemented by Medway council, providing one free collection with a fixed charge per additional booking.\u00a0\u00a0\n<\/p>\n
\n This method will be assessed at the end of the first three months of the scheme, and again at six months, to determine it\u2019s success in curbing fly-tipping.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"On Tuesday the council\u2019s cabinet will meet to discuss plans to revamp and enhance the current bulky waste…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":96456,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[1397,90,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-96455","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-environment","tag-environment","tag-science","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/96455","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=96455"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/96455\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/96456"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=96455"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=96455"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=96455"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}