'Garden waste charge is unfair as I don't have a choice': Disabled resident blasts new fee
A pensioner has blasted Shropshire Council's forthcoming charge for garden waste collections as 'unfair' to disabled residents.
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The annual fee, which is being placed on all kerbside collections from October 1, means residents will have to pay £56 a year to have their grass cuttings and other garden waste collected at the kerbside.
The council's cabinet agreed to introduce the subscription earlier this year as part of a number of measures to save £62.5 million from its budget in this financial year. Neighbouring Telford & Wrekin Council has not imposed the annual fee on its residents.
Under the scheme garden waste collections will cease next month to households that haven't subscribed and been sent a sticker from the council for their garden waste bin.
Householders who do not wish to pay, can still take their garden waste to one of the county's five recycling centres free of charge, but a Shropshire pensioner says this is unfair on disabled residents.
