North East Derbyshire residents to be charged for using a second green waste bin

Labour-led NE Derbyshire District Council will be introducing the new garden waste collection charge for residents who choose or need to use a second green bin from the beginning of the financial year on April 1.

Opposition Conservative Cllr Charlotte Cupit asked the council Cabinet Member for Environment and Place, Cllr Stephen Pickering, during a Full Council meeting on March 4 whether the council was willing to commit to not charging for garden waste or any residential collections?

In addition, opposition Conservative Group Leader Cllr Alex Dale, who is also a councillor at Matlock-based Derbyshire County Council, had already suggested that increases in council tax and stealth were already a concern for residents in meeting costs.

Cllr Pickering added: “Currently in relation to garden waste every property in North East Derbyshire gets a green bin emptied at no additional cost.”

He added that the Government’s Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs is to implement a food waste collection service upon councils from April 26 with £600,000 of funding which Cllr Pickering claims will not be enough and will create a £400,000 shortfall.

Chesterfield Borough Council has agreed to no longer provide a free roadside garden waste collection service and it is to introduce a £40 annual fee from April 1 as part of its efforts to balance its forecast 2024-25 budget deficit of £4m.