Brown bin garden waste permits put on sale by Highland Council with three per cent rise in cost to £46.35
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Highland Council garden waste permits are now available to purchase for the 2021/22 permit season.
All existing permit holders will receive a reminder to renew their permit over the next few weeks.
The cost of a garden waste permit for the next permit season 2021/2022 will be £46.35, representing a three per cent (£1.35) increase from last year.
The new service year starts on Wednesday , September 1 and runs to August 31, 2022, with a winter break in the months of December, January and February.
Customers are encouraged to order their permits by Monday, August 2 to ensure delivery in time for the first collections of the new service year. Customers can purchase up to three permits per household.
Garden waste permits can be purchased on-line at www.highland.gov.uk/gardenwaste or by calling the Highland Council’s service centre on 01349 886660.
Cllr Henderson, chair of the communities and place committee said: “The Covid-19 pandemic has put huge pressure on the council’s finances, but I’m pleased to announce that we have managed to keep the price increase for the garden waste collection service as low as possible with just a £1.35 price increase this year. Using the garden waste collection service significantly helps the council reduce costs from landfilling waste, whilst also contributing to the environment by recycling garden waste.”
The collection service contributes to Highland Council’s recycling targets. In 2020 to 2021, 12, 632 tonnes of garden waste was diverted from landfill.
The council is often asked what happens to the garden waste once it has been collected. Garden waste from householders’ brown bins and household waste recycling centres is processed into compost by contractor Keenans at their facility in Aberdeenshire. It is made using an “open windrow” system where material is shredded and formed into piles, turned and monitored and produces compost after about eight weeks.
This product is then used by the agricultural and horticultural industry.
The fortnightly collection service is easy and convenient to use and accepts a wide range of garden material including grass cuttings, leaves, hedge clippings, weeds, flower, plants and small branches.
Customers are advised to visit the website www.highland.gov.uk/gardenwaste to check they live in a brown bin collection area.
The service is optional, and householders are also able to take their garden waste along to their local recycling centre free of charge.
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