Number of missed bin collections trebles in first year of Labour/Independent administration (and costs local tax payers £1m more)
A Freedom of Information request by local journalist Ethan Davies to the council, showed 21,340 collections were missed in 2019-20, compared to 7,182 the year before.
That year also saw the council’s spend on collecting residential waste rise by £1 million to £11.3 million — the year in which CEC ‘reconfigured’ collections.
The Labour Portfolio Holder Cllr Laura Crane, stated that the “...substantial transition that occurred in November 2019 when almost all routes across the borough were reconfigured would deliver significant financial and environmental efficiencies as (CEC) seek to increase recycling and drive down distances travelled by our vehicles.” “Residents have already received the benefits of the transition through having an expanded collection service and a more efficiently run collection fleet.”
Unfortunately this does not explain the rise in missed collections or the higher in-year costs In 2019-20.
Since 2015-16, when spending on collections was just £8.9 million, the efficiency ratio of bins collected per missed bin has steadily fallen.
In 2015-16, 2,411 bins were successfully collected for every missed one — that decreased to 2,010 in the next year, and again to 1,691 in 2017-18.
A total of 1,845 bins were collected for every missed one in 2018-19, and reached a low-point in 2019-20 with just 663
If your bin collection is missed please contact:
https://www.cheshireeast.gov.uk/waste_and_recycling/bins/recycling-and-…
Reference:
https://thenantwichnews.co.uk/2020/10/27/missed-bin-collections-trebled…
Reporter: Ethan Davies 27.10.2020
