Weekly bin collections funded

摘要

Councils will be offered financial incentives to restore weekly bin collections under the Government's forthcoming Waste Review, according to reports in the national press. In a move that is bound to upset environmental campaigners, a source close to the review told The Daily Telegraph that funding plans - estimated at £100M a year - had been agreed by ministers to put the plan in place. The newspaper stated that the return to weekly bin rounds is "being masterminded" by Environment Secretary, Caroline Spelman, and Local Government Secretary, Eric Pickles. Pickles in particular has been a vehement supporter of weekly bin collections. Last year he ordered the Audit Commission, which is due to be axed, to scrap guidance encouraging councils to undertake fortnightly collections.