Thanet District Council Waste Initiative 

A Bin for all reasons

The Council is planning to change and improve the way it collects your domestic rubbish and recyclable materials.

One way we can do this is to introduce a dual wheelie bin service to collect household waste one week and recyclable materials (paper, cardboard, cans and plastic bottles) the next.

For those residents where a wheelie bin service is not suitable an alternative would be provided.

By doing this we believe we can increase the recycling rates throughout the district and keep the streets cleaner with less chance of seagulls attacking refuse and bags splitting on collection.

The wheelie bin service begins with a pilot service in selected areas to test it out and identify any problems before they are rolled out district wide.

Alongside this initiative, from 1 April 2006, Thanet Council will return to providing the refuse collection service direct and not through a contractor.

These are major changes and to get ready for them we need your help. We want to know what you think about wheelie bins, recycling and how our waste should be managed for the next 10 years.  This will help us

• Plan the delivery of a waste management service that will meet the needs of our customers now and in the future.
• Develop a strategy that will drive the way Thanet deals with waste disposal over the next 10 years
• Pilot wheelie bins in selected areas to fine tune the service before it is widely introduced