Bin collection days are changing from Monday 16th April 2012.
From Monday, 16th April some residents may need to put their waste and recycling bins out on a new day of the week. This is because the Council have reviewed all the bin rounds to make sure the Council can keep collecting waste (brown wheeled bins) on a weekly basis and keep free garden waste collections, which residents have said were very important, whilst making £1m savings to the cost of providing the service.
In order to keep the weekly collections and save £1m Sutton Council will be operating a new working pattern. This means that there will be morning and afternoon bin collections, and there is a need to collect bins on Saturdays. The savings come from being able to use fewer waste and recycling trucks more often, which will also enable the Council to retain all our waste collection staff.
Bin collections from Monday to Friday will start at 6am and finish at 8.30pm. Saturday collections will start at 7am and finish at 2.45pm.
Bin Collection Timetable from 16 April [7Mb]
The new working pattern for bin collections will start on Monday 16 April 2012.
The Council have worked hard to plan the new rounds to make sure they are as efficient as possible. The Council have logged the routes the bin trucks operate using a new computer system, weighed their loads (there are limits to how much waste or recycling a truck is allowed to carry and tip), and organised new routes to make sure they are as efficient as possible using all the data available including local knowledge from our bin crews and management team.
How will you be affected?
About 40 per cent of residents across the borough will have their bins collected on a different day.
Recycling and Garden Waste
Your recycling and garden waste will be collected on the same day as your brown wheeled bin and will continue to be fortnightly.
This year, the Council will start collecting garden waste from Monday 16th April. It will continue until December as usual.
What happens if your bin is missed?
Please don’t be surprised if your bin is not emptied until much later in the day – the rounds may continue until at least 8.30pm in the evening. If you find your bin has not been emptied after 8.30pm, leave it where it is and contact the Council on www.sutton.gov.uk/reportit or 020 8770 5070 as soon as you can. The Council will collect it within two working days.
Blue bins are gone!
Sutton Council notified you in March last year that they would stop emptying blue bins, but that you could hold onto the bin if you wanted to use it for your own purposes. Some people have been continuing to put their glass out for collection in the blue bins. There is no need to do this because all dry recycling materials including glass should all now go in the green wheeled bins.
As a result the Council would like to kindly remind you to stop using your blue bin for your recycling as emptying them slows the bin crews down and costs more money. It will help the Council reach the £1m savings to no longer empty them. The Council are happy for you to keep the blue bins for your own use, but if you don’t want to then please let the Council know by using the ‘Report it’ system on the website and they will collect it from you.
Are you Blueberry Monday or Strawberry Wednesday?
To help you identify which day of the week your bins will be emptied the Council have produced a colour coded map and information to help you.
The map shows which areas of the borough will have their bins collected on which day. The Council have named the days so that they are easy to remember – and because we thought it was more fun! Find out whether you’re Lime Tuesday or Lemon Thursday by checking the colour coded map.
From April 10th you will also be able to use our ‘Find my nearest’ post code checker on the home page of the Council’s website.
So that you know when your bins will be collected we will be providing information in a number of ways:
More information in Sutton Scene, in your council tax booklet, on the waste and recycling trucks and on posters around the borough.
Bin labels to remind you of the day of the week your bins will be collected.
Colour coded calendars to highlight when your waste and recycling/garden waste will be collected throughout the year.
Handy postcode checker which you can access online from 10th April through a computer or mobile phone. Simply type in your postcode into the ‘find my nearest’ section on the home page of our website: www.sutton.gov.uk
Radio ads and twitter feeds to remind you when to put your bin out.
Have you moved into a new or recently refurbished property?
If you should have recently moved into a property that was empty, for example because it has just been built or refurbished, then please fill in the ‘missed bin’ information to let the Council know so that they can start emptying your bins. Contact the Council on www.sutton.gov.uk/reportit