The District and County councils have been working on rolling out green waste collections. Councillors were asked their views last month and after viewing the proposals for Framwellgate Moor division I requested a considerable increase in the number of houses receiving the service in our area.
At present around 67,000 homes have green waste collections across the County. An additonal 60,000 are to be added, leaving around 50,000 without the service. Many parts of our area were not to be included in the roll out, however after discussions between myself and officers I can now confirm that hundreds more homes will be added to the round in our area including Taylor, Cook, Ritson and Kingston Avenues and all the streets running off Newton Drive in Framwellgate Moor.
I asked for maps of the areas which will receive the new service and these can be seen below:
I will continue to push for further expansion within our area and have been told that once the roll out is completed, priority consideration will be given to providing the service to those areas not yet included, such as Brasside, Institute Terrace and Aldin Rise in Bearpark and Front St in Witton Gilbert.
I have also been asked for the Terraces behind Front St in Fram to be added.
Anyone who does not want to join up to the service can ask to opt out. It is expected to start after Easter around the 14th April. If your house isn’t on the map and you want green waste collection (and have a garden) let me know and I will ask for it to be considered.