More than 28,000 Liverpool households have signed up for the controversial new green bin charge.
According to Liverpool Council, around £1.2m has been generated in the eight weeks since the local authority began charging residents £40 a year for green waste to be collected from their homes. The scheme was introduced as the council seeks to address its financial realities this year and hopes to generate around £1.7m from the fees raised.
Cllr Abdul Qadir, Liverpool Council cabinet member for neighbourhoods, told a committee ahead of the charge being launched that for the scheme to break even, a 33% take up is required. Cllr Qadir said: “I’d like to thank people for their support and to those who have signed up for the scheme so far.
