Pickles: £250m will help fund weekly bin collections

[T_i_B]

Isn't it odd that the government can suddenly find money when it comes to Daily Mail pet causes?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-15118516

The government says it will make £250m available to help English councils keep or restore weekly bin collections.

Communities Secretary Eric Pickles told the BBC he believed the money would make a "significant difference".

The government says only councils which guarantee weekly collections for five years and demonstrate improvements in recycling and procurement are eligible.

More than half of English councils run some form of fortnightly collection. Many have invested in technology to operate alternate weekly schemes - in many areas the recycling is taken one week, general waste the next - and say fortnightly schemes encourage recycling and minimise expensive landfill taxes.

[LeftishBrit]

1. Well, I'd rather have weekly collections myself...

but if it's a choice between that and e.g. NOT selling off the NHS, I know which wins for me!