A NEW scheme is aiming to put an end to overflowing or damaged bins in Cheshire West and Chester. CWaC is trialling a new scheme this week which will streamline how residents can report issues with litter bins. New stickers have been placed on 115 bins in the trial, each with a unique QR code which can be scanned with a smartphone. This then opens a direct link to the ‘Report It’ section of the council’s website, identifying the exact location of bin. Residents can report bins that are damaged or need emptying. Areas included in the trial include Grosvenor Park, Chester and Chester city centre’s Big Belly bins.
LONG-SOUGHT plans to improve safety on a notorious stretch of west Cheshire road are moving closer to fruition with the news Cheshire West and Chester Council has reserved £3m funding for the project. A year ago, the Action54Zero group that campaigns for safety measures on Neston’s main road was delighted to hear that Cheshire West and Chester Council was committed to the scheme to improve safety at the junctions with Raby Park Road and Quarry Road. Now the group has been told that this commitment is backed by £3m in the Council’s capital programme, with a plan to complete the scheme by 2023.
MORE than 13,000 responses have been received by Cheshire West and Chester Council over new proposals that could result in bins being emptied once every three weeks. The authority s eight-week consultation over the plans, which are part of its 10-year strategy on waste collection and recycling, closes a week today (Thursday, March 18). In the consultation, which was launched in January, the council sets out two options for ‘kerbside waste collection’.
Option A sees household waste collected every two weeks using a 180 litre bin, recycling waste collected every two weeks using two bins, garden waste collected every two weeks using a 240 litre bin, and food waste collected every week using a caddy.