Recycling changes
The changes will save £700k per annum
Approximately £167k on bags and £60k on bins as capital expenditure. In addition we have invested in new twin compartment vehicles at a cost of £160k per annum.
The new recycling scheme will mean that we will avoid paying a substantially higher gate fee for materials collected as a single stream.
There are other factors at play besides the gate fee but the net impact of the change is avoided expenditure (as opposed to a saving) of approximately £700k per annum for the Joint Waste Service. The split in avoided cost is 57% Lichfield and 43% Tamworth.