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Stockport council has received thousands of complaints about missed bin collections after a £59 garden waste charge was introduced in May. The charge was brought in as part of the town hall’s last budget , along with making blue bin collections for paper waste once a month rather than fortnightly as it was previously.

But the changes appear to have had an impact on bin collection rates, as well as the council seeing a ‘slight’ drop in recycling rates according to figures from a new report. The council said the changes don’t seem to have led to ‘significantly more material ending up in our black bins.’

The issues were discussed during a meeting at the town hall on November 27. Reports of missed bin collections peaked in June with ‘around 2,300 cases’ the council said, add

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