Wheelie bins set for roll-out to nearly 6,000 homes

Almost 6,000 households in York will soon be able to put their rubbish out in wheelie bins for the first time.

City of York Council said it had begun writing to the 2,835 homes in the Micklegate and Heworth wards, ahead of the delivery of bins from 16 June.

Phase One of the Bags to Bins scheme, which will see people switch from using bin bags to dispose of waste, would be followed by deliveries to almost 2,800 homes in Clifton, Fishergate, Guildhall and Holgate in August, the council said.

Each home is set to get a 180-litre grey wheelie bin as standard.

Figures show about 2,000 of the city's 95,000 households would remain without bins following the roll-out, according to the Local Democracy Reporting Service.

Council business manager for environmental services, Rebecca Copley, said the council would consider sending bins to households not currently set to get them, if they could show collections would be viable.

Copley said: "We're happy to reassess some homes, but there are some streets that are very unlikely to get a bin in the future."

It comes as the council's Economy, Place, Access and Transport Committee was told the roll-out was set to get under way following delays earlier this year.

Ian Hoult, environmental services lead, told councillors competing budget priorities and issues with buying the bins had led to the delays.

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