Greenbox recycling

Changes to collection dates

(Date of issue: Wednesday, 26 May 2010)

Carlisle City Council will soon be making changes to some of their Greenbox collection rounds.

As a result of contractual changes to its popular Greenbox kerbside recycling service, around 5,000 households will have a change of collection date from June onwards. Letters and revised calendars will be sent out this week to all those affected by the changes.

All residents are also being reminded to put their Greenbox recycling box out for collection out by 7am on the day of their scheduled collection.

Cllr Ray Bloxham, Portfolio holder for Local Environment, said:

“Some residents may find a change in their normal collection date and will be asked to put their Greenboxes out for collection on the new date specified on their new collection calendar. We apologise for any short-term inconvenience this may cause and will happily take any additional recycling on their scheduled collection day. If there isn’t enough room in your Greenbox, just place next to your box and we’ll recycle this too.

“To ensure that residents don’t miss having their recycling collected, we’re also reminding all residents with Greenboxes to put their recycling out no later than 7am on the day its due to be collected. We appreciate that some residents have become used to placing their Greenbox out at a later time, but as we have new contractors, there is no guarantee that this will be at same time as before.”

Residents in the Scotby and Botchergate East areas of Carlisle are likely to be affected by the change of collection date.

For further information, visit www.carlisle.gov.uk/refuseandrecycling. If you’d prefer to speak to a member of the City Council’s Customer Contact team, please telephone 01228 817200.