Weekly nappy collections
Date:
01 September 2011
From Monday 5 September Three Rivers District Council will be offering an improved nappy collection service.
Families with very young children will be given the choice of having their nappy sacks collected fortnightly, as you can now, or a new weekly option, for which an extra charge will be made. This has been introduced following requests from residents.
Outlining the new scheme, Councillor Phil Brading, Cabinet Member for Public Services and Health, said: “The recent switch to fortnightly emptying of refuse bins was made because most household waste can now be recycled or composted, so there should be very little left to put in the green bin.”
“Families with babies or toddlers can get through a lot of disposable nappies each week so we are reminding people that nappy sacks are available for families who want to free up space in their bin for other rubbish.”
“The Council supplies white nappy sacks, marked with the Council logo, for families from the Council offices and some libraries. A charge of 25p per sack is made to cover costs.”
“We are now offering families the option of either having their nappy sacks collected fortnightly (with their green bins) or, for those who want it, an enhanced weekly collection service, at extra cost.”
“Families opting for the weekly service will need to buy special stickers to ensure their nappy sacks are picked up on the weeks when there is no normal refuse collection. The stickers will be supplied in rolls of 13, sufficient for the extra collection of one sack each week over a six month period, at a cost of £22.75 per roll.
“The purpose of these stickers is to show that the extra special collection arrangements have been booked and paid for. They should only be used on nappy sacks put out on the weeks when there is no refuse (green bin) collection.”
“Stickers should not be used on nappy sacks put out on the weeks when there is a full refuse and recycling (all bins and boxes) collection.”
Please contact us If you would like a weekly collection of nappies.
Nappy sacks can be purchased from
- Three Rivers House, Northway, Rickmansworth, WD3 1RL
- Abbots Langley Parish Council Office, Langley Road, Abbots Langley, WD5 0EJ
- WatfordRural Parish Council Office, Oxhey Drive, South Oxhey, WD19 7SB
- Thrive Homes South Oxhey Office, Oxhey Drive, South Oxhey, WD19 7SB
- Chorleywood Library, Lower Road, Chorleywood, WD3 5LB
- Abbots Langley Library, High Street, Abbots Langley, WD5 0AP
- Croxley Green Library, Community Way, Croxley Green, WD3 3BN
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