It will mark the final week of bin collections before the move to wheelie bins.
Ahead of the August bank holiday weekend, Milton Keynes City Council is reminding residents to put their bins out as normal.
There are no longer changes to collection days due to Bank Holidays, with the exception of Christmas and New Year.
If your collection day falls on a Bank Holiday, you can now put out your rubbish and recycling out as you would on a usual collection day.
Next week marks the final week of bin collections in Milton Keynes before the change to wheelie bins.
We collect waste and recycling on bank holidays. If your collection day falls over the August bank holiday weekend,...
Posted by Milton Keynes City Council on Friday, August 25, 2023
From Monday 4th September, new bin collection services will begin in the city. Brand new bins are being delivered taped shut, with residents being told to not start using the bins until the week of 28th August.
The move to wheelie bins comes as part of MK City Council's aim to be a 'cleaner, greener and safer place'. According to the city council, the change will mean:
- Higher levels of recycling
- Better quality recyclable materials
- Lower rates of injuries for residents and to staff moving sacks
- Less street litter from sack spillage
- Simpler to monitor misuse of the bins, to support better recycling
Currently, residents in Milton Keynes are said to use 11 million single use recycling sacks annually.
As well as new bins, a new state of the art 65-vehicle waste collection fleet will be introduced, producing lower carbon emissions which cut fuel consumption and emissions by around 10%.
