From 2023, most households in Milton Keynes will be making the switch to wheeled bins instead of plastic bags.
Residual waste, along with food and garden waste, will still be collected each week, with most households having four wheeled bins.
Over 300,000 bins will need to be purchased, and next week Cabinet Member Councillor Lauren Townsend will take a decision to start the tender programme to find the right supplier.
The Council's Progressive Alliance says the switch to wheeled bins will help bring cleaner streets, increased recycling, and reduced contamination rates.
76% of local households said they want to switch from bags to wheelie bins for waste and recycling collections in a borough-wide consultation that took pace earlier on in the year.
As well as holding the consultation, which ended in January and received almost 5,000 responses, Milton Keynes Council has worked with residents in 3,000 homes around Milton Keynes on a five-month waste collection pilot.
Labour Councillor Lauren Townsend, Cabinet Member for Public Realm, will be taking the decision: “The results of the wheeled bin pilot and consultation were clear – 3 out of 4 residents want to make the switch to wheeled bins.”
“I’m happy to take this next step in rolling out wheeled bins to make Milton Keynes cleaner and greener.”
Liberal Democrat Councillor Kerrie Bradburn moved the original motion calling for a wheeled bin trial back in July 2019: “Moving to wheeled bins will bring great benefits to the residents of Milton Keynes. Without fragile plastic bags that can split easily, and spillage that can attract vermin, our streets will be cleaner. Our contamination rates can go down, and recycling rates up, as these bins make it easier to separate waste.”
“These impacts will be huge, and will help us on our journey to be the greenest city in the world.”
