Free black bags are scrapped
1:57pm Thursday 6th April 2006 in Latest News
CHIPPENHAM residents will now have to pay for their own black rubbish bags after the district council decided to scrap its freebies.
Five thousand householders whose properties were unsuitable for wheelie bins were regularly supplied with rubbish sacks.
But North Wiltshire District Council has decided to axe the service, saving itself £25,000 a year.
Coun Sylvia Doubell, lead member for waste management, said people with wheelie bins already bought their own black bags.
"It is therefore reasonable to expect the 5,000 minority to provide their own, especially as delivering the black sacks to the correct households was time consuming," she said.
Householders without wheelie bins will now receive a pack of stickers to attach to their black sacks to show they are approved for collection.
