An increase in collection charges for garden waste in West Suffolk has been approved, despite fears price hikes could be made more frequently.
West Suffolk Council’s shadow cabinet met last month where it approved recommendations to increase charges from £40 to £43 per year for each household that signed up.
Around 30,100 homes are currently subscribed to the garden waste collection service.
Councillor David Bowman, Forest Heath District Council cabinet member for operations said: “The first three years have proved successful – the service proposed generally operated in line with the expectations we had.
“We consider it important the services achieves break even as a minimum.”
He added that the service was still competitive compared to other councils in Suffolk.
Peter Stevens, Mr Bowman’s equivalent for St Edmundsbury Borough Council, added that it “sits very comfortably with other councils across East Anglia”.
The approved changes also mean that the system will operate on a rolling 12-month contract going forward, regardless of when homeowners choose to sign up.
They will take affect from April 2019.
A £5 increase was also considered but dismissed.
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