Businesses face waste fees hike
BUSINESSES will have to pay up to 14 per cent more to have their rubbish collected from January 1.
But those who sign up to Plymouth City Council's trade waste recycling scheme will get a discount.
And the recycling scheme will be extended from just paper and card to all the materials now collected from homes across the city.
Plymouth City Council says it expects some customers to switch to other service providers because of the new prices, but that this will be offset by having to pay less landfill taxes.
The council also hopes to save £30,000 by ending its in-house provided skip container service and transferring internal customers to other collections.
"Increases in commercial waste charges need to reflect annual rises in government landfill tax, and additional collection and disposal costs," the council said.
The new charges allow for an £8 a tonne increase in landfill tax and increases in other disposal costs.
The decision to increase the charges was made on Friday by Michael Leaves, the city council's Cabinet member for streetscene and environmental regulation.
The charging system is based on three customer categories. Offices which produce the lightest waste will pay 13.1 per cent more.
Retail will pay 13.3 per cent more. Catering customers, including food premises, residential homes and pubs, will pay 13.9 per cent more.
However, the cost of recycling will fall by 35.1 per cent.
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by Len, Bude
Tuesday, December 16 2008, 1:07PM
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