Stoke-on-Trent residents will now have to pay £40 per annum/per bin for brown bin collections, effective from next month.

The council confirmed this week that garden kerbside waste collection will be an opt-in subscription service.

Councillor Amjid Wazir said: "Not everyone needs or uses the garden waste service, and making it a self-funded service enables us to provide the service for those who want it, and maintain the fortnightly general waste collection.

The council suggests residents can split the cost with neighbours (Nub News).

"There is no legal obligation for councils to collect garden waste free of charge, and we see nationally that around 70% of local authorities have introduced a subscription service. 

"We recognise that some of our residents are suffering considerable financial challenges, and we have therefore kept the charge as low as practically possible - it works out at £1.60 per collection.

"This cost could also be split with neighbours to keep the cost low for families."

Residents can subscribe to the service here.

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