FOI request (FOIR-311977576)

Refuse collection operations costs and missed bins

Requested Mon 01 March 2021
Responded  Wed 17 March 2021

Please provide:

1. The number of households who received refuse waste collections in 2018, 2019 and 2020

2. The cost of refuse collection operations for 2018, 2019 and 2020

3. The percentage of bins missed during refuse collection rounds in 2018, 2019 and 2020

Response

1.

2020 - approximately 43,780

2019 - approximately 43,700

2018 - approximately 43,500

>2. Refuse collections are included within the core price of the contract. The contract is approximately £2 million.

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