Residents will now have to payResidents must now pay to have their brown bins taken away in the Moorlands(Image: Angela – stock.adobe.com)Families in the Moorlands must now pay to have their brown bins emptied. The £46 charge – the most expensive out of local councils – has come in today (June 29).The Sentinel had previously reported how Staffordshire Moorlands District Council had previously written to households warning them of the changes for garden waste collections. Meanwhile it also represents the most expensive out of local councils.Stoke-on-Trent City Council charges £42, the latest Newcastle Borough Council subscription is £43.59 while Stafford Borough Council charge families £43.50.The new charge for Moorlands residents is based on per bin so neighbours can share. Meanwhile those who don’t subscribe have been told they will need to keep their brown bins at their property.Those who do sign up will be sent a ‘garden waste permit’ to slap on the brown bin. Going live today the annual subscription will run through to June next year.A letter previously sent to households states: “Collecting garden waste is a discretionary service which the collection authority are permitted to make a charge for and, similar to local authority areas, the council has approved the decision to implement a charge to cover the cost of collection.”More on the subscription service can be found here.Get daily headlines and breaking news emailed to you – it’s FREEEnsure our latest headlines always appear at the top of your Google Search
New North Staffordshire £46 bin charge comes in today
