South Cambridgeshire District Council‘s new budget published this week outlines how cuts to national grant funding mean further savings equivalent to £20 for every band D home are needed and, to meet the bulk of the savings target, the council is looking to re-design some of the blue bin collection rounds along with moving to a monthly green waste collection during the winter months.

They say that these will have minimal impact on residents as during the winter most people are not cutting their grass and the amount of garden waste being collected halves.

Due to seasonal fluctuations, some councils do not collect garden waste at all during the winter months but their analysis of what is collected in South Cambridgeshire has shown a monthly collection is a better fit.

You can find full details of the other changes being proposed by SCDC in their press release.