Missed bin collections data
Dear Bolton Metropolitan Borough Council,
Under the Freedom Of Information Act I would like to request the following data:
- The number of missed bin collections in 2018, 2019 and 2020
- How many extra bin lorries had to be sent out to pick up bins missed during their routine collections in 2018, 2019, 2020
- The additional costs to the council resulting from missed bin collections in 2018, 2019 and 2020
- The average weekly and annual costs to the council of collecting domestic waste, as in the regular landfill waste, food waste and recycling created by homes which is collected by the council.
Yours faithfully,
Lauren Smithson
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Dear Lauren Smithson
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Council received at this office on 15 August 2020.
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The Information Governance Team
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Dear Lauren Smithson
Request for information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000
In response to your request for information received at this office on 15
August 2020, please see the Council’s response below.
Your request and our response
Under the Freedom Of Information Act I would like to request the following
data:
- The number of missed bin collections in 2018, 2019 and 2020
2018 – 8806
2019 – 11440
2020 – 6054 (to date)
- How many extra bin lorries had to be sent out to pick up bins
missed during their routine collections in 2018, 2019, 2020
We have one dedicated vehicle to collect missed bins.
- The additional costs to the council resulting from missed bin
collections in 2018, 2019 and 2020
2017/18 2018/19 2019/20
Total £101,959 £105,384 £108,145
- The average weekly and annual costs to the council of
collecting domestic waste, as in the regular landfill waste, food waste
and recycling created by homes which is collected by the council.
The annual costs are:
2017/18 2018/19 2019/20
Domestic £1,961,610 £1,920,219 £2,126,462
Green £1,550,895 £1,596,147 £1,765,122
Recycling £2,564,766 £2,576,601 £3,085,030
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Yours sincerely
Information Governance Team
Chief Executive’s Department
1^st Floor, Town Hall, Bolton, BL1 1RU
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