Refuse collection days will change for around a third of Darlington residents from Monday October 13th. The changes are being made to improve the efficiency of waste collection by matching collection routes to Street Scene areas. This will mean Street Scene teams, already familiar with a specific area of the Borough, will carry out all the household waste services in their area.
Around 35 per cent of houses will be affected by the changes and will get a new refuse collection day, a further 15 per cent of houses will have their recycling week changed. All residents affected by the changes will receive a leaflet detailing their new collection day and/or new recycling week. Residents who do not get a leaflet should continue to put out their refuse on their normal day.
All refuse should be placed out at 7:30am as some collections, although on the same day, will take place at different times in order to incorporate them in the new rounds.
Every effort has been given to ensure the smooth transition from the old rounds to the new rounds with publicity being sought via the media, website, Town Crier, and radio stations along with those leaflets hand delivered to all affected properties (leaflet distribution is to commence Monday 29 September). Back up facilities will also be in place during the initial settling in period and the Wardens are to issue no fixed penalty notices to households for placing refuse out on the wrong day until the new system is bedded in.
Please contact us if you need further information as we have lists of all the changes that affects our ward.
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