The Council’s ruling Labour “Cabinet” have tonight agreed to impose a £35 a year annual charge on residents who have a second green – garden waste – bin.

They have also decided to cut the hours of operation of the Towthorpe recycling site

A large petition was collected opposing the charging plan.

It is unclear how long it will be before the bills start to arrive through the letterboxes of the 3500 customers who together have around 5000 “additional” green bins.

Many could choose to give up the extra bins and use their grey bins instead.

As we saw with the closure of the Beckfield Lane site, everyone loses if the Council is faced with higher landfill charges.

To this should be added the 2370 tones of green waste generated in the winter months which will also not now be collected.

The Council’s “Cabinet” agreed to the plan to cut back on resident participation in decision making, as we predicted earlier today