Purpose

Green Waste subscription service pricing for the financial year 2025/26

Decision

That the Green Waste subscription service be subject to a price freeze for 2025/26 services.

Reasons for the decision

There have been some issues with the reliability and frequency of Green Waste collections since the roll out of the new service model in June 2024.  Calls have been made by some residents and Councillors for something to be done by DCC to recognise these issues and give something back to customers by way of an acknowledgement and an apology.  There were a number of options considered at Cabinet including paying back each with their own issues and complexities.  Through debate at Cabinet it was decided that the simplest, fairest and most cost effective manner to show a gesture of goodwill to residents who subscribe to this service was for the Waste Service to absorb the increased operating and inflationary costs for 2025/26 and hold the prices at their 2024/25 level for 12 months.