Have you got your new bins yet ?

It seems as if most households in the Claydons have received their new bins.

The following information for those who are still waiting has been circulated by AVDC:

Our contractors have been working hard to get the new bins to households in time for the start of the new recycling and waste collection service, but some areas are still waiting.




Deliveries have been slightly delayed in some areas, and the council apologises if you have not had your new bins yet, but is hopeful that the vast majority of households should have them in time for their first collection this week.



If you don't have your new bins by now, please:



Put your food waste in your green waste bin, as normal

If your first collection is for waste, the service is as normal, though your collection day may have changed.

If your first collection this week is for recycling, please put your recycling materials in open carrier bags, and leave for collection. If the carrier bags are closed, we won't be able to collect them as we can't see what's in them. Alternatively, you can

Collect a supply of AVDC blue recycling bags from our Customer Service Centres in Aylesbury, Winslow (Library) and the Buckingham Centre, who will have stocks that residents can use in the interim should their bins not arrive in time.

The new service starts on Tuesday 4th Sept. Households will have received a letter from AVDC explaining about the new recycling and waste collection service. The letter confirms what collection day households will have and what materials will be collected when.



The key features of the new collection service are:

• Collections will take place during Tuesday to Friday, so for some the usual collection day may change.

• Households will receive a new ‘all-in-one’ recycling bin for all paper, glass, cardboard, plastics, cartons, cans and tins, mixed together, you don’t have to separate them. Recycling collections will continue to be made every fortnight.

• Households will get a new small outdoor food waste bin and a kitchen caddy. The food waste bin will be collected every week.

• All other waste will go in the existing green waste bin. This will be collected every two weeks, alternating with the blue lidded recycling bin.



Councillor Sir Beville Stanier, Cabinet Member for Environment and Health, said: “Changing the waste and recycling services for the entire district is a mammoth undertaking and we want to firstly thank residents for their patience over the past few weeks. There have been minor issues along the way, such as some residents experiencing a few delays with bin deliveries, which we would obviously like to have avoided. If you have not received your new recycling and food waste bins yet, please accept our apologies and be assured that we will deliver your bins as soon as possible.”



If you haven't received your bins yet, please check to see if your neighbours have theirs first. If they have, and you haven't, please contact us by email to newbins@aylesburyvaledc.gov.uk with your name address, postcode and a daytime phone number.