Nottingham residents have welcomed a £400,000 plan to replace litter bins across the city in a move which the city council says will "significantly reduce" its use of plastic bags. Street bins across Nottingham are said to be coming to the end of their 'shelf life', but new 240-litre bins are set to be installed that do not require bin bags to hold rubbish.
Nottingham City Council says the bins will therefore help it towards its goal of becoming carbon neutral by 2028. On the current condition of its street bins, the authority says: "These bins are past their best and in need of replacement. Some of these bins pose health and safety hazard to residents and staff."
Each bin will cost £150 to install, with the project being partly funded by a £291,000 Government grant. The grant will pay for the scheme's first year, with the council then contributing £35,000 annually for three years for maintenance.
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People in the centre of Nottingham on Monday (June 19) broadly welcomed the new programme. Nadine Collins, self-employed, 45, lives in West Bridgford and said: "Investment into making the city cleaner is surely a good thing and I think people and businesses will appreciate it. The last thing you want is a business with litter outside of it."
Sarah Maloy has a business on Friar Lane called Shop Zero, which focuses on sustainability. She said: "It would be better if there were more recycling bins, other cities have them like in Liverpool. There should be more opportunities to recycle. Even if there were recycling bins in Market Square that people knew about and knew they could always go to, that would be good."
Oliver Thomas, 21, a student living in the Arboretum, said: "There are some bins you see that look awful and need replacing so I'm glad it's happening. There's no excuse but in the summer especially there seems to be more litter and less people taking accountability for their rubbish."
The last major change to Nottingham's street bins came in May 2019, when Nottingham City Council said it was replacing 170 solar-powered 'belly bins'. It came after complaints about over-flowing bins, and people leaving rubbish beside the bins because they didn’t want to touch the handle.
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