The weekly bin round is back - The Sun

COUNCILS are getting 250million to bring back weekly bin rounds.

The new drive announced by the Government yesterday will help eight million fed-up households whose bins are now only emptied fortnightly.

Hard-up authorities will be invited to tap into the fund set aside to find new ways of recycling but ONLY if they restore old-fashioned weekly collections for at least five years.

Local Government Secretary Eric Pickles last night hailed the emptying of bins every week as a "basic right".

He was jubilant after a battle with Environment Secretary Caroline Spelman on the issue.

Earlier this year she ditched what had been a Tory election pledge.

Mr Pickles proudly declared: "Weekly rubbish collections are the most visible of all frontline services."

Doretta Cocks, founder of the Campaign for Weekly Waste, said: "Our members will be absolutely delighted.

"For too long hardworking families up and down the country have had to put up with fortnightly collections."

g.wilson@the-sun.co.uk