The subscription scheme would see residents issued with a 240-litre brown wheelie bin. Households can apply for up to three extras.
An alternative option for residents who want to use the scheme on an ad hoc basis or for properties where a wheelie bin would be unsuitable is to buy ten paper sacks for £15.
In a letter to Coun Porter, Spalding resident Wayne Seaborn said: “This authority has refused to accept the eyesore of wheelie bins for many years. Now all of a sudden it appears these bins are acceptable, what has changed please?”
He also wanted to know how the council would police the bins, adding: “Or are we expecting these additions to blight our rural landscape by being parked on front drives or even adopted paths?”
Waste management portfolio holder Coun Roger Gambba-Jones told The Voice that residents will be treated as service customers in the same way that a private contractor would, with terms and conditions.
“If we find a wheelie bin is left out after we have done our part of the service in emptying it then we will retrieve it.”
He added that he would be “foolish” to rule out more widespread use of wheelie bins but as long as residents tell the council they want a weekly collection with bags, that is what the authority would strive to maintain.
