Brown bins

I was asked after a previous post about the future of the brown bin scheme and I have the following statement from Wigan Council

We started a trial of brown bins to recycle cans, plastics and glass to approximately 10% of the borough (13,000 properties).

We have within our Waste Strategy that all properties within the borough, will be receiving this service by the end of 2009, subject to funding. As you will be aware, all our kerbside recycling schemes can only be expanded and/or introduced when sufficient enough funding is available.

So as yet there is no detail but I am hoping for more news by the end of the year.