THE council has thanked residents for their support in embracing the new waste and recycling collection services.
Sweeping changes to the waste and recycling service has seen an interruption to some residents’ collections over the past few months, but this is now being rectified, say the council.
'Important' lessons have been learned and the local authority has acknowledged that they could have prepared better for the effects caused by changing collection days for 75,000 households.
During the last two weeks, 97 per cent of the 42,000 bins emptied each day have been collected.
The service is continuing to review the resources required to deliver a timely service for all Barnsley residents and to develop more efficient working practices.
There was also a huge demand for new recycling bins - around 29,000 in total, which is far more than the council anticipated.
However, some 22,000 bins have been delivered so far and the service continues to deliver around 300 bins per day, with an estimated further three to four weeks of deliveries to complete.
Recycling is on the increase, with a 35 per cent hike in green waste collection last month alone.
Coun Roy Miller said: "Thank you for your continued commitment to recycling. If we continue this upwards trend and reach 55 per cent, a saving of £500,000 could be made in waste disposal costs.
"The more full recycling bins you put out the more we can protect other valuable council services."
