Tag Archives: Green Garden Waste collections

Everything in the garden waste is rosy, as service resumes

Posted on January 15, 2021 by insidecroydon

Well, that bit of the coronavirus emergency, with staff off sick or isolating, didn’t last long. Just a week after suspending the rubbish contractor Veolia’s garden waste collection service, Croydon Council yesterday announced that the service is to resume. The … Continue reading →

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Binmageddon!: Council blunders again over garden waste

Posted on January 13, 2021 by insidecroydon

The serial incompetence of the propaganda department at Labour-run Croydon Council has managed to hand another (albeit minor) political victory to the Tory opposition, this time over the suspension of the borough’s garden waste service. As Inside Croydon was first … Continue reading →

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Council bins garden waste collections – but offers no refunds

Posted on January 11, 2021 by insidecroydon

Croydon Council has abruptly suspended all green garden waste collections, despite having received payment in advance of more than £1million for the service from thousands of residents. Some householders, who have paid the £65 annual fee, have contacted Inside Croydon … Continue reading →

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Council CEO Elvery tries to gag debate on garden waste cuts

Posted on December 7, 2015 by insidecroydon

Nathan Elvery, Croydon’s Chief Executive, wanted to shut down all debate at the Town Hall tonight on the axing of the council’s free garden waste collections, despite receiving a petition with the signatures of more than 11,000 residents opposing the … Continue reading →

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