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Commenting on the new scheme, Pickles said: “It is a myth that fortnightly bin collections or unfair bin fines are needed to increase recycling. Rewards for recycling show how working with families can deliver environmental benefits without the draconian approach of punishing people and leaving out smelly rubbish.
“This government is protecting the local environment by supporting recycling, as well as championing weekly collections which protect local amenity and public health. Councils with fortnightly collections will not receive government funding and are short-changing their residents with an inferior service.
“There is an alternative to the town hall bin barons who pushed through fortnightly bin collections and are now trying to move to monthly bin collections by stealth.” Bids for a share of the new fund will be accepted until 7 November and successful bids will be announced in January 2015, with the money scheduled to be allocated to councils from the following April.
The DCLG also highlighted the government’s support of frontline services including the removal of legislation allowing new bin taxes to be levied and revising building regulations to tackle the problem of ‘bin blight’,or binsdominating residential streets
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