brown bin uplift will take place throughout this month.The highly controversial new garden waste tax means that locals have to fork out £30 for their brown bins to be emptied.Despite almost 6,000 residents signing a petition to scrap the fee, the local authority has forged ahead with plans.East Ayrshire Council did climb down on a few of the finer details of the tax but confirmed that it would still go ahead.East Ayrshire Council's Labour's group leader called the scheme "unwanted, unjustified and ill thought out.”Waste chiefs have tried to sweeten the blow to dedicated gardeners by offering them the chance to apply for a free composter instead of splurging on the permit.Those that pay for a permit will get four-weekly collections between.
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