South Ayrshire Council have also said that there will be a £25 charge should they be asked to come and collect a bin that hasn’t been emptied because of ‘contamination,’ such as general waste in a recycling bin.Other UK councils have faced the question of legal issues around such fines, such as formal appeals, given that it is relatively simple for someone to throw the wrong waste into a bin that doesn’t belong to them.South Ayrshire chiefs say they make extra runs to collect an average of 217 non-presented or contaminated bins – an additional 11,217 journeys over the course of the year.A council statement said: “During the 2020 festive period alone there were around 500 cases of non-serviced bins for these reasons.“To help overcome this,.
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