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Dec 2022
Harrogate district's garden waste collection to remain county's most expensive
The cost of garden waste collection in the Harrogate district looks set to rise to £43.50 next year.
The service currently costs £41 a year, which is £15 a year more than people in Richmondhsire pay and is also higher than charges in the other five districts. Selby's is free.
Harrogate Borough Council, which is currently responsible for the service, will be abolished on April 1.
North Yorkshire county councillors, who will transfer to the new single unitary authority North Yorkshire Council on the same date, look set to agree a six per cent increase in the cost of the service.
It would mean Harrogate district households that choose to pay for the service will see the charge increase by £2.50. Hambleton households will pay the next highest at £40, followed by Scarborough and Ryedale at £38, Craven at £36 and Richmondshire at £25.
The service is currently free in Selby.
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Garden waste is a discretionary service, which councils are not legally required to provide.
North Yorkshire County Council’s executive member for business and economic development, Cllr Derek Bastiman, whose portfolio includes the management of waste disposal, said the service would be fairer because currently households in some districts that didn't use the service subsidised those who did.
He said:
North Yorkshire County Council’s executive members will be asked to agree the new rate when members meet on January 10.
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