PEOPLE needing replacement recycling boxes or lids because bin crews have damaged them will not have to pay.
If a recycling collection worker damages a box they will report it and a new box will be provided.
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And residents claiming 80 per cent or more council tax reduction can ask for extra boxes at a concessionary rate, and get a cheap rate on collection of bulky items.
Any other replacement boxes, or additional ones to the two free issued will cost £7 each.
Answers were supplied by officers to Labour councillor Bob Wright who asked about the charges, which have now been brought in.
The council says the £7 charge covers the cost of replacing the boxes and does not make it any additional revenue.
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