A New Forest councillor has revealed the council has missed 2,000 collections after rolling out its new bin service.

In August and September 2024, the council carried out a survey involving 6,195 bins. More than 500 bins - 9.5% of those surveyed - had a raised lid on collection day.

The council was also found at fault for repeatedly failing to collect the bins of a woman who needed and assisted collection, and for missing another man’s collections several times with no ...

BCP Council is set to approve plans to spend £380,000 on the bigger bins as part of a host of changes planned to its rubbish and recycling services.

A council has introduced vape recycling bins at all of its rubbish tips. North Yorkshire Council said the bins would be available at 20 recycling centres across the county.