Household Waste Collection Policy for Southern Buckinghamshire

The containers set out in policy 1 and 2 are available as standard, however, residents can request additional capacity if they meet one or more of the following criteria:

• there are 5 or more permanent residents in the household and excessive domestic recyclable waste or general waste is produced (exchange to a 360L capacity bin)
• any household with 2 or more children in nappies (temporary)
• a resident in the household has special circumstances creating an unusual amount of waste, produced on a regular basis i.e. someone with specialist dietary requirements (temporary or permanent)
• a household where a large quantity of hygiene waste (e.g. incontinence pads) is being produced (temporary or permanent)

All households that request additional capacity will have to complete an online application with supporting evidence as follows:

• for households of 5 or more permanent residents: ID for each permanent family member (e.g. driver's licence, passport, birth certificate) 
• for two or more children in nappies: ID for each child (e.g. passport, birth certificate)
• for healthcare waste: Proof of medical condition (e.g. a doctors note)

Checks may be made on any application and may include:

• a waste audit to ensure the household is utilising the recycling bins as much as possible, when only additional general waste capacity has been requested
• a check on the names listed permanently residing at the property
• site visits to ensure the information is still relevant

Wherever possible, additional recycling and food waste capacity will be provided in preference to general waste. Additional general waste capacity is only approved on the agreement that the household is making full use of the recycling service.

All requests to exchange the existing bin at the property to a larger bin is chargeable at the full cost of the bin, except for healthcare reasons.

For households with the Narrow Access solution, the provision of additional capacity will be subject to the same qualifying criteria. Additional capacity provided may be:

• food waste - up to 2 extra brown bins
• paper recycling – up to 1 extra paper box
• mixed recycling – up to 4 extra reusable bags
• general waste– if necessary, up to 104 extra purple sacks per year

The council reserve the right to request householders to re-apply for additional capacity every two years. Following this request, if householders either do not submit or do not submit sufficient evidence to qualify for additional capacity, then waste capacity will revert back to the containers set out in policies 1 to 3.