South Holland District Council urges people to take part in wheelie bin consultation before it closes

A waste chief is making a final plea to encourage people to take part in the wheelie bin consultation before it closes at the weekend.

Coun Jack Tyrrell, South Holland District Council’s environmental services portfolio holder, is urging people to complete the survey on whether to keep bags or bring in wheelie bins before the 11.59pm deadline on Sunday.

With a mandatory weekly food waste collection set to be imposed from central Government in 2026, the council is looking into whether it’s time to make the change and end a situation where South Holland is the only authority in Lincolnshire not to have wheelie bins.

So far more than 7,200 residents have taken part in the consultation and a final event will be held on Friday, August 23, at Long Sutton Market.

But there have been concerns from some residents who said that they had no idea about the consultation after Coun Tyrrell had warned people to take part or ‘don’t complain’ afterwards.

Coun Tyrrell said: "It’s been a busy few weeks for both myself and officers from across the council as we’ve been hard at work trying to get the message out to as many residents as we can.

“If you’ve been putting off filling it in, make sure you do it before this Sunday otherwise your response won’t be included in the results, and you’ll miss out on your chance to have your say.

“Finally, I’d like to thank everyone who has taken the time to engage with us whether at our in-person events, sharing it with their friends and family on social media or filling in the survey itself – we’ve had some very helpful discussions and I’m pleased so many people want to give us their views on this.”

The communities team will be running a consultation event on Long Sutton Market from 9am to 2pm on Friday.

The council also says it has distributed flyers to households ‘around the district’, posters to parish council along with making printed copies of the survey available at the Priory Road offices, Ayscoughfee Hall and in the South Holland Centre.

With the survey set to close at 11:59pm on Sunday 25 August, residents are now being encouraged to not delay getting their responses back, as any submitted after this deadline will not be included.

To complete online please visit www.sholland.gov.uk/wasteconsultation

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