The council’s waste collection partner, Biffa, have use of the electric vehicle until 26th November and will be testing it in a range of environments across the borough.
Wirral was one of 52 councils that successfully applied to the Chewing Gum Task Force and received £27,500 in funding for use solely to clean gum off pavements and prevent further gum littering.
Wirral Council is working closely in partnership with other councils across the Liverpool City Region (LCR), as well as Merseyside Recycling & Waste Authority (MRWA), to introduce new weekly food waste collections to much of the region.
In the first two weeks of the films and flexible plastics trial, 4,200 blue bags have been received and have gone through the process of being turned into reusable materials.
The next step for Wirral Council appointing a contractor to operate its Recycling, Waste and Street Cleansing service from August 2027 has been reached today with the publishing of ‘Invitation to Tender’ documents.
At the next meeting of the Environment, Climate Emergency and Transport Committee, members will consider an update on the council’s new five-year Waste and Street Cleansing Strategy – entitled ‘Rethinking Waste: Reduce, Reuse, Recycle, Recover 2025-2030’.
Residents who want to sign up to the garden waste collection service in Wirral have until May 20th to subscribe in order to ensure they receive the first collection of the new ‘season’ in June.
Households that are being asked to take part in this 10-week trial will receive information telling them they have been selected and what will be expected of them. The trial itself will run from June to August 2025.
Across six events, there was incredible community spirit and partnership working - people of all ages pulling together in an effort to make their neighbourhoods cleaner and greener.
