11 June 2011 Coalition abandons plans for weekly bin rounds Tens of millions of households will be stuck with unpopular "alternate weekly" bin rounds and compulsory recycling schemes after Eric Pickles, the Communities Secretary, and Caroline Spelman, the Environment Secretary, gave up the fight to force councils to change.
Mr Pickles has repeatedly called on councils many of them controlled by the Conservatives to reinstatement weekly collections of all rubbish which he said were "a basic right for every Englishman and woman".
Instead, the Coalition is poised to allow councils to offer alternate weekly collections of residual rubbish and recyclable food waste instead.
The move is expected to be announced as part of a review of waste policy by the Department for the Environment (Defra) key details of which are expected to be unveiled on Tuesday.
While Mr Pickles' department has sought to pressurise councils to return to weekly collections, Defra must ensure that Britain hits tough European Union recycling targets.
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