Heather Kidd and Liberal Democrat Councillors have launched a last minute bid to save the Community Skip Scheme which goes to Shropshire Council’s Cabinet tomorrow.
Deputy Leader, Cllr Peter Phillips, said “This mobile skip service is highly valued by residents in rural Shropshire as it provides the only means by which many communities can easily dispose of bulky items. The amount to be saved from this measure would be small and the increase in the carbon footprint massive, as residents have to journey significant distances (to Shrewsbury or Craven Arms) to dispose of bulk items. The Council have also ignored the likelihood of increased flytipping by the less scrupulous. Indeed Powys has recently adopted a similar scheme to the community skips to successfully combat this nuisance.”
Heather Kidd added “The sad thing is that the current council administration are throwing the business case for the new council out of the window. Instead of expanding best practice across the county to areas without community skips they are cutting the service for everyone! All for comparatively small savings.”