DIY fans and gardeners will no longer be able to dump soil, rubble and plasterboard at Kirklees tips.
Kirklees Council has approved cuts to its waste and street cleaning policy and said it will no longer take the above items for free.
The changes to what can be taken to tips are part of an overall cut of £1.2m from the street cleaning and refuse budget.
The move has sparked fears that fly-tipping could increase.
But senior Labour councillors who approved the plan last night defended the change with Clr Cathy Scott saying there was “no other way”.
“We don’t want to do these things,” she said. “We’re being forced into it because we’ve got a budget to cut in that department.”
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Clr Steve Hall said many other local authorities already charged for the disposal of “non statuatory waste”.
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“It’s not our fault,” he claimed. “We don’t want to do it. It’s being forced on us by the government.”
But Mirfield Tory, Clr Martyn Bolt, objected to the move.
“Can you show me where the instruction from the government is that we have to make these changes?” he asked. “It’s up to the council where the changes are.”
Clr Peter McBride, who was deputising as chairman in the absence of leader, Clr David Sheard, hit back.
He said: “When we have cuts of £180m to contend with you don’t have much choice – you have to cut everything!”
Clr Bolt asked for a review of the impact of the change on fly-tipping levels but no promises were made by members on the cabinet.
The cost-cutting plan will also see some area’s weekly road and path sweeping services reduced to every other week.
Not everywhere will be affected.
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Huddersfield, Dewsbury, Holmfirth, Mirfield, Ravensthorpe, Cleckheaton, Heckmondwike, Batley and Birstall will retain their weekly cleaning.
A new system of providing more resources to reports of mess and litter will be introduced to mitigate the reduced planned sweeping.
Four new mobile street vehicle drivers will be brought in to a new “reactive” team.
Another cut will see he 1,900 households that get free bin-sacks due to not being suitable for a wheeled bin, limited to four sacks per collection.
The council has also given the green light to new schemes to generate cash.
They include a chargeable garden waste collection club and an expansion of the bulky item collection service. Items would be collected for £5 each or £20 for electrical goods such as fridges and washing machines.
