WARRINGTON Borough Council has confirmed how much money it made from its green bin collection service in the past year.

Residents can take out an annual subscription and, if they do, the council will empty their bin every two weeks.

Residents can sign up for £42 online. But if being done on the phone or in person, the cost is £46.

The service started in 2017 – and the cost then was £30 online and £33 over the phone or face to face.

This year’s collections started on March 5 and will run until December 6.

As recently reported, the council confirmed that 29,709 residents have signed up for this year’s service so far, as of March 19 – and on that date last year 29,918 had signed up.

Furthermore, it has now confirmed that, in the financial year to March 31 2024, it received £1,651,716 via subscriptions to the green waste service.

It says this income is used to offset the operational costs of the service, including staffing costs, vehicle running costs, and the disposal payment for the treatment of the green waste.