Waste Collection Vehicles with CCTV

North Lincolnshire Council to spend £2 million in 13 new waste collection vehicles.

19:36 23 July 2018

North Lincolnshire Council is set to spend almost £2million on 13 new waste collection vehicles as part of its efforts to increase waste and recycling productivity. The vehicles, which will be supplied by Hillend Engineering Ltd, are all Mercedes Econic chassis. They will be fitted with CCTV cameras and Farid compaction body and Terberg bin lifter. They will also be equipped with a new technology designed to record crucial information, such as excess side waste or if the bin is not placed out for collection in time.

 

Councillor Neil Poole, cabinet member for Commercial, commented: “These new vehicles will really help our waste collection teams deliver a first class service. Residents can help us ‘lighten our load’ by not overloading bins, having their lids raised or putting out extra bags of general waste. This can cause the collection trucks to fill up before all of the bins have been collected and costs much more compared to recycling.

 

“Residents may from time to time have extra general waste and this can always be taken to one of our Household Recycling Centres.

 

“Our Waste Collection Operatives do a fantastic job in our communities. Occasionally a bin may be missed due to a number of reasons including vehicle breakdowns and reaching capacity on the amount of waste collected. These new vehicles will reduce breakdowns and increase efficiency.”