Questions raised over how often Glasgow bin hubs are cleaned

During Wednesday’s finance and audit scrutiny committee meeting Bailie Jim Kavanagh asked council officers if a schedule could be circulated in every ward and kept up to date. 

It comes following his questions from a previous meeting which asked where the money was being set aside for the cleaning of the bin hubs. 

Councillor Kavanagh was advised that  costs associated with cleaning the bin hubs were included in the overall business case for the project, and an approved budget saving. 

Baillie Kavanagh said: “There’s no detail, is it four weeks, six weeks, eight weeks? When is it? What is the criteria and what is the calendar for getting them cleaned?

“We’ve got them in my wards, I ask the relevant departments when are these bin hubs getting cleaned?

“What I am asking for is a calendar for every ward.”

The city council is currently enhancing recycling services across Glasgow with new bin hubs, making waste management easier for everyone.

A council officer said: “What the response is saying is that the investment in bin hubs is from capital investment but it was also part of the savings for NRS. 

“So when that saving for NRS was identified the cleaning of the bin hubs has been top sliced off that saving so in effect the cost of cleaning the bin hubs is inherent in the NRS within the budget.

“We can take that away as a follow up question.”