WEST Craven gardeners are being urged to renew or sign up to the green bin garden waste scheme in a bid to recycle more for Pendle over the coming year.

Carole Taylor, the council’s waste and recycling co-ordinator said: “Summer’s here so we’re contacting everyone on our green bin garden waste scheme asking them to renew.

Pendle gardeners who are on the green bin collection scheme should have received their renewal letters in May.

Gardeners have until Friday, June 16, to pay and get the full 12 months of the garden waste fortnightly collection.

The annual subscription to the scheme, which starts from July 1, is £30 per green bin.

“From 8,000 subscribers last year we collected almost 3,000 tonnes of garden waste which was recycled into compost,” said Carole. “The scheme is environmentally friendly as well as convenient.

“People often forget about the seasonal work gardeners do and the scheme is great for those who are preparing the ground for new plants, cutting back hedges or gathering fallen leaves.”

People can renew online on Pendle Council’s website pendle.gov.uk/gardenwaste by quoting the garden waste reference number which appears in their letter.

Subscribers can also pay using Pendle Council’s automated telephone payment system by calling 01282 661743.

New subscribers can email waste.services@pendle.gov.uk or call 01282 661743 with their address or postcode to see if their neighbourhood is covered by the scheme.