OVER 2,000 people in Pendle have taken part in a big refuse and recycling consultation which ends on Sunday.

The Pendle Council consultation and survey is designed to get local people’s views on a range of proposals in a bid to save £400,000 on refuse and recycling collections and street cleaning next year.

“We need to know which of the proposals local residents would find the most acceptable," said Councillor Mohammed Iqbal, leader of Pendle Council.

“We have to save money on services due to ongoing reductions in our funding from the government which has totalled £7 million since 2010,” he said. “Coupled with the loss of Lancashire County Council’s annual subsidy of £760,000 towards our waste and recycling service from April 1, we don’t have the option to do nothing.”

The proposals Pendle Council is consulting on include changing the current fortnightly collections for refuse and for recycling to every three weeks, or keeping grey bin refuse collections fortnightly but changing brown bin and paper and card recycling collections to every four weeks instead of the current two weeks.

The survey can be found at pendle.gov.uk or snapsurveys.com/wh/s.asp?k=150730344205

Copies are also available in local libraries, Nelson Town Hall and at the Contact Pendle centre in Nelson.