The Liberal Democrat group on St Albans District Council have welcomed news that the cardboard collection service is to be improved.

Cllr Chris White said: ‘We have long criticised the entirely avoidable near collapse of the cardboard collection regime that we brought in when we were running the District Council. Far too many people have been left with huge piles of cardboard in their garages or been forced to ship materials to the household waste recycling centre, when previously they were able to rely on the District Council to collect.

‘It does seem that the Conservatives have now bowed to public pressure and listened to our criticisms. It is especially welcome that cardboard collections are now to be made available to flat dwellers.’