A cabinet meeting, external on Wednesday heard that 74 blocks of flats in Stevenage – 59 of them owned by the council – did not have any recycling provision, said the Local Democracy Reporting Service.
Officers said people living there had “limited general waste provision”, with purple bags instead of wheelie bins. They said the main issue was access, and it posed a challenge for council staff to safely move bins.
Of the money being spent, about £720,000 has been allocated to 41 blocks of flats, including the replacing of steps with ramps as well as improving existing bin stores and building new ones.
Most of the rest of the money will be spent on food waste collections.