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Weekly bin collections will disappear by 2013 under Labour, Eric Pickles has told the Conservative conference.
The shadow communities and local government secretary said that under a Tory government "the weekly bin collection will be back and recycling will go up".
Speaking at the party's conference in Birmingham on Wednesday, Pickles attacked the government's policies of "bin cuts, bin fines and bin taxes" being imposed by Whitehall "leaving councils to take the blame".
"At the current rate, weekly collections will disappear from Britain by 2013," he said.
"The lesser-spotted wheelie bin now faces extinction.
"But there is another way of increasing recycling, the progressive way, the Conservative way.
"We want to make it easier for families to go green. Conservatives believe that decent rubbish collections are a vital frontline council service to help protect the local environment and public health.
"We reject Labour's army of bin bullies and bin taxes. That is why David Cameron has pledged that we will provide funding to allow all councils to introduce proper weekly rubbish collections, on top of recycling.".
Click here for more details of a Westminster Briefing event on recycling on November 11.
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