MORE than 1,000 garden waste collection stickers have had to be re-issued by Wiltshire Council just weeks after introducing a paid-for collection.

The stickers were re-issued as some would not peel off from the letter they were sent in cleanly, because the sticker became de-laminated or was water damaged, and some stickers were reportedly coming off bins.

In total, 1,390 of the 48,000 stickers, around 2.9 per cent of those sent out by Wiltshire Council during phase one of the implementation of a paid-for garden waste collection service which started on June 15, have been re-issued.

A Wiltshire Council spokesperson said: “Around 67,000 households have currently signed up and all those who signed up before the initial deadline to avoid a break in service should now have received bin stickers that will identify which households have paid for the service.

“We are aware that a small number of customers have had a problem with the adhesiveness of stickers as a result of a small batch of the stickers being potentially faulty.

“We apologise for any inconvenience caused.”