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Angry residents are planning to boycott a garden waste collection service after councillors increased fees by an “extortionate” 33%. Ashford Borough Council (ABC) has hiked the cost of its annual brown bin service from £45 to £60 – frustrating residents who say their waste is no longer being collected on time. It comes as Suez Recycling and Recovery UK took over the £152 million refuse contract from Biffa in Ashford, Swale, and Maidstone in March. But the service has been dogged by problems ever since \- and many brown bin collections have been delayed in recent weeks. Fees for the fortnightly…

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