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Properties on a Friday week 1 Waste and Recycling collection incorrectly showing a non-recycling collection due today 19th April 2025.

We are aware of an error impacting Friday week 1 waste collections, which meant some properties showed a non-recycling waste collection due today, 19th April, on Where I Live and the Our Street App, ahead of weekly collections starting from 28th April. This collection was showing in error and the issue which caused this has now been resolved. As per the fortnightly week 1 waste collection still active, your next collection was due Saturday 26th April, and weekly thereafter. Please therefore take your black wheelie bin back in and represent this on your next collection date. Please accept our apologies for any inconvenience that this error may have caused.

Taxi Fares and Charges

Hackney Carriage and Private Hire Vehicle Fares and Charges have remained the same since April, 2016.

Private hire vehicles are exempt from statutory charging and do not by law have to carry a fare charging meter.  They are free to charge a similar amount for a journey as would be charged by a Hackney Carriage (Taxi).

However, the majority of Private Hire Vehicles in the Basildon Borough are actually equipped with fare charging meters and their charges are similar to Hackney Carriage charges.

If you drive a hackney carriage Basildon Council regulate the fare you can charge your customers. Please see Basildon Council - Authorised Fares for Hackney Carriage - September 2023 (PDF, 339 KB) for information regarding the current fares.

If you drive a private hire vehicle, we do not regulate the fare you can charge your customers.

The fare should be agreed between the operator and the customer when the customer makes the booking.