Westmorland and Furness Council approves the changes to "harmonise" bin collections.
A council says recovering asbestos and 28 animal carcasses were among the cases in Barrow.
Proposals for Kendal Town Hall, which included installing plastic meeting pods, are deferred.
Residents to have their say on plans to lower the speed limit across parts of the county.
Councillors said people staying in the proposed holiday let would be disturbed by church noise.
Grange lido is to be opened to the public once work is completed, although not for swimming.
A planning officer recommended the plan be rejected but councillors approved it for a trial year.
More than 700 objections were made against building a shop on part of a pub car park in Kendal.
The homes would be of low quality and would encroach on countryside, South Lakeland Council says.
