By Green waste collection cancelled due to Covid
North East Lincolnshire Council has cancelled one of its final green waste collections before winter due to coronavirus.
A refund to subscribers will not be available.
“Garden waste subscribers will have one collection instead of two before the winter break,” said a spokesperson for the authority.
“The service breaks for the winter in December and January. At this time of year, half of our customers on average have stopped using the service for the season and do not put out their bins, so we are expecting impact to be limited.”
Waste crews collected 3,000 more tonnes of household waste, recycling and garden waste between March and September this year, than they did last year.
“With more people staying at home for the second national lockdown, the crews are again expecting to see significant increases in the amount of waste and recycling.
“Reducing garden waste collections means more staff are available for household waste and recycling rounds and to keep the tips open,” said the spokesperson.
Both tips are open seven days a week from 8am to 6pm but have some restrictions in place.
Cllr Stewart Swinburn, portfolio holder for transport and environment at the Council, said: “With rapid increases in local cases, we need to prioritise the areas under most pressure, which at this time is domestic waste and recycling collections.
“Garden waste is a paid for service and I’m sorry to customers who are affected by the change.
“We can’t offer a refund, but subscribers may leave an extra bin bag of garden waste with their brown bin on their next collection.
“Like most organisations, we must adapt at short notice to keep services running during this uncertain time.
“We will post information about disruption to our services on the Council website, at www.nelincs.gov.uk/coronavirus.
“There was little disruption to waste and recycling collections during the first national lockdown but because of the rise in local cases this time we need to take action.”
Check your collection date at www.nelincs.gov.uk/refuse-collection-schedule/
