Garden waste bins will not be collected anywhere in Cheshire East until next Monday at the earliest because of staff shortages.
And black and grey bin collections which were missed in some areas last week should be collected by the end of Wednesday January 5, staffing levels permitting.
Ansa, the council’s wholly-owned company responsible for waste collection, used social media to apologise for missed collections in the week between Christmas and the New Year.
It notified residents of the further postponement of garden waste collections, which includes leftover food, until January 10.
The company tweeted: “Our teams are working extremely hard to maintain our waste collection services.
“We have increasing pressure on our ability to complete some collection rounds and to return to collect bins that have been missed or that have not been collected as scheduled due to access issues.
“Recent increases in Covid-related staff sickness and self-isolation, in addition to the ongoing impact of the national shortage of HGV drivers and an increase in the amount of waste produced by households, has heavily affected our teams following the Christmas period.
“Until the situation eases, disruption may continue and we apologise for any inconvenience caused to residents.”
You can follow Ansa on Twitter to keep up to date with announcements on household bin collections, at https://twitter.com/AnsaServices
Ours in Rope have just been collected as Ansa said it would. It was done about 1 hour behind the usual normal time. Thanks.