Waste update for residents
Date Published : 22 July 2008
Families whose bins were uncollected during strike action have been urged to check their next collection dates.
Waste was uncollected from many households in Walsall on July 16 and 17 because of the national dispute.
Green household waste bins at the affected properties will be collected on Wednesday July 23 and 24.
Recycling boxes and Brown Garden Waste bins will be collected on July 30 and 31.
Mark Holden, Walsall Council Head of Street Pride, said “Normal collection arrangements will apply. No domestic side waste will be collected and for safety reasons lids must be closed. This is necessary to ensure bags of waste do not topple out when they are being emptied into collection trucks.”
He added: “We have been publicising which services are affected in as far as we possibly can and people who do not want to wait until their next collection can use Walsall Council’s Household Waste Recycling Centres in Fryers Road, Leamore, and Merchants Way, Aldridge.”
Information on recycling centres across Walsall can be found at www.walsall.gov.uk/recycling_facilities.