Disruption to waste collections

07 January 2010

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Due to the heavy snowfall, Woking Borough Council has had to make alterations to its waste and recycling collection services.

Recycling

Residents' blue-lidded wheeled bin collections are cancelled for week commencing Monday 11 January. During this week, residents are asked to put their black-lidded wheeled bin out on their normal collection day. Please do not place your recycling bin out for collection during this week. Blue-lidded wheeled bin collections are scheduled to return to normal week commencing Monday 25 January. Surplus recycling materials will be collected if placed next to the bin.

Residual waste

All black bin collections have been cancelled on Thursday 7, Friday 8 and Saturday 9 January. Residual waste collections are scheduled to recommence on Monday 11 January in line with residents' usual collection day. Residual waste collections will also take place week commencing Monday 18 January. Extra residual waste will be collected if placed next to the bin during these two weeks. Please remember, for week commencing Monday 11 January, place your black-lidded wheeled bin out for collection instead of your blue-lidded wheeled bin.

Communal properties

Collections from sites with shared facilities, some chute-fed, are suspended. Households are asked to minimise their waste production and store their recycling and non-odorous residual waste within their property if possible. Collections will resume on Monday 11 January.

Garden waste

Collections have been suspended until the temperatures increase well above freezing. This is because wet garden waste has frozen within the bins and will not empty. It is currently planned that collections will resume week commencing Monday 18 January. Surplus garden waste will be collected during weeks commencing 18 and 25 January. It should be placed in an open plastic sack next to your green bin. Please note, this only relates to subscribers of the garden waste collection service.

Christmas tree recycling

The service taking place at the rear of Woking Leisure Centre is cancelled on Sunday 10 January. The service will take place as scheduled on Sunday 17 January and an additional date of Sunday 24 January has now been added.

Clinical waste

Collections are taking place where access can be safely achieved.

Special collections of bulky waste

Collections are postponed until normal refuse collection services have resumed.

Wheeled bin deliveries

Deliveries of wheeled bins (black-lidded, blue-lidded and green garden waste) are postposed until normal refuse collection services have resumed.

We would like to apologise for an inconvenience this may cause and would like to thank you for your patience.