Recycling to be collected at weekend

Crawley Council hopes to collect recycling from those worst affected by the severe weather and Christmas and New Year break tomorrow and Sunday (January 16th and 17th).

The affected areas – Southgate, Furnace Green, Tilgate, Broadfield and part of Bewbush – usually have their recycling collected in week one on a Wednesday or a Thursday.

If weather conditions improve and the roads and paths are not hazardous, these areas will have their recycling collected this weekend.

To find out if you are a week one recycling collection for Wednesday or Thursday, check your individual collection calendar which was sent out in December or visit www.crawley.gov.uk/recycling

There may still be roads that the council’s contractor, Veolia, is unable to access either because of ice and snow on the road preventing the truck from driving safely, or because pavements are too slippery to walk on and wheel bins across.

The council also hopes to resume normal collections on Monday (January 18th). This will be for usual Monday refuse collections and week two Monday recycling. The council has arranged additional trucks and staff to clear the backlog of waste.

It is also hoped that today (Friday January 15th) Veolia staff can collect from communal waste and recycling bins from large blocks of flats.

Councillor Keith Blake, Cabinet member for Environment, said: “I sincerely apologise to residents who have been unable to dispose of their waste and recycling over the past few weeks, particularly those in areas that have gone many weeks without recycling.

“The combination of snow before Christmas, a prolonged cold spell since January 5th and the Christmas holiday period has meant all of our plans to catch up with refuse and recycling had to be torn up.

“However, we put on 12 temporary collection sites for rubbish and recycling which were popular. It was pleasing to see so many people use these sites, particularly those who helped family, friends and neighbours by collecting their bags too.

“Thank you for your patience and co-operation during this time. I sincerely hope that no further delays occur and that on Monday we can resume normal collections.”

For more service updates visit www.crawley.gov.uk/weather and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/crawleybc. To find out when your regular collection is visit www.crawley.gov.uk/recycling or call 0800 5875888

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