Waste collection changes delayed by depot issue

Changes to bin collections in an area of Warwickshire have been postponed due to an issue at a waste collection depot.

Rugby Borough Council has informed residents a planned revision of collection days for blue, black and garden bins would "not go ahead at this time".

A new food waste collection will still be introduced on 6 July, it said, with other refuse continuing for now to be collected on their current days.

Councillor Sam Edwards, portfolio holder for environment and climate, said: "We would rather be straight with residents: the work we needed to complete at the depot in order to reorganise the borough's waste collections is not finished."

"As a result, we will not be changing anyone's collections at this time," he added.

The site in question is the Hunters Lane waste collection depot, which also operates as a recycling centre.

The changes were all supposed to come into effect from next Monday, with a revised timetable to collect every resident's bins on the same day each week.

The council said it would write to residents again before any future changes to collection days were introduced.

Under the government's new Simpler Recycling scheme all councils in England must now provide a separate weekly food waste service.

Rugby is among one in four councils that missed a government deadline of 31 March.

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