Refuse collections suspended for two more days

Date published: 07 January 2010

Bury Council has suspended all refuse collections for tomorrow (Thursday 7 January) and Friday (8 January) due to the adverse weather conditions.

This decision was taken after consulting the latest advice from the Met Office about weather conditions over the next few days. The depth of snow still on the ground, predicted heavy frosts and the very slow thaw of the snow and ice to date means that conditions will remain difficult for crews and vehicles to operate safely.

Local residents are advised not put their wheelie bins out for collection if they are scheduled for Thursday or Friday this week.

A council spokesman said: “We are asking residents to help us during this time by ensuring that bottles, cans and cardboard packaging is compacted as much as possible. We understand any frustration that residents may have, but the weather has left us with no choice. We will resume collections and start to clear the backlog as soon as the conditions allow.

“Please note that when we do resume collections we will collect from households which are due a collection on that day. The situation will be reviewed again at the start of next week.”