Bin collections suspended in Coventry again...

Bin collection update - Tuesday 9 February

There will be no bin collection today due to the snow and icy conditions. If you were due a collection today please leave your bins out and we will try to get back out as the conditions improve this week.

Garden waste collection has been suspended for this week. Please take your brown-lidded bins back in. This is so, when the conditions allow, our crews can catch up on missed green-lidded and blue-lidded bins.

Thanks for your patience.

I somehow guessed that was the case.

And yet...

Nuneaton and Bedworth waste collections

Waste collections in Nuneaton and Bedworth are going ahead as usual today, despite the adverse weather conditions.

In a post on Twitter Nuneaton and Bedworth Council said: "Today’s refuse and recycling collections are going ahead as planned despite the snowy conditions.

"We will get as much done as we can, please be patient and present your bins.

"We will provide updates if the bad weather continues."

Don't CCC handle Nuneaton and Bedworth collections? Why the disparity?

It strikes me as a case of any excuse to call a halt to proceedings. It's not good enough that a few millimetres of snow brings the city to a grinding halt.

It was icy under foot when I put my bin out first thing this morning although it had all cleared later.

Bin collections back on in Coventry after Storm Darcy delays



Bin collections are back on in Coventry today after being suspended yesterday due to snow and ice.

It came as temperatures plunged and snow fell yesterday, Tuesday, February 9, after Storm Darcy brought Arctic conditions.

People who were affected by the bin collections being suspended yesterday are being asked to leave their bins out so they can be collected later this week.

A Coventry City Council spokesman said this morning, Wednesday, February 10: “All crews are out after the weather conditions improved. Residents are being asked to leave bins from yesterday out – they will be collected this week.

“There will be no brown lidded bin collection this week. Garden waste will be collected on the next scheduled collection date.

“Messages have been posted on social media.”

Bin collections are back on in Coventry today

Not around here they're not! There was an extended period yesterday when they could easily have been collected but weren't. There's been no sign of the binmen so far today.

Bin collection catch-up in Nuneaton and Bedworth after snow delays



Bin crews are set to play catch-up after some were not emptied due to the snow.

Parts of the Raywoods and Bermuda in Nuneaton were missed out on the recycling collections yesterday (February 9).

Nuneaton and Bedworth Borough Council had asked householders to be patient as crews attempted to tackle the icy roads.

But, a post on the Town Hall's page on Facebook, yesterday afternoon said not all recycling collections were made.

It said those who had been missed should leave their bins out so they can be emptied today.

"Due to snowy conditions this morning where our recycling crews are based, recycling collections started later than usual and could not be completed today," the post read.

"Please leave your bin presented if you have been affected. Black and green bin collections have completed as normal."

https://www.coventry.gov.uk/recycling

Bin collection update - Thursday 11 February

All crews are out after the weather conditions improved. Residents are being asked to leave bins from Tuesday 9 February out – they will be collected this week.

There will be no brown lidded bin collection this week.

Next week, we are putting on extra crews so we can collect all missed garden waste next week. Please put your brown lidded bin out with your green lidded bin on your scheduled collection day. Scheduled garden waste collections will also go ahead as usual.

Thanks for your patience.

Bins uncollected since Christmas



People in Coventry who have been waiting since Christmas to have their recycling bins emptied have been told the council will "throw everything" at the problem.

The head of waste at Coventry City Council, Sarah Elliott said snow and ice had caused bin collectors to miss a whole day's work.

And with 30 rounds every day, it had taken a big effort to catch up.

People waiting to have their brown bins emptied have been asked to put them out with their green bins (general waste) next week.

And Ms Elliott said she accepted "it's absolutely not ideal and absolutely not something we'd want to be carrying on any further."

There are no collections of any kind around here including communal waste bins despite the false assurances from the council!