10,000 bin collections missed in two days as refuse workers call in sick

Thats good to know Dutchman my household one has been emptied as well awaiting for the garden bin now to be emptied as the blue top bin was emptied last week along with the household bin .

It seems we were lucky?

Bin collections missed because of staff shortages

Bin collections were missed in parts of Coventry this week because of staff shortages at Coventry City Council.

People in parts of west Coventry including some roads in Whoberley and Tile Hill are waiting for their blue lidded bins, containing recycling, to be emptied several days after the usual collection day.

Green lidded bin collections of general household waste are faring better with most collected on time,

Glen Jones, 68, a retired council worker of Hendre Close, Tile Hill, Coventry said: “It’s four weeks since my blue bin has been emptied.

“I rang up the council and they said it was staff shortages but I don’t believe them because they are making all these redundancies.

“I pay my council tax and I should get my bin emptied.

“I walked through the alley to Tile Hill Lane and their bins had been collected so why hasn’t the council collected mine and what is going on?”

A spokesperson for Coventry City Council said: “There have been staff shortages.”

Until CCC are held properly accountable we are going to see this slip-shod attitude and p*ss poor management.

If CCC were hit with financial penalties that had to come from the managerial remuneration budget, things would improve pretty rapidly.