Bin collection....or not

[4eyes]

Last week, no collection of the recycling bin.

This week, no general waste collection.

This is in Hansler Rd, just off the Lane. Any other roads affected? Anyone know what's (not) going on?

[heux]

We?re affected on Shawbury Road too. No collection for a couple of weeks now.

[northernmonkey]

We are still getting our bins collected in SE22 but later than normal - makes me think that they're short of crews and so having to do longer routes. There was something about how collections wouldn't always be on the same days but would be made up so worth reporting as a missed collection if this hasn't happened.

[4eyes]

phoned the council up and they told me that it was covid - crews off, agency crew also off, less people per truck etc.

[mrwb]

A lot of businesses struggling with staff isolating from Covid or worse, so reduced service, bins, post and more.

[James Barber]

Collections are always impacted by any changes to teams - when teams are moved between routes it usually takes a number of weeks ot settle down again.

With COVID lots of staff changes.

IF a collection is missed then report it AFTER 6pm online via this URL - https://www.southwark.gov.uk/wasteservices/missedcollection/

Everyone is working hard to keep things as normal as possible in this difficult times.

[4eyes]

Thanks James - appreciate that.

[Nigello]

What is the reason that crews are changed and how often does that happen?

[colb2015]

I'm in SE22 and I just had a look at Southwark website to check if the days had changed, for Refuse collection it states every 13th Monday, with last collection in November and next Monday 1st March! But it's always been collected on a Thursday along with recycling waste. Assuming that's some error.

[Alpal]

Thanks James for this link. I had thought recycling collection was weekly but per the Southwark link it is fortnightly. I wonder if this has changed.

[Siduhe]

Food Waste and Garden Waste collection (brown bin) is weekly but General Waste and Recycling (green bin and blue bin) have been fortnightly collections on alternate weeks in Southwark since 2011 - may be different for blocks of flats.