Most of the recycling and refuse collections due to be made tomorrow (Wednesday, November 30) are set to be delayed by the national strike action among public sector workers.

It is expected that
• around a third of the blue lidded recycling and grey lidded household rubbish rounds will operating as normal and
• around half of the brown bin (food and garden waste) rounds will operate as normal

“It is unfortunate that such a key service for our residents is going to be affected but I would ask all our residents who are due for a collection on Wednesday to please put your bins out as normal, and to leave them out until they are emptied,” said Cllr Andrew Nunn, Cabinet Member for the Green Environment.

“Your bin might be emptied as normal on Wednesday, or our recycling and refuse teams may visit on Thursday, Friday or Saturday. While we cannot say exactly when Wednesday’s bins will be emptied, we are certain that they should all have been emptied by the end of Saturday.

“I would also reiterate that our recycling and refuse collection service will be operating as normal on Thursday and Friday, so please put your bins out on your scheduled day,” added Cllr Nunn.

The on-foot street sweeping service, and litter and dog bin emptying, are expected to be unaffected on Wednesday. Mechanical street sweeping services will however be at a reduced level.

The Council will try to ensure that any disruption to its other services is kept to an absolute minimum but there may be some impact on some of the services. Residents are reminded that many of the Council’s services are also available online at any time of the day on www.suffolkcoastal.gov.uk