Archive for month: March, 2022

Recycling collections to resume from 21 March

Hills Municipal Collections and GMB Union have confirmed they have reached an agreement, which means the waste collection strike has now concluded with immediate effect, and our recycling collections will resume next week.

Our contractor Hills Municipal Collections has confirmed those workers that were on strike will return to work on Friday 18 March. Therefore, our kerbside recycling collections will resume as normal from Monday 21 March.

Please put your blue-lidded bins and black boxes out on your scheduled day from Monday 21 March. Due to the recent disruption there may still be slight delays to the collection due to the higher volumes of materials we expect, so if your recycling containers aren’t emptied on your scheduled day please leave them out, and they will be collected as soon as possible.

You will still be able to leave additional recycling that has mounted up during the disruption; please leave any additional recycling materials in non-black bags or containers (such as plastic crates) next to the recycling bins and the crews will collect them.

Hills Municipal Collections and GMB Union have confirmed they have reached an agreement, which means the waste collection strike has now concluded with immediate effect, and our recycling collections will resume next week.

Our contractor Hills Municipal Collections has confirmed those workers that were on strike will return to work on Friday 18 March. Therefore, our kerbside recycling collections will resume as normal from Monday 21 March.

Please put your blue-lidded bins and black boxes out on your scheduled day from Monday 21 March. Due to the recent disruption there may still be slight delays to the collection due to the higher volumes of materials we expect, so if your recycling containers aren’t emptied on your scheduled day please leave them out, and they will be collected as soon as possible.

You will still be able to leave additional recycling that has mounted up during the disruption; please leave any additional recycling materials in non-black bags or containers (such as plastic crates) next to the recycling bins and the crews will collect them.

The Winterslow Area LINK Scheme, in common with all the Wiltshire LINK schemes, is a locally run good neighbour service.  The actual area covered by our scheme includes the villages of Firsdown, Pitton, Farley, Lopcombe Corner and the Winterslows.

Information from Wiltshire Council

Some Hills Municipal Collection workers are currently taking strike action, and this is due to continue until 18 March.

As a result, we have taken the difficult decision to suspend mixed dry recycling (blue-lidded bin) and glass (black box) collections between 7 and 18 March. If you have already put out your blue-lidded bin and black box for collection, please take them back in until your next scheduled collection date.

We will collect additional recycling on or after 21 March, in your blue-lidded bin and black box. Alternatively, you can take waste that will not fit in your bin to any of our household recycling centres.

Put your household waste and garden waste bins out on your scheduled collection day.

Please note: this change does not affect your general household waste or garden waste collections. During the industrial action period please continue to put your household and garden waste bins out by 7am on your scheduled collection day. If you’re not sure what day your collections are, visit the calendar page on our website and enter your postcode. If a household or garden waste bin is not emptied as scheduled, please leave it out and it will be emptied the following day, where possible.