Household waste and recycling

The Council will collect extra household waste and recycling over the Christmas and New Year period, between the 27 December 2013 and 11 January 2014. Tie up your extra refuse in black bin bags and put the bags next to your green/grey bin on your scheduled collection day.

And on 7 January the Council will collect any unwanted electrical goods from Sainsburys Supermarket.

All side waste in black bin bags will be treated as non-recyclable. You can collect free blue plastic recycling bags at local libraries and area offices. We will also be visiting supermarkets on days before Christmas to give away recycling bags.

Don't forget you can put your real Christmas tree in your brown bin, you just need to make sure they are in pieces and the lid is shut down.

Changes to Christmas and new year collection days
Usual day Collection changes
Monday •Monday 23 December will be a normal collection day
•Monday 30 December moves to Tuesday 31 December
•Monday 6 January moves to Tuesday 7 January
•Monday 13 January will be a normal collection day

Tuesday •Tuesday 24 December will be a normal collection day
•Tuesday 31 December moves to Thursday 2 January
•Tuesday 7 January moves to Wednesday 8 January
•Tuesday 14 January will be a normal collection day

Wednesday •Wednesday 25 December moves to Friday 27 December
•Wednesday 1 January moves to Friday 3 January
•Wednesday 8 January moves to Thursday 9 January
•Wednesday 15 will be a normal collection day

Thursday •Thursday 26 December moves to Saturday 28 December
•Thursday 2 January moves to Saturday 4 January
•Thursday 9 January moves to Friday 10 January
•Thursday 16 will be a normal collection day

Friday •Friday 27 December moves to Monday 30 December
•Friday 3 January moves to Monday 6 January
•Friday 10 January moves to Saturday 11 January
•Friday 17 January will be a normal collection day

Merry Christmas

Cllr Tunde Ojetola

Waste and Recycling Collections Changed

Dear Residents,
A notice has been published on the council's waste & recycling pages:

"Waste & recycling collections suspended - Monday 6 February 2012, 11:20am

Due to dangerous conditions on smaller roads/pavements, waste and recycling collections were suspended on Monday 6 February.

With conditions now improving, all collections this week will be put back one day.

Streets due for collections on Monday have been rescheduled for Tuesday 7 February, and so on, with Friday's collections being picked up on Saturday 11 February. A full collection - grey/green, blue and brown bins - is expected.

The Civic Amenity site at Linford is open as normal."

On the street-by-street schedule pages, the next scheduled collection date for every street in Thurrock has been updated.

The following two tweets have been put out:

"#Thurrock waste collections will resume tomorrow with Monday's rounds. All collections put back one day with Friday's round now on Saturday."

"All #Thurrock waste collections to be put back one day. Please see notice and revised schedule for your street: http://bit.ly/bm9UA3"

Regards
Cllr Tunde Ojetola
South Chafford Ward
Thurrock Council

REFUSE COLLECTIONS

Dear Residents

Please see below the notification I received today with regard to refuse collections.

Adverse weather update - 8:30pm, Thursday 7 January 2010 Thurrock Council staff and Veolia carried out an inspection of roadways and footways at 6am and 7am today (Thursday). Following the inspection it was decided that the danger to employees, other road users and third-party property, is too great for scheduled waste and recycling collections to be carried out.

Due to sub-zero temperatures it is possible that some roadways and footways may be inaccessible. We have received assurances from Veolia that they will endeavour to provide as full a service as possible.

(See this link for further information: http://www.thurrock.gov.uk/news/content.php?page=story&ID=3523)

Please contact me if you have any queries.

Cllr Tunde Ojetola

(tojetola@thurrock.gov.uk)

07971215640 (evenings)

Waste Collection and Snow

Many residents have contacted me to ask about the undue delay in the waste collection this week.

I am advised that due to the adverse weather last Friday (18th December) the waste and recycling contractor, Veolia, made the decision not to send crews and vehicles out to collect waste and recycling based on safety of the crews and the public. This was reviewed on a daily basis and collection has restarted again this Thursday (24th Dec 09). However we are all aware of the 2 bank holidays for Christmas and the revised schedule which will mean that bins won't be collected until about Tuesday next week in the earliest.

In asking about salting the street, I am advised that the Council has sufficient salt and has not cut any routes nor had any problems with the gritting routes. The Council had done 17 gritting runs since the snow was forecast and I am advised that there were no problems with the roads (unlike some other authorities).

If your road was not gritted please let me know, as it is obvious that the plans need to be reviewed, because many residents - like me - had to walk on the road as the pavements were obviously not gritted and were quite slippery. At the moment gritting priorities are the roads that are major routes (bus routes etc) and the pavements selected are for a specific reason (around health centres, schools, shopping areas etc), but I will be requesting this to be reviewed asap.

In asking about a refund for lack of service, I'm advised that Veolia are not liable to refund any part of the contract payment when weather conditions, out of their control, prevent them from collecting. They will however work with us to catch up on the lost days.

Please contact me with your views via this blog or via my email (Cllr Tunde)

Harper Close Waste Collection Issues

Residents of Harper Close have contacted me and the Council in respect of the issues they have with Waste Collection. On Saturday I wrote the letter below to all residents of Harper Close. Please come back to me with any comments.

If you are not leaving on Harper Close, but have issues with Waste Collection please also bring it to my attention.
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Lack of Waste Collection in Harper Close

I have been made aware of the problems with waste collections in this road.

I have discussed the situation with the Senior Manager from Thurrock Council responsible for waste collections and have advised him that I will be knocking on your door(s) to obtain further information about the missed collections.

Although it has yet to be confirmed, many times, lack of access due to parking on both sides of the road deters the collection vehicle from access. The Council’s Waste Department and Highways Department will investigate this further and consult your views on the best solution. I will keep you updated on it.

However, I can verify that the day for collection of garden waste, general waste, and recycling waste remains as Tuesday. On the occasions when for reasons yet unknown the waste cannot be collected on the specified day, it is likely that a further attempt to collect the waste will be made either later on Tuesday or Wednesday.

It is important to get it right because from September 2009 the Council will be rolling out the new 3-bin collection scheme.

If you have any comments can you please let me have your views. You can contact me by email: Cllr Tunde or phone 07971 215640; otherwise you can write directly to me at the above (Council) address.

Yours sincerely