Renewed hopes recycling bin collections will resume in NE Lincolnshire

It's hoped recycling bin collections will resume soon in North East Lincolnshire following conversations between trade unions and the Council.

Although no formal industrial action is underway - there are staffing issues that have led to delays in recent weeks where certain collections were suspended.

The Council says it hopes a long term resolution will soon be found:

'Further discussions are scheduled to take place with union colleagues imminently, and it is hoped that a long-term resolution can be found to the current issues. Until that time, the Council is looking at ways in which it can make sure that dry recycling collections can resume alongside household and garden waste collections, and will update as soon as plans are confirmed.

Following the meeting it has also been confirmed that internal processes to address performance issues involving some staff are being followed, and no further statement will be made on this.

As reported, the dry recycling collections were suspended on 31 July due to various staffing issues, which led to this week’s discussions between the Council and the trade unions.

Since then, domestic and garden waste collections have been taking place as normal and are up to date after crews were redeployed across the service.

Additionally, dry recycling from streets that were missed before the recycling rounds were suspended has now been collected, and deliveries of waste bins have been restarted.'

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