Allerdale Borough Council Executive has today agreed an interim agreement with FCC Environment to ensure there is sufficient resources available to collect residents garden waste and recycling.
The council introduced a new waste collection service on 1 April 2019 with services provided by FCC Environment.
The council announced that from Monday 8 July 2019 all garden waste collections were suspended for up to two months, all glass, cans and plastic recycling collections were also suspended for up to two months
Domestic waste and paper and card and trade waste collections were unaffected by the changes.
An Allerdale Borough Council spokesman said: “The Executive have today (6 August 2019) taken positive steps to address the issues which have affected bin collections in Allerdale since 1 April 2019.
“Councillors decided to agree to an interim agreement with FCC Environment, who collect the waste on behalf of the council.
“This interim agreement will ensure there is sufficient resource available so that garden waste and recycling collections can restart as soon as possible, and all collections are made on the scheduled day. Once this interim agreement has been finalised and agreed with FCC Environment we shall announce a date for the resumption of services.
“The Executive also agreed to continue work on a longer-term solution, so that residents receive the standard of waste collection service they expect.”
