WASTE COLLECTION

Here is a message from Rutland County Council

The Safety of our Waste Operatives

We have received a number of enquiries from residents asking how we are ensuring the safety of our bin crews.

We are extremely grateful to our contractors, Biffa, and to their crews, who continue to work tirelessly to collect our waste, even in difficult circumstances.

We are in daily contact with Biffa to keep operational working practices under review.

They have implemented some changes to reduce the amount of time crews spend together inside vehicle cabins and to promote social distancing wherever possible.

Refuse crews are key workers. By the very nature of the work they do, it is not possible to implement social distancing in full or at all times.

National stocks of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) are also extremely stretched because of high demand and the need to equip frontline health and care workers. This is something we are working very hard to overcome.

Kerbside Waste

With residents being at home it is inevitable there will be an increase in household waste.

We are working extremely hard to keep refuse collections running as normal, under incredibly difficult circumstances, and cannot currently accept extra waste or side waste. Due to staffing and the need to reduce the risk of transmitting coronavirus (COVID-19), we can only collect waste that is contained inside bins.

We are kindly asking people to please think carefully about what they’re throwing away and consider what items they are putting out for recycling.

For example, could any items be re-used in some way? Is it something that can be stored safely until services return to normal? We know this isn’t easy but we are doing everything we can to maintain our normal collection schedule and are grateful for any help and support you can give us to do this.

Thank you