St Albans City and District Council’s refuse and recycling service has been affected by the snow and ice.

Every effort has been made to collect as much refuse and green waste as possible during the snow and the vast majority of collections have been made. Any remaining roads which have not been accessible are listed at http://www.recyclingforapremier.com/

The Council has now made temporary arrangements to collect all waste that is put out in green or black wheelie bins. This means that as of today residents can put out both their black and green wheelie bins for waste to be collected on their scheduled collection day. These arrangements will last for one week only from 24 December to 5 January 2012 (inclusive) and after that there will be a return to normal collection procedure, weather permitting.

However, the time-table for collection over the festive season will continue to operate until 22 January. The time-table is available at: http://www.recyclingforapremier.com/Bank-Holiday

The Council has temporarily suspended the collection of recycling boxes, but, weather permitting this service will resume from Wednesday, 29 December.

Daniel Goodwin, Chief Executive at St Albans City and District Council, said:
“These collect all arrangements have been put place in a bid to ensure that as much refuse and green waste is collected during these severe weather conditions. So far, there have been a very small number of roads which have been inaccessible due to the snow and ice. This is due to the fantastic effort of the waste collection crews who have been operating in what are very difficult and dangerous conditions.”