Bosses at Bristol Waste have apologised after tens of thousands of homes in the city did not have their bins or recycling collected. The troubled council-owned company blamed staff shortages for missing collections at a total of 620 streets or tower block bin stores, with recycling collections worst hit.
The missed streets were right across Bristol, with south Bristol badly affected. Streets across Whitchurch, Hengrove, Brislington, Totterdown, Knowle, Knowle West and Bedminster that usually have their recycling picked up on a Tuesday morning didn’t - with Bristol Waste advising people to leave it outside for another day.
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