West Lothian Council has assured householders that “lessons will be learned” after bin uplifts over the Christmas holidays were hit with a perfect storm of bad weather, staff shortages and increased waste tonnage.
Head of Operational Services Jim Jack took the unusual step of addressing the Linlithgow Local Area Committee after a service breakdown during the Christmas holidays left 15,000 bins, mainly in the ward area not collected for two weeks.
And he promised new action plans were being drawn up to ensure there would be no problems in the upcoming bank holidays over Easter and for the King’s coronation in early May.
