Thousands of people in Bristol found their recycling had not been collected on schedule this week, as staff shortages at the city’s waste service company worsened. People living in a total of 144 streets did not have their recycling picked up on Monday, October 10, and that backlog has increased today (Tuesday) with another 187 streets listed as having collections missed.
And the over-stretched Bristol Waste teams also didn’t manage to get around eight streets on Monday for the fortnightly refuse collections, and another 15 streets were missed today, Tuesday.
Bristol Waste advised people living in all the streets affected on Monday to leave the recycling or wheelie bins out for today, Tuesday, and it should have been picked up during the day - and if it’s not, they should report the missed collection on the Bristol City Council website before 5pm tomorrow, Wednesday. Tonight, after an even worse day for missed collections, Bristol Waste again advised people to leave their bins out for another day.
