Cllr Adrian Smith

PRESS RELEASE

ISSUED 13 JANUARY 2010

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Special refuse collection this week

A SPECIAL refuse collection service will take place in Hinckley & Bosworth this week for all those residents whose black bins were not emptied last Thursday and Friday because of the bad weather.

The additional collections will take place on Thursday (14) and Friday (15), with affected householders requested to present their black bins on whichever day their collection normally takes place. So anyone whose bin was missed last Thursday should present their bin this Thursday.

On this occasion, the crews will also collect additional bags of refuse that may have accumulated due to the delayed collection.

The special service will operate in addition to the plastic and cardboard recycling collections scheduled on these dates – so residents are asked to present these for collection also. Due to the additional refuse collection, the brown bin garden waste service has been suspended for Friday 15 Tuesday 19 and Wednesday 20 January. Please note these arrangements are subject to weather conditions.

Blue box/ bag recycling collections were also affected by the weather throughout last week. All residents who did not receive a scheduled blue box collection last week are asked to retain their recyclables until the next scheduled collection date shown on their calendar. Any excess recyclables should be placed in plastic bags and presented with the blue box on the collection day.

Alternatively, residents can make use of the recycling sites provided throughout the borough.Please visit www.recyclemore.co.uk for details of the nearest site.

The Borough Council would like to apologise for any inconvenience caused to residents by this disruption to services.

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