Concerns about recycling collections being suspended are ‘understandable’, Argyll and Bute Council has said.
Last week the authority cut back its household waste collections so that only the green general waste bins emptied.
In Helensburgh and Lomond that means no collections for the blue (recycling) and grey (glass) wheelie bins, or for the smaller food waste bins.
The council says the move was to make sure enough resources were available to deliver critical services during the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic.
A statement today added: “We appreciate your co-operation and patience as we make changes to our waste collection services.
“We are continually monitoring the resources available and will let you know if more become available.
Meantime, please continue to put your general waste bins out as normal.
“However, if it takes us a bit longer than usual to collect it, please bear with us and leave it out. We will get there.
“It’s understandable there are some concerns that we cannot uplift recycling materials at the moment.”
The council suggests the follow measures to store recycling at home until it can be collected:
- Make sure you wash out plastic bottles (especially milk bottles) and trays thoroughly.
- Squash plastic bottles and then put the lid back on.
- Stack trays the same size inside each other to save space.
- Flatten cardboard boxes and paper.
- If you can, crush your cans.
- Rinse and flatten tetrapaks (juice cartons etc).
- Once your bin or bag is full, start storing the recycling in plastic bags, or inside large cardboard boxes, in a dry place.
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