HBC: Industrial action on 14th October to affect waste services

Recent press coverage has confirmed that the unions have called a one day public sector strike for Tuesday 14th October, which includes Local Government staff. This will affect waste collection services in Oswaldtwistle and Great Harwood. Advice to residents is as follows for each ward:

OSWALDTWISTLE
Due to the reduced number of staff potentially available on that day, the Council may not be in a position to provide a refuse collection service to properties in Oswaldtwistle for collection of your grey bin or orange bags (where applicable). However, you are asked to please still present your refuse bin or orange bags at your usual collection point by 7.30am.

If your refuse is not collected before 3.30pm on Tuesday 14th October please leave it at the collection point and the Council will endeavour to empty it before 3.30pm on Friday 17th October.

Your normal refuse collection will resume on Tuesday 28th October.

GREAT HARWOOD
Due to the reduced number of staff potentially available on that day, the Council may not be in a position to provide a recycling collection service to properties in Great Harwood for collection of your Green bin (where applicable), Blue Box, White/Blue Sack etc. However, I would ask you to please still present all your recycling containers at your usual collection point by 7.30am.

If your recycling is not collected by 3.30pm on Tuesday 14th October please return all of your recycling back to your property.

If we were unable to collect please represent the containers on your next recycling collection i.e. Tuesday 28th October. To assist you the Council will accept recycling presented in other containers such as plastic carrier sacks, if left open and not tied. This relaxing of the policy will only apply on this collection day. If you need additional/replacement containers please contact the Customer Contact Centre.

If you need any further advice prior to the strike day please do not hesitate to contact our Contact Centre staff on Tel: 01254 388111 or Email: enquiries@hyndburnbc.gov.uk.

The Labour administration at HBC would like to apologise for any inconvenience that this causes.