HBC: Waste collections temporarily suspended due to bad weather

Council Leader, Cllr Miles Parkinson said, “We're really sorry but due to the heavy snow and worsening conditions we’ve had to suspend collections as our wagons can't travel safely around the Borough."

HBC would like to apologise for the inconvenience as this delay will affect the schedule for a number of days. If your waste or recycling collection is due today (Thursday) we'll pick it up on your next fortnightly cycle and will of course pick up any extra bags of waste too.

Some of our staff are now helping Lancashire County Council with snow clearing and gritting on pavements and town centres, with LCC responsible for gritting the roads.