Crews were out as usual this morning (Monday February 6) collecting refuse and recycling in Tendring.

However, due to the snow and ice there is likely to be disruption to collections by Veolia Environmental Services today - and it is expected that some roads will be unsafe to use by their vehicles.

Drivers of large refuse vehicles are having extreme difficulty on untreated and minor roads. There will also be delays on roads travelling to tipping facilities and getting in and out of the landfill site.

Anyone who does not have their waste and recycling collected by the end of today should take bags in and put them out again for their next scheduled collection.

Nick Turner, Tendring District Council's Cabinet Member for the Environment, said that due to the severe weather conditions it was inevitable that there would be disruption to the service.

"However, TDC along with our waste contractors, Veolia, will be doing our best to provide as near normal a service as possible," he said.

"In these extreme conditions there is no possibility of the crews managing to get all the way round as they are taking longer to collect bags.

"They are trying their very best; however, some people will not receive a collection today due to the weather."

Cllr Turner added that due to the conditions crews have been advised to only go where it is safe to do so.

TDC staff are also being deployed with barrows and shovels to clear snow in main town centres across Tendring and litter bin crews are out working as normal.

All 41 public conveniences across the District are open and all TDC's leisure facilities are operating as normal apart from outside artificial pitches.

6/2/12

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