Waste Recovery Plan

When circumstances, such as this period of adverse weather, affect the normal collection of waste from households our Waste Management Team implement a recovery plan to ensure disruption is kept to a minimum for residents and to prioritise the collection of rubbish.

Key points from the plan, undertaken during this period of adverse weather, include:

• Commencing collections only when it is safe to do so.
• Cancelling recycling collections until rubbish collections have been cleared.
• Communicating with front-line staff and customers that residents should place their bins out for collection on the normal day and leave it out; crews will collect them as soon as safe to.
• Mobilising additional crews and resources wherever possible to deal with the backlog.
• Collecting a sensible amount of side waste for customers whose collections have been missed. 
• Providing recycling bags (collectable from Green Street or Worcestershire Hubs at Kidderminster, Stourport or Bewdley) to help cope with additional recycling.
• When a street has been collected further revisits for individual “missed-bins” will not be possible – these will be collected as soon as possible or on the next collection day.

Please rest assured that our crews will do their utmost to collect your rubbish and recycling in line with the recovery plan.

You can help our crews by:

• Placing your bins out on the normal day for collection.

• Leaving your bins where they can be easily accessed.

• Leaving any additional rubbish securely bagged next to the bin.

• Leaving any additional recycling in a box or UNTIED bag next to the bin.

A full press release has been issued:

Wyre Forest District Council is asking residents to support refuse and recycling crews dealing with the backlog created by adverse weather conditions.

Councillor Nathan Desmond, Cabinet Member for Resources said

“Please be assured that our crews will do their utmost to collect your rubbish and recycling as soon as possible. When the normal collection of waste from households is disrupted by bad weather, our waste management team activates a recovery plan to ensure disruption is kept to a minimum for residents and to prioritise the collection of rubbish.

This means we cancel recycling collections until rubbish collections have been cleared. We mobilize additional crews and resources wherever possible to deal with the backlog and we make provision for collecting a sensible amount of side waste for customers whose collections have been missed.

There are four ways that residents can help the refuse and recycling crews. Firstly please put bins out on the normal day for collection. Leave your bins where they can be easily accessed. Leave any additional rubbish securely bagged next to the bin and finally, leave any additional recycling in a box or untied bag next to the bin. This will be greatly appreciated by crews."

The Council also provides recycling bags to help with additional recycling. These can be collected from the depot at Green Street Kidderminster (next to B&Q) or the Worcestershire Hubs at the Town Hall Kidderminster, Civic Centre Stourport on Severn or Load Street Bewdley.

Councillor Nathan Desmond, added

“We will continue to keep residents informed with regular updates on our website and also through local newspapers and radio. Over the last few days the refuse and recycling crews have been redeployed to help clear pathways and streets of snow. I’d like to take this opportunity to thank the team for their combined efforts to continue to deliver services in these adverse weather conditions.”