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The Highland Council are advising that due to continuing severe winter conditions there have been, and will continue to be, disruptions to waste and recycling collections in the area. Ensuring us that every effort is being made by Council staff to collect bins and boxes on scheduled collection days they also add that it is foreseeable that during periods of adverse weather, disruption will occur.
The Highland Council is advising those who have not had their refuse bin or blue box collected on the normal day to leave it out for collection as every effort will be made to collect them as soon as possible. Furthermore residents are being asked to keep bins free from a build up of snow on or around the bin to enable easier access for collection crews.
Some areas have suspended brown bin collections so that the resources can be used to help collect missed household bin collections. Advice currently being issued is that if a brown bin is not collected on the normal collection day it should be removed from the kerbside and presented for uplift on the next scheduled collection day. In addition, due to the distances involved, it may not always be practicable to re-schedule a missed blue bin collection. In this case, residents are being advised to take recyclables to the nearest recycling point or centre or where practicable to store them and add them to the bin at a later date.
Councillor John Laing Chairman of The Highland Council’s TEC Services Committee said: “At this time of year there is always an increase in the amount of waste the Council has to deal with. However there are a number of simple steps we can all take to help cut down on our waste and protect our environment. Just follow the 3 Rs, Reduce Reuse Recycle.
“Firstly, we need to think about the waste we produce and ask the question, do we really need all the stuff we buy in the first place? Secondly, can we help other folk by giving charities the chance to reuse some of the things we no longer require? And lastly, once we’re finished with it can we give it another lease of life by recycling it.”
To find out more about The Highland Council’s recycling facilities and some tips on how to reduce our waste please visit the Council’s website at www.highland.gov.uk/recycle, e-mailrecycle@highland.gov.uk or telephone 01349 868439.
