Council struggling with refuse collection

It looks like the Council is struggling to provide a reliable waste collection service again.

Their web site reveals multiple failures this week. One of the reasons given is vehicle unreliability with an aging fleet partly to blame. Such a shame that replacement vehicles were not ordered on time.

Garden waste collection unreliable this week

Latest waste service update

The council says it was, ” unable to collect garden waste from a small number of streets in Acomb and other areas of Heworth (Woodlands grove, Elmlands Grove, Westlands Grove, Elm Park Way, Elm Park Vale, Elm Park View, Straylands Grove, Elmfield Terrace and Willow Grove) due to vehicle breakdowns. These will be recollected Thursday 25 June.

We were unable to collect all recycling waste from parts of Old Earswick, Hopgrove, Heworth, Burnholme and Tang Hall due to vehicle breakdowns. These will be recollected on Thursday 25 June”.

Latest waste service update from York Council

Tuesday 23 June

All scheduled household waste collections have been made.

We were unable to collect all recycling waste from parts of AcombChapelfields and Bishopthorpe due to operating under COVID-19 restrictions. We’ll return for collections in Bishopthorpe this evening (Tuesday 23 June), and Acomb and Chapelfields on Wednesday 24 June. Please present your containers for collection by 7.00am.

We were unable to collect all garden waste from some properties in Acomb and Heworth due to capacity issues. We’ll attempt to collect this on the evening of Tuesday 23 June. Please leave your green bin out for collection.

We have collected all outstanding missed household waste, recycling and garden waste from Monday 22 June.

Nearly 2000 tonnes of green waste collected by York Council in a fortnight

A response to a Freedom of Information request has revealed that, during the first fortnight of green bin emptying in the city, nearly 2000 tonnes of garden waste was collected by the York Council.

The collections during the last two weeks in May were the first since last November. Crews sometimes struggled to deal with the accumulated volumes

The figures also reveal that the overall volume of waste produced in the City was fairly stable.

Typically around 330 tonnes is being presented for recycling each week

After the usual post Christmas peak, residual (grey bin) volumes have also been stable at around 890 tonnes a week.

59% of the waste produced in the City is now either recycled or composted. The comparable figure for the first quarter (April – June) of last year was 56%.

Latest waste service update from York Council

Monday 15 June

We were unable to collect household waste from Granville Terrace in Guildhall due to blocked access. We’ll attempt to collect this waste on Tuesday 16 June. Please present your containers for collection by 7.00am.

We were unable to collect recycling waste from the following streets in Copmanthorpe and Foxwood, due to operating under COVID-19 restrictions:

  • Drome Road
  • Temple Garth
  • Temple Lane
  • Corlett Court
  • Morrell Court
  • Rodgers Court
  • Vincent Way
  • Walker Drive

We’ll attempt to collect this waste on Tuesday 16 June. Please present your containers for collection by 7.00am.

We were unable to collect garden waste from Chase Side Court in Dringhouses due to blocked access. We’ll attempt to collect this waste on Tuesday 16 June. Please present your containers for collection by 7.00am.

We were unable to collect garden waste from a number of properties in the following areas due to capacity issues:

  • Acaster Malbis
  • Copmanthorpe

We’ll attempt to collect this missed garden waste on the evening of Monday 15 June, but may not be able to revisit until later in the week. Please leave your green bin out and we’ll get to you as soon as we can.

Latest waste service update

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The following is the daily update on missed waste collections taken from the York Council’s web site.

We are aware, though, that several residents have said that some missed collections are not being recorded on the Council site. The most recent claims relate to missed recycling collections in Foxwood Hill.

If waste is left in your street then please report it by clicking here

If your waste hasn’t been collected within 48 hours of its scheduled time, then please let us have a photo – showing the situation on your street – so we can share it on social media and with responsible managers.

Wednesday 10 June

All scheduled household waste collections have been made.

We were unable to collect recycling from properties in the following areas due to operating under COVID-19 restrictions:

  • Derwenthorpe
  • Earswick
  • Heworth (Stockton Lane)
  • Strensall
  • Tang Hall (Burnholme)

We’ll return for these collections by Thursday 11 June. Please leave your containers out and we’ll get to you as soon as we can.

We were able to recollect outstanding recycling waste from Heworth and Bisphopthorpe. Missed recycling collections from Acomb will be collected on Thursday 11 June.

We were unable to collect garden waste from a number of streets in the following areas due to capacity issues:

  • Acomb (Wetherby Road area)
  • Heworth (Stockton Lane)

We’ll attempt to collect missed garden waste by Thursday 11 June, but may not be able to revisit until later in the week. Please leave your green bin out and we’ll get to you as soon as we can.

We were able to collect all outstanding garden waste from Tuesday 9 June.

Council to work over weekend to tackle recycling and garden waste collection backlog

Latest waste service update – Friday 5 June

“All scheduled household waste collections have been made. We also collected outstanding missed household waste from the Usher Lane area in Haxby.

We were unable to collect recycling from properties in the following areas due to operating under COVID-19 restrictions:

  • Clifton Without (roads off Manor Lane)
  • Nether Poppleton
  • Rawcliffe (Shipton Road area)
  • Strensall
  • Upper Poppleton

This recycling will be collected on Saturday 6 June or Sunday 7 June. Please present your containers for collection by 7.00am.

All other outstanding missed recycling from this week has now been collected.

We were unable to collect garden waste from properties in the following areas due to capacity issues:

  • Acomb (Beckfield Lane area)
  • Clifton Without
  • Knapton
  • Nether Poppleton
  • Rawcliffe
  • Upper Poppleton

We were unable to collect garden waste from Holgate (Poppleton Road Area) due to a vehicle breakdown.

We’ll attempt to collect this garden waste on Saturday 6 June or Sunday 7 June. Please present your containers for collection by 7.00am.

We’ve collected missed garden waste from New Earswick, apart from Acacia Avenue, Hawthorn Terrace North and Woodland Place which we will recollect on Saturday 6 June. Please present your containers for collection by 7.00am.

All other outstanding missed garden waste from this week has now been collected”

The Council have yet to issue a statement indicating when they hope to reinstate a reliable waste collection service.

Waste collection backlog – latest York council update

Latest waste service update Thursday 4 June

We were unable to collect household waste from Usher Lane in Haxby.

This household waste will be collected by Friday 5 June. Please present your containers for collection by 7.00am.

We’ve collected outstanding household waste from Ashley Park Road and Hazel Garth.

We were unable to collect recycling from some areas in Wigginton and New Earswick due to operating under COVID-19 restrictions.

This recycling will be collected on Friday 5 June. Please present your containers for collection by 7.00am.

We’ve collected outstanding recycling from some areas in Dringhouses, Acomb, Huntington and Dunnington. All remaining outstanding recycling from Dringhouses, Acomb, Odbaldwick and Huntington will be collected on Friday 5 June. Please present your recycling containers for collection by 7.00am.

We were unable to collect garden waste from from HaxbyNew EarswickStrensall and Wigginton due to the capacity issues.

This garden waste will be collected on Friday 5 June. Please present your containers for collection by 7.00am.

We’ve collected missed garden waste from areas in Holly Bank, Fossway, Heworth Green, Bell Farm and Huntington South. Crews are still working to collect missed garden waste in Muncaster, Holgate and Acomb areas so please leave your bin out.

Missed bin emptying – latest from City of York Council

The Council has published its Tuesday update on missed bin emptying and recycling collections.

It reveals failings across all types of waste collection and neighbourhoods. It is no longer promising to empty bins on the next day, but is asking residnts to continue to leave their bins out.

Although COVID social distancing requirements have influenced recycling collection performance the Council blames “capacity issues” for most of the delays.

As the first collection of garden waste has been completed, the expectation was that the second lift would have been smaller. However, it maybe that residents, who stored green waste in line with Council instructions during the lock-down period, are now filling up the bins again.

It is impossible to judge whether volume is an issue unless the Council starts to publish again the tonnage of waste – by category – that it is dealing with each week.

The Councils management must provide more information on waste management including the level of demand for booking spaces at the household waste sites and the level of use of the bulky waste removal service.

Waste service reliability was already problematic before the Coronavirus crisis hit, with an unprecedented level of failed collections during the later part of 2019.

Residents deserve to know when they can expect a reliable service to be restored?

Green bin emptying and recycling collection backlog growing

The Council has not updated their web site to say how collections went today (Tuesday). However there are large numbers of full green bins still on the streets in the Foxwood area at least.

Last nights report from the Council suggests that it is still pushing a bow wave of un-emptied green bins and recycling boxes forward from one day to the next.

This is Mondays progress report from the Council.

Latest waste service update Monday 25 May

All scheduled household waste collections have been made.

We were unable to collect recycling waste from Copmanthorpe, Acaster Malbis, Woodthorpe and Foxwood as a result of restrictions on operations due to coronavirus.

We were able to return for all outstanding recycling waste, except for waste from Haxby, Rawcliffe and Clifton.

We’ll attempt to collect this recycling on Tuesday 2 June. Please present your containers for collection by 7.00am.

We’ve been unable to collect garden waste from a number of properties in the following areas due to capacity issues:

  • Acaster Malbis
  • Copmanthorpe
  • Wheldrake
  • Deighton
  • Dringhouses
  • Woodthorpe

We were able to return for all outstanding garden waste, except for waste from Clifton Moor and Clifton.

We will attempt to collect missed garden waste on Tuesday 2 June, but may not be able to revisit until later in the week. Please leave greens bin out and we’ll get to you as soon as we can.