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.

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.

Latest waste service update

Council will be working today (Saturday) to ease collection backlog.

Continuing on Monday

“All scheduled household waste collections have been made, including waste from Wigginton, Haxby and Strensall.

We were unable to collect recycling from a number of areas due to operational restrictions to do with Covid-19.

Strensall
Haxby
Clifton
Rawcliffe

This recycling will be collected on Saturday 30 May or Monday 1 June. Please present your containers for collection by 7.00am.

We were unable to collect garden waste from a number of terraced areas due to the large amount to be collected and capacity issues.

Leeman Road
Huntington
Earswick
Haxby
Clifton
Skelton
Hessay
Rufforth
Clifton Moor

This recycling will be collected on Saturday 30 May or Monday 1 June. Please present your containers for collection by 7.00am.

All outstanding garden waste and recycling waste from earlier in the week has been collected”.

Latest waste service update Thursday 28 May

More bad news on refuse collection in York. There are delays in collecting recycling, emptying green bins and removing some household waste across significant parts of the City

Some recycling has been out on the streets for 3 days now.

The Council says that it will work through today and tomorrow (Saturday) to clear the backlog.

The Council has also been urged to provide an update on the capacity and use of its bulky waste removal service which was restarted last week.

Similar information about the availability of “booking slots” at household waste sites like Hazel Court might help to reduce demands on the collection service.

The Council has said,

Household waste

“We were unable to collect household waste from small areas of Haxby, Wigginton and Strensall.

This household waste will be collected on Friday 29 May. Please present your containers for collection by 7.00am.

Recycling

We were unable to collect recycling from Rufforth, Clifton and Huntington due to operational restrictions to do with Covid-19.

We’ve been unable to return for recycling collections from Tuesday 26 May and Wednesday 27 May.

All this recycling waste will be collected on Friday 29 May or Saturday 30 May. Please present your containers for collection by 7.00am.

Garden Waste

We were unable to collect garden waste from from Haxby, Earswick and Huntington due to the large amounts being collected.

This garden waste will be collected on Friday 29 May. Please present your containers for collection by 7.00am.

We’ve been unable to return to St Aldred’s Mews due to access issues and will return as soon as we are able. We’ve also been unable to return for garden waste collections from Wednesday 27 May. We’re returning for this waste in Acomb and Heworth on Thursday evening”

Recycling and green waste collection backlog

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The York Council is struggling ot deal with the volume of recycling and green waste being presented. In some areas this has been on the streets for over 48 hours. Household waste collection was up to date as of the end of work yesterday (Wednesday).

We think it is time for them to give more details of the issues that they face, the remedies being applied and the likely date when collections are expected to return to normal.

This is the update that they published today.

Latest waste service update – Wednesday 28 May

All household waste has been collected as scheduled.

We were also able to collect all outstanding household waste from Tuesday 26 May.

We were unable to collect recycling from a number of properties in the following areas due to operating under coronavirus restrictions:

Earswick
Heworth
Heworth Without
Hull Road

We were unable to collect all outstanding recycling waste from Tuesday 26 May.

Missed recycling collections from 26 and 27 May will now be collected on Thursday 28 May. Please present your containers for collection by 7.00am.

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

Acomb
Heworth
Heworth Without
Stockton-on-Forest

We will attempt to collect missed garden waste by Thursday 28 May, 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.

We were able to collect all outstanding garden waste from Tuesday 26 May.

Council aiming to clear garden waste and recycling collection backlog today (Saturday)

The Council says that it will work today to try to clear the backlog of waste collection in the City.

The backlog has developed due to “social distancing” issues while garden waste volumes have been very high following the recent suspension of collections.

The Council web site says, “

Latest waste service update

Friday 15 May

All scheduled household waste collections have been made, including outstanding collections from Thursday 21 May.

We were unable to collect recycling from a number of areas due to operational restrictions to do with Covid-19.

Strensall
New Earswick
Haxby
Wigginton
Clifton
Rawcliffe
Nether Poppleton
Upper Poppleton
Guildhall

This recycling will be collected on Saturday 23 May. Please present your containers for collection by 7.00am.

We were unable to collect garden waste from a number of areas due to the large amount to be collected and capacity issues.

Acomb
Poppleton
Clifton Without
Rawcliffe

We’ll attempt to return for these collections as follows:

Poppleton on the evening of Friday 22 May or Saturday 23 May
Acomb, Clifton Without and Rawcliffe on Saturday 23 May

Please present your containers for collection by 7.00am.

All outstanding garden waste from Thursday 21 May has been collected”.

Waste collection update

The Council are struggling to catch up wiht householdwaste, reccyling and green bin emptying in various aprts of the City. Thye workede on into teh eveing yesterday and promise to continue into Satuirday if necessasry. Their latest update says,

“Latest waste service update

Thursday 21 May

We were unable to collect household waste from Old Orchard, Cherry Tree Lane, and Holly Tree Lane in Haxby due to a vehicle breakdown

This household waste will be collected on Friday 22 May. Please present your containers for collection by 7.00am.

We were unable to collect recycling from a number of areas due to operational restrictions to do with Covid-19.

Strensall
New Earswick
Haxby
Wigginton

This recycling waste will be collected on Friday 22 May. Please present your containers for collection by 7.00am.

We were unable to collect garden waste from a number of areas due to the large amount to be collected and capacity issues.

Strensall
New Earswick
Haxby
Wigginton

This garden waste will be collected on Friday 22 May. Please present your containers for collection by 7.00am.

We were able to return and collect missed waste from Tuesday 19 and Wednesday 20 May”.

Major waste collection problems in York UPDATED

Council update published

“Wednesday 20 May

Household waste

We were unable to collect household waste from the following areas due to access issues:

Dale Street
Moss Street

We were unable to collect household waste from the following areas due to capcity issues:

Ashley Park Road
Cedar Grove
The Glade
Hazel Garth
High Oaks

This household waste will be collected on Thursday 21 May. Please present your containers for collection by 7.00am.

We were able to recollect all outstanding household waste from Tuesday 19 May.

Recycling

We were unable to collect recycling from a number of areas due to capacity issues.

Missed recycling collections will be collected as soon as possible. Please present your containers for collection by 7.00am.

Garden waste

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

Heworth
Heworth Without
Holgate
Huntington and New Earswick
Westfield

We will attempt to collect missed garden waste on Thursday 21 May, 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”

EARLIER: For the first time in several months the York Council failed to update its refuse collection report page yesterday. This prompted speculation that there were too many roads missed to be able to list them all.

The failure to list those streets where bins hadn’t been emptied also prompted questions about whether the promised “next day” emptying will actually take place.

There is a danger of a bow wave of failures extending into next week. Residents who have been storing green waste in gardens, pending the resumption of the emptying service, may already have refilled their bins.

For a Council which has been quick to issue “sound bite” media releases even when it had little of interest to report, this communications failure – on a key public service which everyone uses – is disappointing.

As well as the backlog in green bin emptying (put down to heavy bins) social distancing measures are blamed for a growing backlog in collecting recycling.

Recycling in over 10 streets in the Westfield/Foxwood area alone was not collected yesterday

Previously the Council had blamed vehicle failures and capacity issues for problems with the waste collection reliabily.

There have been calls for a change in top management at the Council or even for the service to be outsourced (AMEY provide the service in the Selby area)

Ironically, at the peak of the corona virus scare, household waste and recycling collection systems worked well.

York road repairs backlog hits £32.7 million

: Worn highays surface Hamilton Drive West

Pothole Windsor Garth

In response to a Freedom of information request , the York Council has admitted that it would cost £32.7 million to address the backlog on highways repairs.

The figure includes all road and footway refurbishment works with associated drainage and road signs and markings.

Meanwhile more and more problems with potholes are expected as ice further damages poor road surfaces during the winter months.

Potholes little Green Lane

Cornlands Road drains blockeed