Aylesbury food collections suspended due to Storm Eunice on Friday 18th February 2022

Due to the expected impact of Storm Eunice, Buckinghamshire Council is suspending food collections in Aylesbury on Friday 18th February 2022.

The suspension of food collections will allow the Council to deploy staff elsewhere to keep up to date with recycling collections. It will also stop food containers blowing around after collection.

Buckinghamshire Council are asking Aylesbury residents not to present their food waste containers for collection on Friday 18th February 2022.

Crews will not collect food waste on that day even if it is left out for collection. Recycling collections will continue as normal in Aylesbury Vale, however residents are being asked to follow the advice below.

Chiltern, Wycombe and South Bucks food waste collections remain unchanged, but residents are being asked where possible, not to put food recycling bins or paper and card boxes out for collection this week. Extra recycling can be collected on the next collection.

Peter Strachan, Cabinet Member for Climate Change and Environment at Buckinghamshire Council, said: ‘We apologise for this disruption to food waste collections in the Aylesbury area. This is about making practical arrangements to try to keep services going in what are likely to be challenging conditions due to Storm Eunice.‘

The following general advice has been issued by Buckinghamshire Council to help Buckinghamshire Council crews manage waste collections in the stormy weather:

• Think about strong winds when putting your bins and boxes out for collection and take your bins in as soon as they have been emptied.
• Don’t put any extra recycling out with your collections this week to avoid it being blown around.
• Crews may put bins and boxes back differently to try and avoid them being blow around.
• Stormy weather can cause disruption to collection rounds so please be patient if your collection is not at the usual time.

The latest information on Buckinghamshire Council service disruptions due to Storm Eunice can be found at on the Buckinghamshire Council website at www.buckinghamshire.gov.uk/community-and-safety/planning-emergencies/disruption-to-services.

*Source of article : Press release from Buckinghamshire Council.