Changes to waste collection due to high temperatures

Due to the Met office’s hot weather warnings for Monday 18th to Wednesday 20th July, Herefordshire Council’s waste and recycling collection crews are starting their collection rounds an hour earlier than usual.

The idea is to give the waste team an opportunity to finish a little earlier than usual, to avoid the worst of the sun, as temperatures are forecast to rise to around 30 degrees in Herefordshire.

This will affect all bin collections on Monday 18th, Tuesday 19 and Wednesday 20th July.

If your collection is due on one of those days, please put your recycling or rubbish bin out either the night before or by 5.30am on your usual collection day.

This is a temporary change for the dates stated and we apologise in advance if you experience any disturbance due to our earlier collection times.

Nicola Percival, Herefordshire Council’s waste services manager, said: “Collecting recycling and rubbish is hard work at the best of times. With Met office warnings about higher temperatures, the job becomes even more difficult for our crews. We know most people put their bins out the night before they’re due to be collected: they won’t be affected by this minor change. It’s really to alert those who usually wait until morning – please put your bins out early so our crews don’t miss you out. Thank you for your cooperation.”