BINMEN in Herefordshire missed just two collection days during the worst December weather for more than 100 years.
The service, provided for Herefordshire Council by Focsa, did struggle with the snow and ice, particularly in the more rural and remote areas of the county where the roads hadn’t been treated, but only missed two whole days of collections and on all other days collections were made.
Councillor John Jarvis, the council’s cabinet member for environment and strategic housing, said: “Thankfully we have a weekly refuse collection in the county so the ability to catch up on the missed days is much easier when compared with authorities who have a fortnightly system.”
Residents can sign up for an SMS texting service which will let them know if there are any problems with recycling collections.
Simply text “hcrecycle”, your postcode and first line of your address to 80800.
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