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Severe weather bin collections

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Collecting waste in severe weather

If severe weather hits Cheltenham and waste collection services are suspended, here are the answers to some questions you may have:

Suspended collections

  • How can I find out if my waste collection has been suspended?
  • What are the safety issues facing waste collection crews?
  • My road is clear - why haven’t you collected my waste?
  • How is it that other companies and vehicles can operate during severe weather, but waste collection vehicles cannot?
  • Why do you cancel the garden waste service during periods of snow?

Catch up collections

  • Will you arrange catch up collections for missed refuse waste collections?
  • Will you arrange catch up collections for missed food waste collections?
  • Will you arrange catch up collections for missed recycling collections?
  • Will you arrange catch up collections for missed garden waste collections?
  • Why don’t you have spare vehicles to help with catch up collections?
  • Why do you prioritise catch up collections for refuse but not other types of materials?

Scheduled collections

  • When are my next ‘scheduled’ refuse and recycling collections?

Extra waste

  • What do I do with the extra food waste I’ve accumulated?
  • What do I do with the extra recycling I’ve accumulated?
  • Will you collect extra refuse and recycling once services return to normal?

Disposing of waste

  • Where can I take my waste and recycling if I don’t want to wait for my next scheduled collection?
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