Waste crews praised for festive collection success

Bridgend County Borough Council’s waste partners Kier have been praised for their role in ensuring that waste and recycling was collected efficiently over the festive period.

Over 1,300 tonnes of recycling were collected over the two-week period following Christmas and New Years’ – roughly the weight of 11 adult blue whales.

Compared to previous years, 150 tonnes less refuse was collected showing an increased uptake in the recycling service.

Gareth Barnes, Kier’s business manager, said: “Christmas is our busiest time and I am proud to say that, despite the challenges we have faced this year with Covid-19 and the HGV driver shortage, we have been able to deliver a smooth and successful collection service and I am thankful to our collection crews for their hard work and effort.

I would like to take this opportunity to thank all the waste collection crews for their incredibly hard work over the festive period to ensure as much waste as possible was collected.

A big thank you also to residents across the county borough for all their efforts in helping us to recycle as much waste as possible during these difficult times.

Deputy leader Hywel Williams

Registration is now open for Bridgend County Borough Council’s garden waste collection service which is returning this spring.

Garden waste is picked up every two weeks and collections will run from 14 March 2022 until 18 November 2022. Your garden waste collection day will be advised with the delivery of your sacks.

Until the end of March 2022, subscriptions are priced at £38.91 per household, or £34.85 for pensioners. Additional bags cost £5.08 each. To sign up, visit the Recycle for Bridgend website.

If someone in your household is showing coronavirus symptoms, wipes used to clean surfaces and tissues should be double bagged using plastic bags and put aside for 72 hours before going into the blue waste bag.

Visit the council’s recycling and waste webpage for more information about collections.