Plea for HGV motorists to help drive bin lorries

NORTH Somerset Council has appealed to local residents to help drive its bin lorries as the area is hit by a wave of missed collections.

- JOHN WIMPERIS

Many households across the district have found that their recycling and garden waste has been left uncollected on bin day this summer. Yesterday, the council expected that recycling collections would be missed for 90 roads in and around Nailsea, while 99 roads in Clevedon would miss their garden waste collections.

North Somerset Council has apologised for the delayed and rescheduled collections - which it put down to the summer holidays leading to shortages of drivers. A breakdown at the depot this week further impacted collections.