Collection of garden waste for Rotherham residents will be paused for a further two weeks due to staffing shortages.
Rotherham Council was forced to suspend its garden waste service from 26 July due to staffing shortages and had hoped to resume collections after two weeks.
As a national shortage of HGV drivers has also left agencies unable to provide cover for absent staff, the Council has suspended brown bin collections for a further two weeks to ensure general waste and recycling collections can continue for all residents across the borough.
The situation is being kept under continual review and the Council hopes the garden waste service will be able to resume from Monday 23 August 2021. Household waste recycling centres are operating as usual and accepting garden waste. Locations and opening hours can be found at www.rotherham.gov.uk/environment
Assistant Director of Community Safety and Street Scene, Tom Smith, said: “We are working extremely hard to keep services going during this very difficult time, but like many other local authorities and businesses we are struggling to maintain the necessary staffing levels, particularly drivers.
“I realise this will be disappointing news for our garden waste service customers and I thank them for their patience and understanding. We will keep them informed about when collections can begin again.”
Service updates can also be found at www.rotherham.gov.uk/garden-waste