No refunds following bin strike action – but two green bin collections scheduled in January

THERE will be no refunds for green bin subscribers following the near three-month bin strikes in Warrington, but there will be two collections in January.

During an exclusive video interview with Warrington Worldwide, to be broadcast later, Warrington Borough Council Chief Executive, Prof Steven Broomhead, confirmed there would be no refunds on waste collection services, although he apologised for the disruption caused by the unprecedented strike action by the Unite Union.

Meanwhile, in an update on the green bin collection service the council announced: “We are grateful for your patience and we know you have been waiting for an update on garden waste collections for a number of weeks.

“When waste collections resumed on Friday 8 December, our priority was to collect black bin waste and blue bin household recycling.
“We will be doing two garden waste collections early in the New Year as part of your 2023 subscription.
“We expect the first of these two garden waste collections will take place from the week of Monday 8 January 2024.
“We’ll let you know the confirmed dates by Wednesday 3 January.

“The first collection will be to take existing garden waste in your green bin. We appreciate there are many households that have needed their green bins emptied for a long time.
“Our second collection and final collection of your 2023 subscription will give you the chance to fill up your green bins with any remaining garden waste. We know that many of you have a lot of additional garden waste that will need collecting.
“We understand you may have many questions and we will update you again early in the New Year.”