WREXHAM COUNCIL says that it will 'do its best' to get people's bins collected next week (October 30-November 3) as strike action comes to an end.
Earlier today (October 27), Unite confirmed that Wrexham Council workers had secured a new deal after a seven-week strike.
As a result of intensive negotiations between Unite and Wrexham Council a new 9 point offer was tabled by Local Authority leadership on Tuesday (October 24).
Following a ballot of all Unite members within Wrexham Council the deal has been now been accepted.
The strike action resulted in major disruption to council services, including to bin collections.
However, the council has now confirmed that it will attempt to collect black bins and recycling bins next week, on their usual collection days.
A Wrexham Council spokesperson said: "We know that, despite best efforts over the last few weeks of the strike, we haven’t managed to collect all waste and recycling.
"Therefore next week (October 30-November 3), we’ll be doing our best to give everyone a black bin AND recycling collection, on their normal collection day.
"Please bear with us, as these collections will be heavier than normal, resulting in our vehicles becoming full sooner. However, we’ll do our best to get to everyone."
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The plan for the following week (the week starting November 6) is that collections will return to normal (pre-strike) collection calendars (including garden waste).
Council leader Cllr Mark Pritchard added: “We know people will want bin collections to get back to normal quickly, so we’re going to spend next week trying to clear everyone’s black bins and recycling, to allow us to return to normal collections the following week.
“Please bear with us as we’ll be collecting significant volumes of waste whilst also getting employees back into work, catching up and re-organising our bin wagons and teams. We’ll issue further updates next week.
“We know this has been a really difficult time for everyone, and I’d like to thank households for their patience during the strike.”
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