The lifting mechanisms on all waste collection vehicles continue to be operated in manual mode as opposed to the automatic feature, for the safety of staff.

This is slowing down the speed at which all types of domestic waste can be collected, causing disruption to operations and resulting in missed collections.

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Now all domestic household food waste collections have been suspended between Monday, June 9 and Friday, June 13.

An SBC spokesperson said: “This is due to the knock-on effects of the service-wide disruption and the prioritisation of general waste an

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