The Kintyre Forum

EASTER REFUSE COLLECTIONS

Argyll and Bute Council would like to inform people living throughout the area that there will be changes to the collection of domestic waste and paper/card recycling during the Easter weekend.

The following changes will occur during this time:

Kintyre: Uplifts due to be carried out on Friday 6th April will be collected on Thursday 5th April, except Carradale which will be collected on Wednesday 11th April.
All collections due to take place on Monday 9th April will be collected the following day.

Islay: Uplifts due to be carried out on Friday 6th April will be collected on Thursday 5th April instead, except the paper recycling route which will be collected on Wednesday 11th April.
The Green Waste recycling programme due to be carried out on Monday 9th April will not take place until the next programmed date for this material.

Oban and Lorn: Areas due to be collected on Friday 6th Aprikl will be collected on Thursday 5th April whilst those areas due for collection on Monday 9th April will take place on Tuesday 10th April.
However, Lerags, Kilninver, Scammadale, Kilmore and Connel Back Road to Oban will not be collected until Wednesday 11th April.
There will be no paper recycling collections on Friday 6th April or Monday 9th April. The next collection will take place in two weeks.

Mid Argyll: Uplifts due to be carried out on Friday 6th April and Monday 9th April will be collected the following Friday/Monday instead. The Council will uplift all additional waste bags at this time.

The Council apologises for any inconvenience this may cause.

Davie P wrote:EASTER REFUSE COLLECTIONS

I refuse collections at any time, not jeest Easter- money grabbing tin in yer face merchants can so@ off

So they wait until two days before our bins are due for collection to tell us that, oh actually yours won't be collected till the middle of the following week. What a useless bunch.

Beachcomber wrote:So they wait until two days before our bins are due for collection to tell us that, oh actually yours won't be collected till the middle of the following week. What a useless bunch.

I think this is to make a stand with regards to the Single Status. As before it is the lowest paid who are getting hit the hardest.
A lot of people affected have been told to work to rule, not always easy but with feelings running high more disruption could be on the cards.

Meant to say the above was a press release from the Council.

Never came and collected my bins today

Was there a strike or something

All the bins are out here tonight.I had thought on sending my nephew round a few neighbours that might not kknow about no collections tomorrow,but better not then if they never came today ........

Our bins were not collected, I went on the advice from the council

Did notice a poster in McKellars saying our bins would be uplifted next Friday will need to check the poster again,

Most of my neighbours have their bins out tonight

Was it a strike then