This in from the council, in their own words. Ed
Residents should continue to put their waste or recycling out as normal from Monday 2 November as the Island’s new waste contractor, Amey, begins collection services.
Although Amey officially takes over from Island Waste Services on Sunday 1 November, residents will not see any immediate changes to how their recycling and black bag waste is picked up.
Weekly alternate collections
Weekly alternate collections will remain under the new contract and residents just need to put out their black sacks and green wheelie bins or clear recycling sacks on their usual collection day.
Collections of clinical waste and assisted collections will also continue as normal from 1 November.
New garden waste vehicle
One change that is being immediately brought in involves the booking of a special new vehicle to collect resident’s green garden waste.
The current green sack scheme, where residents purchase green sacks for £1.30 each from libraries or council help centres and some local shops will continue, but a dedicated lorry will now be used to collect the green waste for composting at Lynbottom.
This will be collected on your scheduled recycling day, rather than your black bag day as before.
Pre-book garden waste collection
Residents will also need to pre-book the green garden waste collection, which means the new lorry will only have to visit the homes that need it.
To book a collection, residents should ring 01983 823777 and give at least three working days’ notice to help guide the route.
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