Normally Have A Tuesday Rubbish Collection? Wait Another Week

The latest news on rubbish collections is pretty surprising.

Tuesday Rubbish Collection? Wait Another WeekYesterday Island Waste were saying that all collections would be one day late this week, meaning Monday’s rubbish got collected yesterday and Tuesday’s collection would have been taking place today.

We now hear that from today onwards, rubbish will be collected on its normal day.

This means that all households who normally gets their rubbish collected on a Tuesday and have put their rubbish out on the street, will have to try and stuff the several bags of rubbish back into their bins for yet another week. By the time it does get collected, it will be three weeks of rubbish.

We really don’t understand why the rubbish couldn’t continue to work on the one day late service, but we’re sure there must be a good reason for it.

There’s always the option of taking your stuff to the tip, now Lynnbottom is open again.

Recycling waste will also be collected, with recycling week ‘B’ beginning next week.

Image: JayGooby under CC BY 2.0

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playdough
13, January 2010 12:33 pm

I was still under the understanding that rubbish was being collected 1 day late. My rubbish is norammly collected on a wednesday so before setting off to work this morning I did not put out the bin bags as I thought they’d come round tommorrow! I’m so confused!!!!

Wendy V
13, January 2010 1:02 pm

I haven’t been optimistic enough to put any rubbish out. We still haven’t had any post. Is anyone else still waiting for post, 8 days on? Blimey, the sun’s coming out! Maybe that will encourage the postie to give it a go down the lanes today. When it finally arrives it’ll be like coming back off holiday.

Don Smith
Reply to  Wendy V
13, January 2010 1:21 pm

The sun may be shining in some places however, in my Close there remains two inches of frozen snow on the footpaths and the road is not 100% safe. Refuse collectors, just like school teachers and post persons they require the same level of protection. The thaw will come, and in the mean time no one is getting their bones broken. The accumulation of rubbish will cause… Read more »

Shuba Rao
Reply to  Wendy V
13, January 2010 1:37 pm

Out here in Bonchurch, we have had postal delivery since yesterday ! Our postman is wonderful.

Wendy V
Reply to  Wendy V
13, January 2010 2:40 pm

Postman just called with 8 days-worth of letters! Normality’s gradually returning. Though there are still a few lanes near us that are impassable.

Wendy V
Reply to  Wendy V
13, January 2010 2:42 pm

PS The sun promptly went back in again. Back to grey.

L PINKERTON
13, January 2010 2:01 pm

For information: we are a Wednesday collection and so far nothing has happened.

playdough
Reply to  L PINKERTON
13, January 2010 4:31 pm

Oooh is that in the Cowes area?

mojo
13, January 2010 5:27 pm

Read on the council website today of this change of plan so i fetched my black box, green bin, and full bag from last weeks green bin back indoors. Refuse was then collected whilst I was hanging on the phone for an insurance claim!!! Grrrrr!!! At least I had left all my black sacks out as they were only blocking my garage entrance and they did take… Read more »

Ed G
13, January 2010 6:53 pm

Thinking the rubbish collection would be a day late I did not put out the bins today. A statement was released at 11.30 today saying If your normal collection day is Wednesday, Thursday or Friday this week and your road is clear of ice and snow please place your rubbish out on your normal day and we will make every effort to collect it. Too late I… Read more »

annie
13, January 2010 7:11 pm

Mitchell Avenue – we put our bin out in hope, and came home to find it emptied – on the correct day.

Shobba
14, January 2010 9:42 am

Mine is going out today, Thursday. Normally they would have been by now but so far, no sign!

YKMB
14, January 2010 10:36 am

I saw the bin man driving up newport road yesterday so I went and dumped around 9 bin bages out in the road.

Checked this morning and …….. Still there.

Hope the council don’t come round and fine me for leaving my rubbish in the street because ther is no chance im bringing it all back in. The food stinks and bags are wet and icy.

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