Cambridge City Council have just issued this press release:

Cambridge City Council has cancelled all collections of green bins for the rest of this week, in an effort to catch up on collections of black and blue bins delayed a result of bad weather.

Icy conditions persisting on some streets and pavements mean that the council has been unable to access some areas to empty bins, with some collections still outstanding from Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday.

Executive Councillor for Environmental and Waste Services, Cllr Jean Swanson said, “We are hoping to catch up on delayed blue and black bin collections, and we ask residents to keep putting their bins out until they are emptied. In order to catch up with missed collections we do need extra vehicles, which is why we’ve taken the decision to cancel green waste collections and use those vehicles to help with blue and black bins.”

The council’s advice for residents is to put black and blue bins out for collection as usual, and if they are not emptied on the collection day, put them back out the following day until they are emptied. Green bins due to be emptied this week will instead be emptied the week beginning 4th February.