Message from Canterbury City Council (CCC):
Our waste contractor Serco is experiencing Covid-19-related staff shortages this morning which will have an impact on collections for at least the remainder of this week.
While Serco managers work through their well-rehearsed contingency plans such as asking staff who are on leave to come in and employing agency staff, they will focus on collecting residual household waste because of the direct impact it has on residents and the environment.
Crews will tackle garden waste as soon as possible so please leave your bins out for collection.
Recycling collections are NOT affected at this stage.
We will post an update as soon as we have more information.