Following a hectic December that saw

the snow create havoc amongst some public services, Guildford Borough

Council has announced the good news that the recycling and refuse

service are now back on track.

“The recent adverse weather caused

widespread disruption to waste and recycling collection services

throughout the country,” said Leader of the Council, Cllr Tony

Rooth.

“Whilst this also severely stretched

collection services in our area, Guildford Borough Council has been

able to deal with the backlog very quickly. We took an early decision

that it would not be acceptable for our residents to keep missing

collections at such a critical time of the year.

“We would like to thank residents

again for their patience and understanding during the weather

disruption.”

The snow disruption at the beginning of

December and towards Christmas left many residents stranded with

mountains of rubbish piling up because of the delay to recycling and

refuse services.

Twitter user RickMGoldie summed up the

frustration by tweeting two days ago: “Used to call the refuse

collectors 'Bin men'. I'm re-naming mine to 'Not been men'. No

collection for 5 weeks now.”

How badly affected have you been by the

disruption to recycling and refuse services? Could the Council have

handled the situation better?