Bedfordshire: Three-month garden waste backlog to be cleared

Central Bedfordshire Council suspended the service for three months in July

Work to clear a three-month backlog of halted garden waste collections will be carried over by a council over a two-week period next month.

Central Bedfordshire Council has been unable to collect garden waste since late July due to a shortage of HGV drivers.

The waste will be picked up between 18 and 30 October. During this period food waste collections will be paused.

The booking system for council-run tidy tips will stop from 27 September.

Conservative councillor Ian Dalgarno, executive member for community services, said: "We are sorry that our usual, reliable service has been affected by the national driver shortage - and we thank residents for their patience during this difficult time."

The council said it was looking for qualified drivers to apply to be a "key worker in the recycling and waste sector".