Bath's recycling trucks 'overheating' during hot spell

Recycling collections are being disrupted due to overheated trucks

Recycling trucks in the Bath area are being temporarily rested due to the heatwave damaging the electrical circuits of the waste compactors.

Bath and North East Somerset Council has said as a result more trucks are being drafted in for its collections.

Overheated circuit boards for the waste compactors are now being modified to help them cope with the heatwave.

The council said this was a problem other councils were facing in the UK.

Cabinet member Martin Veal added: "We ask residents to bear with us.

"This is an issue local authorities across the country are having to deal with during this spell of exceptionally high temperatures."

Recycling and waste collections are set to return to normal as soon as possible, the council added.