Peterborough bulky waste collections suspended due to Covid absences

Aragon Direct Services, which is responsible for waste collection in Peterborough, has 14 members of staff from its waste and recycling team absent due to the virus.

As a result it has stopped accepting new bulky waste requests, while there have been delays for people who have booked for collections.

The council-run company said: “We apologise for delays to our bulky waste collection service this week. We won’t be accepting any bulky waste requests for now.

“If you’ve booked a bulky waste collection please leave your items out for collection on your allotted collection day – these will be picked up ASAP.”

Moreover, bin collections in the rural areas of Wansford, Wothorpe, Sutton, Upton, Thornhaugh and farms around them were not carried out on Tuesday due to the staff absences.

Those are expected to take place today.

Aragon added: “We apologise for the inconvenience this will cause.”