Waste collections

Stand by your bins. The CBC waste cavalry are on the horizon - not sure which one but somewhere.
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The great bin freeze up

CBC says bin collections are off.  Due to my efforts to catch the snow train to London - and it was slow - I don't know if any Cranfield bins got touched. Click bin collection or read here:

All waste collections have been suspended this morning due to the snow and icy conditions. The situation will continue to be monitored throughout the day, so residents should leave their bins or bags out if it is safe to do so.

Waste bin collections during adverse weather - general advice
We try to maintain waste and recycling collections regardless of the weather, but where conditions are dangerous for our crews pulling waste bins and loading vehicles, we may need to suspend bin collections until conditions improve.
In the event of adverse weather conditions, we will make every effort to collect your kerbside waste. If we are not able to due to safety concerns, we will catch up as soon as possible. Residents are advised to make full use of their food waste collection (north of the region only) and recycling collection.

Waste bins

A new batch of dog waste bins is on its way - vital in responding to issues raised at last week's surgery about dog waste in the park. Now we just have to make sure people use them. Some discussion about this coming up at July Parish Council.  We have also ordered steel general waste bins for the rec to replace the ones that are knocked over and unopenable and no longer fit for purpose.


Dog waste and rubbish seem pretty small beer but if they are not attended to it will soon affect all our quality of life.  


We have now appointed Dave Rawle as our new, employed, amenity cleaner after competitive interview.  Many many thanks to Roy Phillips who is stepping down from the role which he did as a contractor. Roy has and does work damn hard for the village - I've watched the van stopping outside Broad Green Rec on many Saturdays at 7 am. 

Bins emptied

No green bins emptied it would appear in Cranfield up to this morning. Central Beds website wasn't a great deal of help so the parish council clerk Rosie Davy Hunt checked. The service manager for waste collections reported to her: "It is worth noting that we attempted collections in the North but due to accidents on the roads, accessing the rural collections and issues the crews were having it was deemed impractical and unsafe to continue, not a decision taken lightly. Provisionally we may well be suspending collections in the south but we will confirm shortly."


While I was reading this in London my base commander at Broad Green reported that the green bins were being emptied (thought not the food bins).