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05
Aug 2022
Harrogate council vows to prioritise recycling collections after two missed rounds
Residents on Harrogate's Harlow Hill say they fear they could go six weeks without a recycling collection after the last two rounds were missed.
Harrogate Borough Council cancelled some of Tuesday's bin lorry rounds and notified residents that afternoon by text message.
It advised people to leave their recycling boxes and bags out and said crews would attempt to return later in the week. If they had not been collected by Saturday evening, the council said they would not be done until the next scheduled date 10 days later.
For some residents, however, it is a second consecutive missed collection. Bruce Allison, who lives on the Castle Hill estate off Whinney Lane, said:
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The council said staff sickness was responsible for this week's missed collections. It has vowed to prioritise those residents who also missed the last collection during the heatwave.
A spokesperson said:
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