Some households did not have their waste collected as expected yesterday (19/7) due to the 'pingdemic' which has caused high numbers of crews to self-isolate.
Milton Keynes Council had revealed that almost 25% of the waste and recycling collection workforce in Milton Keynes is currently in self-isolation.
Twelve refuse team members received pings at the end of last week as Milton Keynes' waste crews struggled to finish all rounds, which meant that emergency collections continued into the weekend.
And now it seems that certain households did not have their waste collected as planned at the start of this week due to the low staff numbers.
Milton Keynes Council said: "Early reports suggest some people’s food and garden waste was not collected today; please bear with us, we are doing our best and redeploying teams to cope."
Those that were affected by yesterday's missed collections should leave the waste out today (20/7). It is expected that there will be further missed collections for the remainder of the week so this will continue to apply to any households that have not had their expected collection.
Milton Keynes Council’s Cabinet Member for the Public Realm, Labour Councillor Lauren Townsend, has asked residents to please be patient with the crews.
She said: "Crews are out in 30-degree temperatures and with a big chunk of their colleagues stuck at home, our refuse collection teams here in MK are putting on an amazing effort to ensure everyone’s bins get collected as soon as possible, but please be patient as we know issues are going to be inevitable.
"We’ll have collections into the weekend again if necessary this week but please be kind to the workers who are battling obstacles way out of their control."
LATEST 19:55- IF YOUR BINS WERE MISSED TODAY, LEAVE THEM OUT FOR 7AM TOMORROW (21/7) TO BE COLLECTED.
