Weekly food waste collections will be resuming in Wycombe and the Chilterns from today.

The collections had been disrupted as a result of the Covid-19 outbreak, but collections will now resume with Buckinghamshire Council asking residents to separate food waste from the next collection day.

In related news, household bin collections will be a day later than usual for residents across the county as a result of the Bank Holiday weekend.

Buckinghamshire Council's cabinet member for environment and climate change, Bill Chapple OBE, has also issued a plea to residents to only use household waste sites if they 'absolutely have to'.

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"Things have gone really well since we took a lead and reopened five of our nine recycling centres, however they have been busy and long queues have formed, particularly before sites have opened in the morning.

"What people might not realise is that while sites are open, the social distancing measures we've had to install have reduced the number of people that can visit at one time.

"We have made some tweaks on-site to improve things where we can, however it is still leading to long waits at busy times.

"My plea to residents is to only visit sites if their waste cannot safely be stored at home or by using the kerbside collections.

"Much of what we are seeing coming in is green waste, which is understandable as people focus on their gardens, trees and plants, however it may not require an essential trip.

"If you can continue to store or compost at home please do. Obviously, now that garden bin collections have restarted, that also gives residents extra capacity as an alternative to venturing out to a waste site."

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