What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
Leeds residents are being reminded about the dangers of binning batteries and hot ash from barbeques after three separate incidents in refuse collection vehicles in the last week. A waste crews was carrying out collections in Staith Gardens and Town Street, Middleton when smoke started emerging from the back of
Leeds City Council’s head of environmental services was quizzed about the poor performance of refuse collection on the Cottingley Hall estate by residents at a meeting on 15 March. John Woolmer attended the meeting of Cottingley Hall TRAC at the community centre following questions being raised at the Inner South
For many years, missed bin collections on some of the terrace streets on Beeston Hill and elsewhere has been an ongoing issue. There are three main reasons driving most of these missed collections: Population growth has increased the amount of waste produced Cars parked on street entry points, blocking access
On Monday (4 March 2019) I got the chance to spend some time with the team that collects Cottingley’s black bins. I was really impressed with how hard they work, how quickly they get round and their ‘can-do’ attitude. I arrive keen and ready to go at the end of
Collections of brown garden bins across Leeds will re-start soon. Following the winter break, the fortnightly brown bin collections will resume on Monday 29 February 2016. Collection days remain the same and can be checked on the council’s website. You can also download a handy calendar to remind you of your collection schedule. Using brown
Leeds City Council has announced its revised schedule for bin collections over the festive season. Bins will be collected as normal up until and including Christmas Eve. Then, between Friday 25 December and Sunday 10 January bins will be emptied either one or two days later than normal. You can
Leeds residents can now download a calendar of bin collections using a new online tool. The tool, now live at www.leeds.gov.uk, allows residents to enter their postcode to check the dates of all their bin day collections and print off a handy three-month calendar. The ‘check your bin day’ service