For the time being, our brown garden waste bin collections will be continuing to operate a four-weekly collection due to the ongoing effects of COVID-19 on the bin crew staff.

Biffa, Wirral's waste collection contractor, does not have enough people to restart the brown bin collections on a fortnightly basis as usual because staff levels continue to be too low due to those who are shielding or have confirmed or suspected symptoms.

Residents subscribed to the service will instead continue to receive a garden waste collection once every four weeks instead of once every two weeks.

Current subscribers to the garden waste collection service should visit the council's website to find out when their next collection date will be and search by street name.

The four-weekly collections continue to be a temporary arrangement to prioritise the collection of green general waste, and grey recycling bins.

Subscribers to the garden waste collection service will receive all of the postponed collections from the previous subscription year before needing to sign up again.