Dorset Council is pleased to announce that bin collections in Weymouth and Portland will begin to resume from tomorrow (Tuesday 17 November).
Following the major fire at our Crookhill depot in Chickerell, all bin collections were suspended as 16 collection vehicles were destroyed or heavily damaged in the blaze last Sunday (15 November).
However, Council officers have worked tirelessly over the past 24 hours to get replacements in place and clean up the site so it can be used to once again store waste and park vehicles.
As a result, some collections in Weymouth and Portland will resume tomorrow (Tuesday 17 November), with all collections reinstated the next day (Wednesday 18 November).
Details are as follows: –
- Rubbish, food and garden waste collections will take place as normal tomorrow (Tuesday 17 November). If your collection day is a Tuesday, please put your bins out as you usually would
- However, there will be no recycling collections tomorrow (Tuesday 17 November) as we wait for replacement vehicles to be delivered
- All collections will take place as normal from Wednesday 18 November onwards
- There won’t be any catch-up collections for kerbside rubbish and recycling. Any household that did not receive a collection on Monday 16 or Tuesday 17 November should keep hold of their waste and put it out on the next appropriate collection day when we’ll pick up any waste we missed as a result of the service suspension.
Residents are reminded that food waste collections are weekly and that both Weymouth and Portland Household Recycling Centres are open daily from 10am to 4pm if anybody cannot wait until their next bin collection. Please note that both these sites are observing COVID-19 secure restrictions, so there may be long queues.
Dorset Council also wants to emphasise that, while we have enough resources to resume waste collections in Weymouth and Portland, resources will be stretched in the short-term and services may be more prone to disruption than usual in the coming weeks. Some street cleansing services may also be disrupted as specialist large sweeper vehicles are yet to be replaced.
While Fire and Rescue officers are keeping a close eye on the Crookhill site, Environment Agency officers were in attendance today and were satisfied that the impact to the surrounding environment was minimal. 20,000L of waste liquid was also pumped from tanks on site and removed; the contents primarily consisting of the water and foam used to extinguish the fire.
Cllr. Jill Haynes, Dorset Council’s Portfolio Holder for Customer Services and Communities, said:
“This is a phenomenal achievement. To lose most of our vehicle fleet at Crookhill but resume the majority of our bin collection services less than 2 days later is testament to the hard work of all the officers and agencies involved in tackling this incident. On behalf of Dorset Council and the residents of Weymouth and Portland, well done and thank you.
For those who did not receive a collection on Monday or Tuesday, I apologise for any inconvenience this may cause but thank you for your patience and understanding. Please bear with us as we get things back to normal.”
well done and thank you, take care and stay safe
Our food bin was missed on Monday 9th, so reported it and was told it would be collected within 5 working days, that was last Friday. So we left it out for collection today (Portland) and so it has not been collected again because of the fire. So now I have two weeks food rubbish already in my bin and now I have to wait another week for a collection! My food bin has not been collected on the correct day for three weeks now, it’s really not good enough!
I can not drive to take to tip so if it’s 2 more weeks before my bin is emptied will they take extra bags
Yes, we will collect any rubbish and recycling missed yesterday and today at your next collection for that waste type.
Well done dorset waste partnership
Well done to all for such quick response to such a devastating event. I honestly didn’t expect you to be back on schedule so quick. Well done!!
Well done to all involved getting sorted so quick and I just hope everyone will be patient while you all work hard to catch up. Thankyou
That is phenomenal work by all the Council workers involved. Your dedication and hard work are a shining example to us all. We’ll done.
Such a terrible thing to happen. A big thank you to you for managing to source alternative vehicles at such short notice. The council take a lot of critiscm but I congratulate them on this occasion.
Incredible, well done all involved.
Thanks to all those staff involved in sorting out replacement vehicles, and so, minimising disruptions to our waste collections.
Well done
Well done. A fantastic effort considering what happened.
Thank you for your wonderful service after such a devastating fire, all of you must have worked so hard to get things up and running again.
Well done. The people who collect my bins are always bright and cheery , which is nice . I am out walking my dog then, and It’s good to get a cheerful good morning. Even during COVID, everything was still as usual. So thanks to your amazing staff, and collectors who work in all weathers , we couldn’t do without you!
Thank you for your wonderful service after such a devastating fire,all of you must have worked so hard to get things up and running again. Well done. So thanks to your amazing staff and collectors, who work in all weathers, even during COVID , we couldn’t do without you!
Thank you for your wonderful service after such a devastating fire,all of you must have worked so hard to get things up and running again. Well done. So thanks to your amazing staff and collectors, who work in all weathers, even during COVID , we couldn’t do without you!
Sorry but you haven’t made it clear. We missed our Monday collection yesterday on Littlemoor Rd. Does this mean we put out the black unrecycled waste bin next Monday 23rd November? Thank you.
No. We’ll collect any rubbish waste we missed yesterday on Monday 30 November. Thank you.
Well done all concerned
What a fantastic recovery, there cannot be many depots that could get up and running so quickly after such a devastating fire. Thank you D.W.P.
Well done to all involved – This must have been a nightmare for you, and to get services back on track so swiftly is really outstanding. Thank you.
I want to congratulate those involved in getting replacement waste collection services in place so quickly. It is very impressive that so much could be accomplished so soon given the scale of the incident – those involved should be proud of their efforts.
Well done to all those involved in achieving such a swift recovery from the devastating fire.
Very well done to all involved. Very impressive
Brilliant response. Well done to everyone involved.
Well done to everyone on Dorset Council for pulling out all the stops so efficiently.
Greatly appreciated by residents. Thank you.
Well done to all the staff for pulling out all the stops to continue bin collections, despite this fire demolishing so many vehicles. Public are so quick to complain but I feel well deserved praise to all and my personal thank-you. Mrs Bissett
Hi I live on portland harbour view road and I never put my bin out tuesday as I through there was no collect after the fire but the bin men came they were amazing collecting peoples bins and putting them back I spoke to the bin men they were so lovely polite and happy and helpful and what a great team they were working togther thank you very much
Well done to all involved in this massive task, Firemen, council officers and the workers ,a great achievement..
Thanks to ever Involved in this fantastic effort
Well done for all your efforts, it’s just one more problem the excellent team you have will overcome I am sure and we will soon see you out on our streets again