GREEN bin collections are being suspended until February, Cheshire West and Chester Council has confirmed.

The authority says the move will ensure kerbside waste and recycling collections are maintained during the busy festive period and help the service cope with the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic.

Garden waste collection is normally suspended for four weeks over the winter period and this year was scheduled to happen between December 14 and January 10, 2021.

Collection service calendars had been delivered to every household in the borough confirming the four-week garden waste suspension period.

However, a decision has since been taken to extend this suspension from January 11 to February 8.

Deputy leader and cabinet member for environment, highways and strategic transport, councillor Karen Shore said: “By extending the suspension of our garden waste collections we will give Cheshire West Recycling the resilience to cope with the added pressures caused by the on-going pandemic.”

Meanwhile, a scheme to assist with the collection and deposit of Christmas trees will be promoted through local charities and supported by the council’s Street Care service.

For charity collections, Just Helping, raises money for local hospices by collecting and recycling real trees.

After Monday, January 4, 2021, real Christmas trees can be dropped off for the council to reuse them in parks and open spaces at:

  • Hooton Golf Club, Chester Road, Hooton, Ellesmere Port, CH66 1QF
  • Whitby Park, Stanney Lane, Ellesmere Port, CH65 9AQ
  • Stanney Fields Park, Hinderton Road, Neston, CH64 9PE
  • Westminster Park Hough Green, Chester, CH4 8JW
  • Alexandra Park Canadian Avenue, Chester, CH2 3HH
  • Castle Park Fountain Lane, Frodsham, WA6 6SA

Trees will be mulched for use throughout the year in your parks and gardens.