RECYCLING collections controversially suspended across Allerdale last month will resume on September 9, the borough council has announced.

Garden waste and glass, cans and plastic recycling services were suspended on July 8 to allow struggling contractors to prioritise household waste collection.

The move was also intended to ensure that all residents had their household waste collected on their scheduled day and to help the council thrash out a solution to the crisis with contractors FCC Environment.

Paper and card and business waste collections were also unaffected by the temporary arrangements.

Following discussions with FCC Environment, who deliver the service for the council, an interim arrangement has been agreed, allowing all waste collection services to be resumed. The interim arrangement will ensure “extra resources” are put into delivering the services.

A council spokesman said: “The council and FCC would like to thank residents for their cooperation and patience throughout this period and apologise for any inconvenience caused. “The council also wants to thank those who used the recycling bring sites and household waste recycling centres (HWRCs) across the borough while the suspension was in place.

Collections will follow the calendar that was issued to residents ahead of the start of the new waste collection service which came into effect on 1 April 2019.

People can also check when their next collection is due on the council’s website.

The new waste collection service introduced completely new bin collection rounds and new lorries with in-cab technology.

However, when the changes were introduced the bin crews were not able to make it to some properties on the scheduled day.

Therefore, the council decided to suspend some services to help crews complete the rounds whilst solutions were devised by the council and FCC.

The Executive agreed on August 6 to move forward with an interim agreement to address the issue, as well as work on longer-term solution.

The recycling bring sites will remain open for residents to dispose of waste. A full list of sites can be found on the council’s website.