COPELAND Council is informing residents of its Bank Holiday weekend arrangements for refuse collection.
Household recycling and waste collections scheduled on April 10 (Good Friday) will be collected as normal. All collections scheduled for the week April 13 (Easter Monday) will be one day later than normal. This includes a Saturday collection for those due on Friday, April 17.
Residents are reminded that the garden waste collections have not resumed due to staffing levels in relation to the current pandemic.
The following out-of-hours emergency numbers are available during this time:
Homelessness – 01946 427070
Dangerous structures – 01946 427121
Flooding – 01946 427171
All Copeland Council offices, The Beacon Museum, and Distington Hall Crematorium offices and Chapel of Remembrance, remain closed to the public due to the Coronavirus pandemic.
The Council reminds residents that an emergency support service has been set-up for people in Copeland at high risk of becoming seriously ill and who do not have support available from friends, family or neighbours.
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