Waveney District Council would like to inform residents that the heavy snowfall overnight forced the cancellation of yesterday’s refuse collections. There are also delays to Tuesday’s collections.

The adverse weather conditions made the roads and pavements very slippery and it was deemed too dangerous for the crews to leave the depot this morning. In the interest of public and workforce safety the decision was taken to postpone collections until conditions improve.

A spokesperson for Waveney District Council said: “If your bin was not emptied yesterday, please leave it out for collection and we will endeavour to empty it during the next three days. This ‘catch up’ process may have a knock on effect on collections later in the week, so please leave you bin out until it is emptied.

“It is anticipated that the backlog will be cleared by midday on Saturday 29 March.”

Waveney District Council’s Refuse Collection Team would like to apologise for any inconvenience caused.

Thank you for your co-operation.