Central Coast Council and its waste collections contractor Cleanaway are temporarily pausing the bulk waste collection service for six weeks due to significant staff shortages caused by COVID-19.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The change to services is effective immediately and the online bulk waste booking system has been temporarily disabled. Existing bulk kerbside bookings will be collected (collection dates may vary), however residents won\u2019t be able to book new bulk waste collections for approximately six weeks while the backlog of bulk collections is serviced and until staff resources become available. Meanwhile, remaining resources will be reallocated to ensure regular wheelie (red, yellow and green) bin collections can continue during this period.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Council Director of Infrastructure Services, Boris Bolgoff said the pausing of bulk kerbside collection was unavoidable due to a large portion of Cleanaway\u2019s workforce unable to work due to COVID.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWhile the bulk kerbside collections have temporarily paused, all other waste collection services including regular red, yellow and green wheelie bin collections will continue,\u201d Mr Bolgoff said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cCouncil is conscious of the recent weather issues and will ensure that resources will be available for any storm related clean up requirements should the need arise.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cCouncil\u2019s number one priority is the health and safety of the community and its staff. We recognise the inconvenience this could cause for the community and are asking for cooperation and patience during this approximate six-week pause period.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThe community will need to hold off preparing bulk waste for collection or placing items at the front of properties for the next six weeks and until the service reopens for new bookings.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Information for the community:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Council will advise the community of any changes including the resumption of service as necessary, and thanks the community for their cooperation and understanding during this period.<\/p>\n\n\n\n For more information about this service disruption, search \u2018bulk waste kerbside collection\u2019 on Council\u2019s website<\/strong> centralcoast.nsw.gov.au<\/a>. For questions, the community can contact Council via the 24\/7 online Customer Service Centre<\/a> or call 1300 463 954<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Central Coast Council and its waste collections contractor Cleanaway are temporarily pausing the bulk waste collection service for six weeks due to significant staff shortages caused by COVID-19. The change…","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2785,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","episode_type":"","audio_file":"","cover_image":"","cover_image_id":"","duration":"","filesize":"","date_recorded":"","explicit":"","block":"","filesize_raw":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[],"series":[115],"class_list":["post-2784","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-events","series-coffee-with-a-coastie"],"episode_featured_image":"https:\/\/onthecoastpublications.com.au\/onthecoastover55\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2022\/04\/Bulk_kerbside_collections_are_temporarily_paused_1.jpg","episode_player_image":"https:\/\/onthecoastpublications.com.au\/onthecoastover55\/wp-content\/plugins\/seriously-simple-podcasting\/assets\/images\/no-album-art.png","download_link":"","player_link":"","audio_player":false,"episode_data":{"playerMode":"dark","subscribeUrls":{"apple_podcasts":{"key":"apple_podcasts","url":"","label":"Apple Podcasts","class":"apple_podcasts","icon":"apple-podcasts.png"},"stitcher":{"key":"stitcher","url":"","label":"Stitcher","class":"stitcher","icon":"stitcher.png"},"google_podcasts":{"key":"google_podcasts","url":"","label":"Google Podcasts","class":"google_podcasts","icon":"google-podcasts.png"},"spotify":{"key":"spotify","url":"","label":"Spotify","class":"spotify","icon":"spotify.png"}},"rssFeedUrl":"https:\/\/onthecoastpublications.com.au\/onthecoastover55\/feed\/podcast\/coffee-with-a-coastie","embedCode":"Service disruption: Bulk kerbside collection temporarily paused due to COVID-19 impacting staffing levels<\/a><\/blockquote>