THE LEADER of the Thurrock Conservatives on Thurrock Council has questioned the decision to change the bin timetables due to the weather.
Thurrock Conservative Leader and spokesman for Environment Rob Gledhill said "I have concerns over the Labour-run Council’s decision to start the bin collection an hour earlier.
"I understand that the crews have choice of starting at 6 and if they do it will still see them working extremely hard in the midday sun right up until about 2:30 pm.
With it being optional and the refuse workers still being out in the hottest part of the day I fail to see how it is actually protecting them. We know that bin collections are noisy so all I can see this doing is waking up residents and increasing the number of complaints.
"I will be asking officers for an update on complaints on a weekly basis to monitor its impact. We all want bin men to be safe and our bins collected at a reasonable time – I fail to see how this proposal will do both."
