Sign up to the free MyBury newsletter to get the best stories direct to your inbox A lack of drivers could see problems with local bin collections "last up to and beyond December".
The revelation comes as a rural resident claimed her monthly recycling collections have been suspended due to the shortage. Lesley Ham, who lives near Whitworth Rake, in Rochdale, told LancsLive her recycling was not collected last Tuesday (August 24) and by the end of the week she had been told by Rossendale Borough Council that the service had been suspended.
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