the town hall had to cancel green bin collections for a month due to staff absence. The announcement of further lockdown measures are also likely to increase projected waste volumes, a council report has warned.The number of bins presented on collection day in Manchester has risen above pre-Covid levels, increasing by almost a third at the peak of the pandemic.This rise in demand has led to bin crews missing more collections, with an average of 1,959 bins missed each month in the year to April - up 88 per cent on the year before.The report says: “Higher levels of agency staff result in more mistakes being made as they adjust to new collection maps.“Increasing traffic since the initial lockdown period and school traffic also affects.
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