VALE of Glamorgan Council issue notice on delays to garden waste collections. 

They said: "We are currently experiencing some difficulty providing cover to HGV driving roles within our garden waste collection service.

"As a non-statutory service, garden waste collections take place between March and November each year, and drivers are recruited on a temporary basis from agencies".

Garden waste should be collected every other week, alternate week to your black bag collection.

"With the current driver shortages our agencies are unable to supply drivers at present," they added.

"Because of this, there may be some delays to your garden waste collections.

"We understand this can be frustrating, but our teams are working hard to collect your recycling as soon as possible.

"If your recycling is not collected on the scheduled day, please leave at the kerbside for collection."

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