AS Thurrock Council continues to try and offset the impact of industrial action by refuse collection crews, it has announced it has set up three drive-through waste drop-off sites..

They will be open tomorrow (Saturday, 24 April) from 9am until noon for residents to dispose of bagged household waste.

There are usually five drop-off points open 9am to 6pm, Monday to Friday. As a pilot this weekend three of the sites will be open on Saturday morning as well.

They are:

• Units H and I, Hume Avenue, Tilbury, RM18 8YD - Google Map link

• The Billet site, Billet Lane, Stanford-le-Hope, SS17 0AR – Google Map link

• The former Culver Centre site, Daiglen Drive, South Ockendon, RM15 5BX

Waste cannot be collected or left at the site after 12 noon so the council says it is important that residents make sure they take any bagged waste they want to drop off to these sites before they close.

There have been no changes to waste collection days or prioritisation of rounds as Thurrock Council works hard to minimise disruption to daily household bin collections. While the council continues to focus on collecting general household waste, including food waste, it is asking residents to:

• put their grey bin or green bin out for collection on your normal day and leave it out until collected – we will aim to collect any missed bins the following day
• put food waste and smaller items of garden waste in with general waste
• compress recycling as much as possible

In a further effort to circumvent the industrial action the council has brought in additional vehicles, which may not have the usual Thurrock branding on them, to help ensure as many green and grey bins can be emptied during daily collections.