For the latest Stockport news sign up to the MyStockport newsletter here A spate of Covid-19 absence among council bin men meant that swathes of Stockport residents did not get their green bins collected this week.
Council officials said that rising infection rates seen across the country had hit home in the borough, with more TLC staff — the authority’s waste collection contractor — having to stay home from work.
Now, councillors say that they are working hard to remedy the issue by bringing in extra resources on a temporary basis — but say it is difficult to say for certain when the situation will be fully resolved.