Garden waste crews share festive TikTok gift with customers F
ather-daughter crew members Paul and Kim are back with a festive Garden Waste announcement for Bromsgrove and Redditch residents.
Social media saw the return of the jedi-loving pair who went viral earlier in the year for their TikTok talents. Filmed just before the second lockdown, the pair are back again to let customers know that garden waste collections will be continuing throughout the winter and rolling into next year’s service with a two week break (w/c December 21st and 28th). The service, which covers Bromsgrove and Redditch, usually ends in November and begins again in February/March but was ceased for several weeks earlier in the year due to the Covid-19 pandemic. The extended service aims to make up for the missed collections and support residents in making the most of their gardens and get the full value of the service for the year. It will resume the week commencing January 4th or January 11th, depending on which collection sequence customers are on, and will run into 2021 with the renewal period staying in February. Cllr Margaret Sherrey, whose portfolio covers environmental services, said: “It’s wonderful to see some light-hearted fun in what has been, for many, quite a dark year. A big thank you to Paul and Kim who have put their inhibitions aside to get this fantastic message out to residents. “All of our crews, garden waste and general waste, have worked extremely hard on the front line this year and we cannot thank them enough.” The council will monitor how well used the service is during the extension this year and if there is enough demand will look at how this could be built into the service in future years.
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Residents who do not already have a garden waste collection but are interested in signing up can contact the environmental services team on 01527 881188. More information is available at www. bromsgrove.gov.uk/gardenwaste, and the festive video can be viewed on Facebook and Twitter at www.facebook. com/watch/?v=708649133086692 and twitter.com/BromsgroveDC/ status/1326872610869825541.
