Tens of thousands of householders affected by an unofficial bin strike are being asked to take their waste to the tip Brighton and Hove City Council has been forced to cancel its refuse and recycling collections after its workers did not leave the depot.
It comes after managers presented staff with the local authority’s offer following months of negotiations about changing its system of allowances and expenses.
Unions claim refuse and recycling staff could lose up to £4,000 a year from the changes.
A statement issued by Brighton and Hove City Council said: “About 20,000 households will be affected by this disruption.
“The communal refuse and recycling vehicles are also not operating. We are aware that this is resulting in bins overflowing.
“Given the scale of the disruption we will not be able to collect missed refuse and recycling until your next scheduled collection day.
“If your collection has been missed we advise you to take your rubbish and recycling to one of our household waste sites in Wilson Avenue in Brighton or Old Shoreham Road in Hove or to wait until your next scheduled collection.
“We are working hard to hire in extra vehicles and agency staff for next week to be able to deal with the extra volume of waste and recycling as a result of the missed collections.
“Due to the disruption we are not taking any reports of missed collections and we will not be able to give you any additional information over the phone.
“We apologise for any inconvenience caused.”
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