Waste and recycling collections in Thanet may have to be suspended today (Monday 6 February) due to the condition of the side roads and pavements in the area.

This morning the council announced via press release that it's team of refuse collectors were at the depot waiting to start collections. They said it is too dangerous at present to take the freighters out. It is hoped that collections can start later this morning, if conditions improve, but unless the roads and pavements begin to clear, the council may have to suspend waste collections for the day.

The council offered the following advice for people who are due collections today:

• If you are on a wheeled bin collection please keep your bin outside. The council will collect your bin as soon as they can.
• People with black sack or blue recycling bags should take these inside to stop animals or seagulls attacking them. These should not be left outside overnight but should be put back out for collection from 6.00 am each day.
• Priority will be given to collecting black sacks.
• With paper and cardboard collections, please take these inside and keep them until the next scheduled collection.
• If you are due to have your green garden waste bin collected today, please keep it outside and the council will collect it as soon as possible during the next few days.
• Anyone due to have a clinical waste collection today, please put your waste out for collection today and for the rest of this week, but do not leave it out overnight.

The council also maintain an information page on what to do when bad weather disrupts waste and recycling collections.

There was no news on when the council expected to get back to a normal collection pattern and we have yet to hear that collections have started.

The council was also very keen to point out that it was Kent County Council (KCC) and not Thanet District Council (TDC) that were responsible for road gritting. They ended their press release by saying: Gritting of all public roads in Thanet is carried out by Kent County Council. For full details of the gritting service being provided in Thanet, please visit Kent County Council's website or call 08458 247 247.

Has your waste collection service been disrupted today? Has enough has been done to keep you informed or do you feel that the local council has gone above and beyond today?