East Ayrshire Council has told residents that their recycling bin collections will be hit next week.
But household and garden waste will be collected as normal, for now.
Waste collection services in East Ayrshire will be affected by industrial action by Unite and GMB workers from Wednesday, August 24, up to and including Wednesday, August 31.
The council said that action ‘will have a significant impact on the council’s ability to deliver waste services and priority will therefore will be given to the collection of household waste, garden waste and commercial waste bins’.
Residents are asked not to put out their recycling trolley during the strike. Instead they should bag it and put it alongside the trolley at the next collection day.
At the moment household waste bins and garden waste bins can be put out as normal, but the council warns these services may also be affected.
The council added: “Household waste bins not collected on the normal day will be collected as soon as possible and when resources allow. Cleaner Communities will also ensure that residents receive their full allocation of garden waste bin collections, collecting any missed bins at a later date.
“It is hoped that the recycling centres at Garlaff, Cumnock and Western Road, Kilmarnock will remain open.
“Street cleaning services including servicing of litter bins and maintenance of grassed and flowerbed areas may also be affected. If litter bins are full please do not leave litter on the ground beside the bin, please act responsibly and take your litter home.”
The action is set to be replicated by GMB workers between August 26 and 29 and between September 7 and September 10.
Council workers have been offered and rejected an improved 3.5 percent wage increase.
They had originally been offered a two per cent increase, but had rejected that, claiming it was a real terms cut.
First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has called on councils to match Scottish Government funding to make a five percent offer.
The Scottish Government says their additional contribution of £140 million was more than the amount Cosla had asked for in order to make a five per cent offer.
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