Text message informs residents of Christmas rubbish collections

RESIDENTS in Carmarthenshire who have signed up to the council’s text messaging service will receive information on refuse / recycling collections over Christmas.

The messages from Carmarthenshire Direct keep the public up-to-date on a wide range of council services and facilities.

Short text messages are sent to customers in the language of their choice and can be stopped at any time.

It is particularly useful during the festive period and messages have already been sent to advise householders that there will be no refuse / recycling collections on Boxing Day. Collections between Monday, December 26 and Friday, December 30 will be made a day later than usual. Friday collections will be made on Saturday, December 31. Collections are back to normal from Monday, January 2.

Executive Board Member for the Environment Cllr Philip Hughes said: “We try to publicise the changes to refuse / recycling collections over the Christmas period as much as possible and this is an excellent way of informing residents.

“We produce a lot more waste at Christmas than at any other time of the year so it is important we recycle as much as we can in our green food bins and blue bags.”

Residents with mobile phones are now being encouraged to sign up for the service which can be accessed by texting ‘sign up’ to 0789 2345678.

Customer Care Champion Cllr Kevin Madge said: “I would urge residents to sign up as it is a great way of getting information on a number of services provided by the council. We aim to make our services as accessible to everyone as possible.”