BIN collection services have partially resumed in Wirral today after being suspended due to last week's big freeze.

Biffa are currently collecting this Monday’s scheduled work along all gritted routes – but road and pavement conditions are still too icy to safely service untreated roads.

Biffa will attempt to collect all bins placed out on main roads that have been gritted and residents living along those routes are advised to place the colour bin that is due for collection this week out on their usual collection day.

Biffa will not be able to catch up on last week’s missed collections and residents are now being asked to wait until their next scheduled collection day for the colour of bin that was missed.

Garden waste collections will be suspended until January 25 to allow the crews to provide additional support for refuse and recycling collections.

When the normal scheduled collections are able to resume, Biffa will collect any bags that are left by the side of full green bins.

Recycling cannot be collected in extra bags as they cannot be separated at the sorting facility in Bidston.

If your grey recycling bin is now full, the council is encouraging residents to store recycling for future collections.

Alternatively, Wirral's three Household Waste Recycling Centres at Bidston, Clatterbridge and West Kirby are open seven days a week.

Special skips have been provided to take all recycling that would normally go in your grey bin, even if it is mixed together.

The council is asking that any residents wanting to make use of that facility empty their recycling into the skips and take away their bags, or use the litter bins provided to dispose of them.

Full collections will resume once the road and pavement conditions improve.

The council website - see related links below - will be updated daily to inform residents when this is likely to be.