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News - July 2023

27th July 2023 – M Connect Update

Keith Bus 1 has been frozen to new bookings due to a vehicle breakdown. There were no further customers booked on so no passengers affected.

25th July 2023 – Forres Route 72- Recycling Not Collected

Due to operational issues the recycling Blue and Purple bins have not been collected in the following streets Edgehill Road, South Street, Urquhart Street and Leys Road. Please advise customers to leave their bins out or present for 7.30am tomorrow when we will return to empty.

25th July 2023 – 23l Food Waste Caddies

we have today received a new stock of 23ltr caddies. We will arrange for the backlog of caddies requested to be delivered as soon as we can.

24th July 2023 – Forres - Recycling Not Collected

Due to operational issues the recycling Blue and Purple bins have not been collected in the following streets Woodside Drive, Lochview, Woodend, Beechway and Woodside Park. Please advise customers to leave their bins out or present for 7.30am tomorrow when we will return to empty.

19th July 2023 - Waste Oil - Chanonry Recycling Centre

Please be advised due to a contaminated container, Chanonry Recycling Centre are unable to accept waste oil until further notice. Other recycling centres are not affected.

19th July 2023 - Paused Forres Bus 1

Please note PTU have paused new bookings for Forres bus 1, however the trips already booked will still go ahead.

18th July 2023 - Dead Seagull Reports

Please be advised that we are aware of an increase in calls concerning dead seagulls in Moray.

After consulting with Environmental Health, they have confirmed that the current advice to follow is via the link here to GOV UK. The service have been notified that the Council webpage may need updating to include this information.

10th July 2023 - Gollachy Recycling Centre in Buckie not accepting Garden waste

Due to technical issues at Gollachy Recycling Centre in Buckie we cannot accept any Garden waste until further notice.

Garden waste can be taken to Dallachy Recycling Centre (Saturday only) or Moycroft Recycling Centre in Elgin (Saturday and Sunday). No appointment necessary.

Apologies for any inconvenience caused.

7th July 2023 - Bulky Collection Central

The Waste team have advised from the 1st August central bulky collections will be collected on a Friday.

First collection being the 4th August. Bulky dates have been updated.

7 July 2023 – ECN - Extension to Discount Payment Period V67869

Please note that we will accept the above ECN being paid at the discounted rate of £60 if payment is made by 5pm on 20 July 2023. The driver’s name is Emily Rose Siddel, 55 Springfield Drive, Elgin . This has been marked on the database.

7 July 2023 – Welfare Benefits – Lynn Main

Lynn Main will be on leave on Friday 7 July. She will return to work on Monday 10 July.

5 July 2023 – Bulky Collection Not Uplifted

24 South Street, Fochabers - crew spoke to a young guy and he said that they forgot to put it out. If they phone back in they will need to rebook and pay for another booking.

4 July 2023 - Extension to Discount Payment Period ECN V67890

Please note that we will accept the above ECN being paid at the discounted rate of £60 if payment is made by 5pm on 17 July 2023. The driver’s name is Mike Wilkins. This has been marked on the database.

3rd July 2023 – Bin Route Changes

The letters link below have been hand delivered to the properties shown on the 108.59 and 108.88 tabs on the linked spreadsheet.

Address Spreadsheet

Route 108.59

Route 108.88

3rd July 2023 – Liftango Portal Issues

You may be experiencing some problems with the Liftango portals, they seen to be having issues with the moray.gov email logins. Been assured it is being worked on. Regards, Charlie Shaw

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