Winter advice

Wirral Council has produced a document that gives advice to help you keep warm and safe in winter and explains the Council's plans for severe weather.

Clicking on the following questions will direct you to the relevant section of the website for advice during severe weather.

Advice on dealing with heavy snow and icy roads 

Advice on flooding 

Bin collection - severe weather

At times of severe weather, such as ice and snow, it is often not possible for some waste collections to take place. This is largely due to minor roads and back streets being too dangerous for the large collection lorries to drive down.

If collections are unable to take place for just a couple of days, then the collection crews make every effort to catch up with collections at the earliest opportunity by putting in extra shifts and working weekends. When this happens, householders will be asked to leave the relevant bin out until crews can collect it.

More information about bin collections

Assisted refuse and recycling collection

During periods of severe weather Wirral Council operates an assisted collection service especially for householders who are unable to take their bin to the kerbside because of ill health or disability.

Special arrangements are made for the refuse and recycling collectors to wheel your bin out for collection and return it after it has been emptied.

To apply for an assisted collection, contact Streetscene on 0151 606 2004.