Sutton: Rubbish, libraries and schools hit by strike (From Your Local Guardian)

Sutton: Rubbish, libraries and schools hit by strike

10:03am Wednesday 16th July 2008 in Sutton By Cara Lee

Rubbish collection, libraries and schools in Sutton have been affected by the two-day council worker strike which more than 200 council staff from the borough are participating in.

A spokesman for Sutton Council confirmed that Amy Johnson primary school in Mollinson Drive, Wallington, and Wandle Valley school in Welbeck Road, Carshalton, will be shut today and tomorrow.

He said some classes at the Thomas Wall Nursery in Robin Hood Lane, Green Wrythe primary school in Green Wrythe Lane, Carshalton, Tweeddale Primary, in Tweeddale Road, Carshalton and Sherwood Park Secondary School in Streeters Lane, Wallington, will be closed for either one or both days of the strike.

Carshalton, Cheam, Wallington and the Ridge Road libraries will also be closed both days, he said.

Beddington library will shut tomorrow at 1pm.

He said household waste and recycling materials will not be collected for the two days of the action.

Residents whose brown-wheeled bin waste is collected on Wednesdays or Thursdays will have it collected next week instead, along with additional rubbish bags.

This week there will be alternative arrangements for green wheeled bin and glass collections. Households whose collection day is Wednesday will now have their recycling picked up this Friday while Thursday collections will now take place this Saturday.

"We regret any inconvenience to residents but will be using additional staff from Friday to catch up on any backlog and return to a normal service as soon as possible," he added.