A SOMERSET MP has criticised the halt in garden waste collections, saying it will place 'intolerable burdens' on the frail and the elderly.
Ian Liddell-Grainger, MP for Bridgwater and West Somerset, says the suspension will also put additional pressures on waste recycling centres.
Somerset Waste Partnership made the decision to suspend the garden waste collections for six weeks, so staff could help with the recycling and rubbish collections backlog caused by Covid-19 and a national driver shortage.
Sarah Dyke, chair of Somerset Waste Board, said: “This is not a decision that SWP has taken lightly and I know this will frustrate a lot of people.