00:00Almost 6,000 households in Stockton did not have their recycling collected on the first
00:05day of a new system, prompting the council to provide a public apology.
00:10Cabinet Member for the Environment, Nigel Cook, said crews faced technical issues with
00:16a new fleet but said that they were confident the system would settle down.
00:20Missed collections will be completed on Saturday.
00:23Local MP Matt Vickers criticised the approach, calling it chaotic and raising concerns about
00:29the chances of waste being mixed.
00:32Officials emphasised that any sorting issues were corrected at depots and that crews were
00:38working hard during the transition to weekly recycling and fortnightly general waste collections.
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