Bin crews have been doing extra hours making up the backlog following changes to rounds.

Kirklees Council has confirmed some staff were on overtime to combat the hundreds of bins missed last week.

As reported, huge changes to bin collections were brought in on September 7 in a bid to save the cash-strapped council money.

The shake-up meant collection day changes for many as the council shifted to operating on only four days per week.

But the first week of new rounds saw many areas missed amid confusion over the new routes.

The council admitted the “teething problems” on its website and issued a statement to residents whose bins had been missed.

It said to leave bins out until they are emptied.

If your bin lid won't close then under Kirklees Council rules, it won't be picked up
If your bin lid won't close then under Kirklees Council rules, it won't be picked up

A spokesman for Kirklees Council said they had gone back on Saturday to areas they had realised they had missed.

The backlog of uncollected bins which were reported by residents was being tackled today (Monday).

The spokesman said: “The ‘teething problems’ reported are due to the changes to rounds and working practices, and the crews getting used to working in new areas.

“All streets reported as missed by crews were completed by Saturday lunchtime, along with a large proportion of individual missed bins reported by householders.

“We have spare crews out today (Monday) continuing to collect those while the regular crews are doing today’s scheduled work.

“We did have teams working overtime on Friday and Saturday in order to catch up missed work.

“It is inevitable with such a major change that additional resources are needed in the first few weeks, but we are confident that as crews get used to the new rounds, the need for that will decrease and the service will be much more efficient.”

Some residents have also expressed frustration that the new bin rounds began with a repeat collection of the same colour bin, meaning one bin was not collected for three weeks.