SOME East Dorset residents could have to wait another week for their bins to finally be collected.

As reported in the Echo last week hundreds of people had been left furious after weeks of missed bin collections.

Households across the entire district had been effected by the issue, from Verwood to Wimborne as well as Colehill, Ashley Heath and Broadstone.

St Leonards and St Ives parish councillor Juliette Carter told the Echo that some Ashley Heath residents haven’t had their bins collected in two months.

And Broadstone resident John Kent, of Insley Crescent, said his food waste bin was missed out entirely two weeks ago when the bins on the road were collected two days late, and the whole street went without its collection the following week.

Now the Dorset Waste Partnership says that services are beginning to return to normal and additional measures should be in place by Thursday.

Mike Moon, head of service operations at DWP, said: “Our crews are working hard to resolve any missed collections and services are beginning to return to normal in the affected areas. We have also identified where extra help is needed going forward and we’re looking to have further measures in place from Thursday.

“In the meantime, we kindly ask that residents keep their bins outside their property where possible if their collection appears to have been missed.

“We would like to thank everyone for their continued patience and understanding.”

In July the DWP introduced new collections for East Dorset – but since they began the service has been plagued with a number of problems.

Residents claim to have been told that missed bin collections were a result of staffing issues, bin men working to rule and broken down trucks.

The issues came to light following a letter to the Echo from St Ives resident Celia Marker complaining about the new bin collection schedule which she described as “unworkable” with uncollected bins becoming a “health hazard”.

Her bin was finally collected on Monday - more than a week late.

Speaking to the Echo she said: “The problem now is that the DWP are now chasing its tail.

“They will bring in these additional measures to catch up - but what happens when those measures are removed?

“This new schedule was implemented to save money but with all the problems and additional resources that have been needed to fix the fallout I expect all those savings have been spent.”