As residents and businesses across Cornwall continue to clear up after last week’s snow, ice and floods, Cornwall Council says key services including waste and transport have returned to normal.

All waste collection and cleansing services are now operating as scheduled. 

Any householders whose black bags were not collected last week because of the snow and ice are asked to put them out with this week’s waste on their normal collection date. 

Any missed clinical, dry recycling, garden waste and bulky waste collections from last week should be logged as normal on the Council’s website on www.cornwall.gov.uk/report-it. 

The Council’s contractor Biffa will then contact individual householders direct to arrange for the waste to be collected at some stage throughout this week.   

While temperatures are continuing to rise generally, the latest forecasts from the Met Office are predicting that road surface temperatures in some parts of Cornwall will remain very low – creating the risk of ice. 

The council has now reverted back to the normal winter plan and will be carrying out salting on its 25 precautionary routes as and when required. 

Details of where and when individual routes are being treated will be posted on the Council and CORMAC’s social media channels. 

More general information on the winter maintenance plan, winter driving, winter wellbeing and snow and ice is available on the Council’s website www.cornwall.gov.uk/snow. 

The severe weather is likely to have caused damage to many of Cornwall’s roads and footpaths. 

Anyone with information about damage to roads is asked to report it via the Council’s website - www.cornwall.gov.uk/transport-and-streets/roads-highways-and-pavements/report-a-problem-with-a-road-highway-or-footway/  - unless there is a risk of immediate danger when people are asked to call 0300 1234 222. 

Anyone with concerns about water supplies should contact the South West Water helpline on 0344 346 2020

The Council is also continuing to work with Cornwall Housing, St Petroc’s Society and other organisations who work with rough sleepers in Cornwall, to provide emergency accommodation and other services.

Residents concerned about someone sleeping rough can contact  Streetlink – a 24/7 website, mobile app and phone line which allows anyone who has a concern, to send out an alert about the location of someone sleeping rough.