UPDATE Thursday: The City of Mandurah's waste alliance partner, Transpacific Cleanaway, has announced a gradual resumption of waste management services after the company's fleet was grounded due to safety concerns earlier this week.
The decision by Transpacific to recall all of its Cleanaway trucks - to check the safety of its national fleet - came after one of its trucks smashed into three stationary cars waiting at traffic lights in Adelaide on Monday afternoon.
The 56-year-old male driver of one of the cars, Glen Osmond died, while two female drivers - aged 41 and 49 - and the 28-year-old male truck driver remain in a critical condition at Royal Adelaide Hospital.
According to Transpacific Cleanaway, the service will be fully operational over the next week, following discussions with the regulator.
“We have made a strong commitment to all our employees, customers, communities, and shareholders that we will operate our fleet safely and to the standards which we expect of ourselves," Transpacific chief executive Robert Boucher said.
“I would like to thank all our customers for their understanding and the positive way they responded when we took the decision to ground the entire fleet on Tuesday. We will work tirelessly to clear the back log.”
In total 13 councils in WA have been affected by the grounding with some reports indicating it could be as late as Friday by the time bins are collected.
Local residents are reminded to leave their bins out until they are emptied.
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Wednesday: There are expected delays of up to 24 hours for the collection of resident's refuse and recycling bins after an incident involving the City of Mandurah's waste alliance partner, Transpacific Cleanaway.
Residents are asked to place their refuse and recycling bins out on the verge as per the normal schedule and to keep them on the verge until collected.
The entire Transpacific Cleanaway fleet has been grounded following a fatal crash in South Australia on Monday.
The decision by Transpacific to recall all of its Cleanaway trucks - to check the safety of its national fleet - came after one of its trucks smashed into three stationary cars waiting at traffic lights in Adelaide on Monday afternoon.
The 56-year-old male driver of one of the cars died, while two female drivers - aged 41 and 49 - and the 28-year-old male truck driver remain in a critical condition at Royal Adelaide Hospital.
Normal collection hours will be adjusted locally and will continue longer than usual to possibly 6pm to allow for the backlog of bins to be collected.
Every vehicle in the Mandurah fleet will be thoroughly inspected before receiving clearance to return to work.
"Further updates will be provided as information comes to hand, residents co-operation and patience is greatly appreciated," a City of Mandurah spokesperson said.
For more information call the Waste Alliance Customer Service Centre on 9550 4700.
