A strike by Richmond's refuse collectors has been resolved.

Waste and recycling collections will resume on Tuesday – October 18 - following a successful negotiation between Serco, Richmond Council's provider, and the GMB Union. 

Earlier in the day the GMB union had warned the strike could last for three weeks.

The Council said all collections this week will be one day later than usual, to allow for Monday's missed collections to be recovered.

Monday's scheduled bulky waste collections will be recovered on Tuesday. All other bulky waste booking will be collected on the booked day. All online services will resume as normal. 

Council leader, Gareth Roberts, said: "We are as frustrated as residents that this strike went ahead today unexpectedly.

"Negotiations between Serco and GMB on Friday afternoon agreed an enhanced pay offer and it was expected that strike action was off the table.

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"However this was rejected by members in a ballot first thing this morning, against GMB's recommendation. 

"Negotiations continued today and an agreement has now been reached that means services will resume tomorrow. Thankfully, with the support of the Council, Serco and GMB were able to reach a deal and the impact of this strike action has been minimal."