HERE is what to do with your black bins as bin strikes take hold in Warrington.

Refuse workers will be back in action next week as strikes end on October 16.

However, they will be striking again from October 24.

This means next week is the only time bins are expected to be emptied until the second phase of industrial acts ends on November 6.

Warrington Borough Council is advising residents to put their black bins out from October 16 to October 20.

In a bid to accommodate the second wave of strike action, the council is focusing on collecting black bin waste (normal household waste).

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In order to do this, it means blue and green bin collections will be suspended.

This means that even if it would normally be your blue bin collected next week, put your black one out instead.

Unite has said that the council has ‘done nothing’ and is the ‘cause’ of further bin strikes.

It says the council has ‘wrongly claimed’ it can’t resolve the industrial action when other councils are reaching local deals with them.

However, Warrington Borough Council has said it is ‘clearly not appropriate’ for it to try and negotiate locally just with Unite and it does not agree with the action the union is taking.

A spokesperson said: “As we have said from the start, this dispute is linked to national pay negotiations. It is not about local conditions in Warrington.

“Unite are choosing to take strike action based on a national pay claim that has not been agreed by the national negotiating body for local government.

“Our other two recognised Trade Unions for this group of staff – UNISON and GMB – are not taking strike action.

“It is clearly not appropriate for us to try and negotiate locally just with Unite, in response to the pay claim that they made collectively with other Trade Unions on a national basis.

“The council does not agree with the action UNITE is taking.

“We do not believe it acts in the interest of our residents, businesses and other council employees.”