If your garbage day was this Friday but you didn’t see the waste collection trucks this week, you aren’t alone.

Due to icy conditions throughout the week, the region’s waste collection was delayed in Kitchener and Cambridge.

Pickups were expected to be finished on Saturday December 31st but they have still fallen behind and several homes have gone without waste collection this weekend.

If your Friday pickup date was missed, the region is asking you to take in your garbage, recycling and green bins and they will be collected as usual next Friday on January 6th.

They are apologizing for any inconvenience, stating the reason behind it is to get back on track.

“The decision to delay Friday’s collection until January 6th will prevent a second week of every day being behind, and collection spilling over to the next day,” says Susan White, Manager of Waste Collection and Diversion. “With only so many collection vehicles in our fleet, it would be impossible to fully catch up on Monday.”