New recycling services are well underway in South Gloucestershire and many residents have been recycling their food waste and plastic bottles from the kerbside, says South Gloucestershire Council. The additional services, which are being funded from within the council’s existing waste management budget, allow residents to recycle more, helping to divert more rubbish from landfill and saving money and energy
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Council distributes containers for new recycling services
Preparations for the introduction of new kerbside recycling services in South Gloucestershire are now well underway and residents can look forward to being able to recycle plastic bottles and food waste from the week beginning Monday 22nd November. Container packs for the new recycling services are being delivered by South Gloucestershire Council (SGC) to residents from Monday 25th October. These
Continue readingRubbish and recycling collection day changes
About 43,000 households in South Gloucestershire are to to see their rubbish and recycling schedules change during the last week of September. The changes are being made in preparation for the introduction of weekly food waste collections and fortnightly plastic bottle collections, planned for November. The Council says: “If your household is affected, you will be notified with a bin
Continue readingChristmas and New Year refuse collections
Residents are being reminded that there will be changes to their refuse and recycling collections over the Christmas and New Year period. As collection teams will not be working Christmas Day, Boxing Day or New Year’s Day, changes have been made to the collections schedule (full details here). Normal collections will be resumed the week commencing Monday 18 January. The
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