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Bank Holiday rubbish and recycling collection changes
Somerset Council have shared the arrangements for rubbish and recycling collections for the bank holiday on Monday, the 5th of May
4 May 2025
Somerset Council have shared the arrangements for rubbish and recycling collections for the bank holiday on Monday, the 5th of May
Somerset’s Pringles poppers can now recycle their empty tubes from the kerbside thanks to new style design that finally stacks up.
More than 50 tonnes of plastic bags and wrapping has so far been recycled in Somerset Council’s trial collections.
All 16 of Somerset Council’s recycling sites will soon revert to their spring/summer opening schedule.
VISITORS to a multi-award-winning farm shop in Somerset can now donate unwanted clothing and shoes to help fundraise for a lifesaving charity and to stop items from going to landfill
Somerset Council and their waste collections contractor, SUEZ recycling and recovery UK have launched a new campaign promoting recycling metal packaging.
The upcoming Easter weekend means changes to recycling and rubbish collections across the county. Collections that would usually happen on Good Friday, 29 March, will
Somerset’s festive gift-givers are being asked to pick their wrapping paper wisely and help soothe an annual recycling headache. Wrapping of all kinds adds lots
Waste bosses and fire chiefs are asking Somerset motorists to put the brakes on problem parking this festive season. The COVID-driven rise in home working
All ‘business as usual’ items are now being accepted across Somerset Waste Partnership’s recycling centres. All 16 sites can now take cardboard, as well as
Somerset’s recycling sites will accept more materials from next week. From Monday 8 June, all 16 sites will take plastic pots, tubs and trays; waste
Easter will bring waste day changes for every household in Somerset. Pick-ups of recycling, rubbish and clinical waste due on Good Friday 10 April will
A fleet of multicoloured trucks will take to Somerset’s streets from Monday, paving the way for a new era of recycling in the county. Somerset
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