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Waste less, save more: Somerset Reduce Week
“Waste less, save more” is the message from Somerset Waste Partnership (SWP) as it runs its first ever Somerset Reduce Week later this month. The
16 November 2022
“Waste less, save more” is the message from Somerset Waste Partnership (SWP) as it runs its first ever Somerset Reduce Week later this month. The
The first Somerset Waste Partnership (SWP) Somerset Recycling Week starts on Monday (26 September) promoting recycling across the county. At more than 56%, Somerset’s recycling
Tens of thousands of residents are being reminded to renew their price-frozen garden waste collection. Somerset Waste Partnership (SWP) is sending reminders to the 56,000-plus
Recycling and rubbish collections will start an hour earlier for the rest of this week in response to rising temperatures. Somerset Waste Partnership is asking
Repair and reuse are about to get supercharged across Somerset with the launch of Fixy this week. Fixy will be helping bring repair and reuse
Be a good egg this Easter – let Recycle More take most of your chocolate egg packaging and check your changed collection days. The expanded
All of Somerset’s 16 recycling sites switch to their summer timetables from Friday 1 April. When open weekdays, they will continue to start at 9am
Schools across Somerset have less than three months to apply for the first ever Somerset Waste Partnership (SWP) Eco-Schools grants. A pop-up recycled clothes “shop”
The polls are now open in a vote to decide what Somerset Waste Partnership (SWP) calls the county’s new mobile repair and reuse project. Around
Somerset waste Partnership (SWP) is asking residents to think ahead this festive fortnight to make sure they do not miss any waste collections. Public holidays
Know how to wrap responsibly? Ready to recycle your Pringles tubes? Clued-up on Christmas collection days? The answer to these and other Christmas conundrums can
Festive shoppers are asked to think outside the box this year as figures reveal the scale of Somerset’s the cardboard culture. The cardboard collected from
Somerset Waste Partnership (SWP) is urging residents to get ahead of the carve and help reduce scary amounts of waste this Halloween season. There are
Every one of Somerset’s 16 recycle sites will go over to their winter timetables from Friday 1 October, with weekday opening hours of 9am to
Recycling is set to soar in Taunton Deane this November with the arrival of Recycle More. The expanded weekly recycling collections from Somerset Waste Partnership
Garden waste collections resume later this month, Somerset Waste Partnership (SWP) confirmed this week. They restart from Monday 13 September – that does not mean
Somerset Waste Partnership (SWP) is suspending garden waste collections for six weeks from Monday 2 August. SWP has reluctantly made the decision so staff can
Somerset Waste Partnership (SWP) is asking residents across the county to put their recycling and rubbish out by 6am at the latest from now until
Somerset West and Taunton Council is making it easier for people to help keep our parks and open spaces clean and green. As part of
All collections in the week of the Spring Bank Holiday on Monday 31 May are one day later but recycle sites continue as usual, Somerset
All collections in the week of the Early May Bank Holiday on Monday 3 May will be one day later, Somerset Waste Partnership (SWP) has
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